Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||||
| LP-09L02 | 04/01/2009 | 10028404 | Ford trucks: vehicles have experienced severe steering wheel and front wheel vibrations and oscillations after traveling over a bump or dip in the road. models f-250/350 super duty 4x4. *pe updated 7/22/09. csc letter was receive | 03/30/2009 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 06/08/2012 | 106000 | ||
| On friday, june 8th 2012, on my 2003 ford f250, the front left (drivers side) tire tread seperated from the rest of the tire and caused extensive damage to my vehicle. the tire is a dick cepek fun country 2 purchased in july 2007. at the time of the accident, the tire had 60,000 miles on it and was properly inflated, there was adequate tread on it. my 15 1/2 year old son, who has his permit, was driving at the time in heavy traffic, but was able to control the vehicle enough to avoid an accident and remove the truck from the roadway; we were traveling at 50 mph at the time. the tire size is 315/75/16. | |||
| 06/18/2010 | 50988 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2003 ford f250 sd with big o big foot ht tires, size lt265/75r16, dot number: upw8t264005. the contact was driving 65 mph when the vehicle started shaking abnormally. the dealer advised that three of the tires exhibited tread separation and needed to be replaced. the tires were replaced. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the failure mileage of the tire was 948. the vehicle failure mileage was 50,988. | |||
| 06/18/2010 | 50988 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2003 ford f250 sd with big o big foot ht tires, size lt265/75r16 (n/a), dot number: upw8t264005. the contact was driving 65 mph when the vehicle started shaking abnormally. the dealer advised that three of the tires exhibited tread separation and needed to be replaced. the tires were replaced. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the failure mileage of the tire was 948. the vehicle failure mileage was 50,988. | |||
| 06/18/2010 | 50988 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2003 ford f250 sd with big o big foot ht tires, size lt265/75r16 (n/a), dot number: upw8t264005. the contact was driving 65 mph when the vehicle started shaking abnormally. the dealer advised that three of the tires exhibited tread separation and needed to be replaced. the tires were replaced. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the failure mileage of the tire was 948. the vehicle failure mileage was 50,988. kmj | |||
| 06/18/2010 | 50988 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2003 ford f250. the contact stated while driving 65 mph his vehicle started shaking. he went to the dealer who stated three of his tires has tread separation and needed to be replace. the tires are one on the rear and two on the front of the vehicle. the dealer replaced two under the warranty and the third one he had to pay $132. the tires are big o big foot ht. the tire sizes lt265/75r16 dot#upw8t264005, dot#upw8t264706. the manufacturer was not notified. the failure mileage on the tire was 948. mw | |||
| 09/01/2010 | 61158 | ||
| I bought four yokohama tires lt285/75r16/d geo hts from americas tire store in riverside,ca ,,, in 2006 it was rim & tire packege. never had any issues with the tires untill they past 30,000 miles ( there 60,000 mile tires) 8/21/2010 left my house to go pick up my daughter in orange county about half mile from getting on freeway i felt a thumping in the driver side steering tire, when i noticed a seperation of the tread from cord in the form of a bubble.(lucky i did not get on the freeway) . drove to americas tire store directly from there,, were they confirmed that the tread had seperated, and replaced the tire very nice customer service.. 9/1/2010 was going to lax to pick up my other daughter i was on the 91 freeway going the speed limit when driver side rear tire lost all tread loosing no air preasure throwing the truck to the shoulder of the frwy. lucky i had control of the steering wheel managed to get off the frwy in one piece but the damage to the bed of the truck is over $3,000. now yokohama says that some how this is my fault,, i fail to understand as a consumer how this is my fault when i rely on professionals that work in this field to look out for me and others that just want safe tires to run on. i have the other two tires that are showing the same cracking that the the other two tires that failed showed and will some how get them tested to determin whether this is defect or not. | |||
| 09/02/2010 | 38000 | ||
