Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||||
| 12835 | 06/01/1999 | 6092006 | Subject regarding tire balance hint. *tt | 11/17/2000 | |
| 9852 | 04/13/1998 | 601290 | Information on tire company telephone numbers for customer assistance. *yc | 07/17/1998 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 11/27/2000 | 8 | 01/01/1995 | |
| Deep wide cracks around the circumference of the tire 1 inch from the bead. i manage a fleet of 135 vehicles and all of our ford vans have severely cracked tires. *ak (dot number: md11520v24 tiresize: p24575/r16) | |||
| 10/01/1995 | 1 | 06/01/1995 | |
| Front goodyear tires cupping. (size p235/75r15) | |||
| TIRES - SIDEWALL | |||
| 12/01/2000 | 1 | 11/01/1995 | |
| Dot#md11 520v 344; tire size lt245/75r16 one of four tires failed with a significant sidewall buldge noticed before final failure. sears replaced tire pro-rated for wear, but repair person severely over-torqued lug nuts requiring replacement of lug bolts and nuts. not confident of remaining three tires; nor the service people who might replace the wheels. not enough spaces on your online form for tire size and dot#. mfg #? 272892grf66 a 15 passenger van should have good tires. (dot number: md11520v34 tiresize: lt24575r16) | |||
| 4 | |||
| 4 goodyear wrangler wrl ht fxnw tires p235/75r15, dot 7276999510, had bubbles shapes of grapefruit on the sidewall, no signs of cracks/cuts or leaks that could have caused air to get into the tire. *slc | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 08/15/1999 | 1 | 12/01/1995 | |
| Tire blew out in the tread area for no apparent reason that the tow company or ford could find.*ak (tiresize: lt225/75 r)( dot number: tire size: lt225/75 r ) | |||
| 08/24/2000 | 4 | 10/01/1994 | |
| All 4 tires had pieces of the tread pattern missing. there were cracks in the tire in the grooves between the pieces of tread. i had sears replace the tires before anything happened. i was dissatisfied with sears. they only gave me 54.5% for the tires. i felt that the tires had less than 10,000 miles on them and were defective and they should have been replaced for free. their attitude was we gave you something shut up and go away. when i asked for the tires back the salesman first said that i could have them then he backed up and said that the tires would be sent back to the manufactor. i did not get the serial numbers at that time. i came back later to get the numbers and the assistant manager c( dot number: 7ba3 pua 0 tire size: 24575r16e ) | |||