| Tire seperation, i was driving down the freeway at approx 70 mph when the right rear tread seperated from my tire causing extensive damage to my f250 2003 ford pick up truck. my truck surged to the right and i corrected back to my lane. there were no injuries to the passengers of my truck or any other vehicles. this is the second time this has happened in 2 years. these are the original tires with only 38000 miles on them. the tires are general ameritrac lt 235/85/r16 | |||
| 03/13/2010 | 29000 | ||
| We were returning home and pulling our rv when the right rear tire shed all the surface cover but did not lose it;s air and almost caused us to crash. the tire is a uniroyal lt 265-75-r16 made by michlin.i now have 2500.00 in truck damages and no recourse | |||
| 08/04/2006 | 25891 | 2 | 11/23/2002 |
| Dt*: the contact stated while traveling 50 mph, the rear passenger tire blew causing the vehicle to jolt backwards. this caused damage to the wheel well. the spare tire was installed and then the tire was taken to the dealership. there was body damage repaired. later, while traveling 55 mph the vehicle began to shimmy up and down then left to right. the driver side front tire blew out, the vehicle was pulled over and wheel well damage occurred. the vehicle was towed to the dealership; the vehicle has been at the dealership since the incident in september. the manufacturer of the tire was alerted. the tires were sent to the manufacturer and it was determined the blowouts were a result of impact damage. updated 07/17/07. *jb | |||
| TIRES - SIDEWALL | |||
| 06/06/2008 | 88154 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2003 ford f-250 sd. the vehicle has firestone lt23585r16 tires. while pulling out of a meineke dealer, the contact heard a noise coming from his tires. the tires deflated and then flattened. he did not drive over a pothole or any other road hazard. he removed the tires from the vehicle to get them patched; however, there was an inch long crack on the bottom of the tread on the sidewalls. therefore, the tires could not be repaired and could no longer be used. on october 26, 2007, he purchased three new tires for his vehicle. the failure mileage was 88,154. | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 06/06/2008 | 88154 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2003 ford f-250 sd. the vehicle has firestone lt23585r16 tires. while pulling out of a meineke dealer, the contact heard a noise coming from his tires. the tires deflated and then flattened. he did not drive over a pothole or any other road hazard. he removed the tires from the vehicle to get them patched; however, there was an inch long crack on the bottom of the tread on the sidewalls. therefore, the tires could not be repaired and could no longer be used. on october 26, 2007, he purchased three new tires for his vehicle. the failure mileage was 88,154. | |||
| 07/15/2006 | 64000 | 1 | 11/01/2005 |
| My wife and i were traveling in our 2003 ford f-250 super duty long-bed pickup with 4 firestone steeltex r4s tires filled to about 70psi (cold). the truck was carrying a light 8.5' pop-up truck-camper (2500lbs) and pulling a small 18' open-bow ski boat (2300lbs) on a single-axle trailer (850lbs - measured tongue weight of boat & trailer = 260 lbs. we began from an rv park in red bluff, california, at approximately 10:30 am, northbound on interstate 5. traffic moderate and weather was clear, dry approximately 95 deg f. thirty minutes later, we were about 1 mile south of redding, california, driving approximately 58 mph in the right lane, when the truck suddenly began to shudder. seconds later there was a loud thud, and all indications of a right rear blowout. i was able to safely pull onto the shoulder and stop. investigation revealed a right rear tire failure. the tread was separated from the sidewall and all but wrapped around the axle. the mud flap and well lining was gone. the chrome wheel-well trim was mangled, the bed side-panel support arm was ripped away from the bed body, and the outside wall of the truck bed was folded under and bent around the exhaust pipe. there were numerous scratches and black marks all over the outside bed body and bumper. later inspection revealed that the right rear shock mount was out of alignment and the shock jammed closed. after removing the ripped tread, blown tire and other broken pieces, i installed the spare. we were able to safely proceed to a nearby les schwab tire store a few miles away. i decided that i could not trust the remaining tires, so i purchased four new tires, new rear shocks and had the shock mount repaired at a total cost of $1000. i asked several technicians as well as the tire store manager to inspect the failed tire. they all agreed that the blown tire appeared to fail as a result of tread separation, rather than a puncture or sidewall failure. *jb | |||