Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
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| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | ||||||||||||||||
| 01X001000 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | X | 13000000 | 06/04/2001 | MFR | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 05/22/2001 | 05/22/2001 | ||||||||
| Defect Summary | This is not a safety recall in accordance with the safety act. however, it is deemed a safety improvement campaign by the agency. equipment description: ford is replacing all firestone wilderness at 15, 16, and 17 inch tires mounted on ford trucks and suvs. ford reports tread separation can occur due to a combination of the sensitivity of the tire design to stress, aging, and manufacturing differences between plants. ford is replacing these tires to prevent possible premature tire failure. vehicle description: the vehicles listed below may have been originally equipped with firestone wilderness at tires or may have had wilderness at tires installed during the firestone recall launched in august 2000. certain 1991 throught 2002 ford explorer certain 2001 throught 2002 explorer sport, and sport trac certain 1997 through 2002 mercury mountaineer certain 1991 through 2001 ranger certain 1999 through 2001 expedition certain 1991 through 1994, and 1997 model year f-series certain 1991 through 1994 bronco note: both original equipment and replacement tires are affected. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Should the tread separate at highway speeds, a vehicle crash could occur, possibly resulting in personal injury or death. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | The replacement/reimbursement program for this campaign expired on march 31, 2002. however, customers can contact ford at 1-877-917-3673 or go on-line to www.ford.com for possible assistance. | |||||||||||||||
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Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
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| TIRES | |||||
| 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 | |||
| 05/22/2009 | 198400 | 1 | |
| Discoverer a/t tires size lt265/75r16 catastrophically failed while driving at highway speed. tread completely peeled off. had only been driving for 30 minutes and outside temperature was 70 degrees f. tires had about 23,000 miles on them. 1-2 years previously, the same type tire on opposite wheel developed a bulge in the sidewall and had to be replaced. *tr | |||
| 10/06/2007 | 10800 | 2 | 06/15/1991 |
| I had 2 failures with the first about 9/21/07 and the second 10/6/07. the vehicle is a 1991 f250 hd and is occasionally used to haul a slide-in camper. on both occasions i had the camper on the truck, loading the truck to near the rated capacity of the tires but not over to my knowledge. in both instances the tire pressure was checked before leaving the house, were we traveling a moderate speed, about 55 mph, and it was cool. in both cases i noticed a vibration but before i could effect a substantial response the tire exploded. the truck remained in control but there was substantial damage to the truck. the tires were on the rear so there was damage to both sides. the first time i had the tire replaced by the dealer and he gave me over a 50% credit, reflecting the amount of tread left on the tire. the second time i had the tire replaced with a different brand and kept the old tire for inspection. *tr | |||
| 10/14/2000 | 22466 | 1 | 03/01/1991 |
| Front tire wearing unevenly even with recent alignment. took to americas tire co. for rotation and was told tire had flat spots and rotation would not help-tire defective. is this tire on the recall? ****dimsii ivoq entry after 12/12/02 cut-over to artemis****73413 | |||
| 10/14/2000 | 03/01/2091 | ||
| Front tire wearing unevenly evem with recent alinement-took to americas tire co. for rotation and was told tire had flat spots and rotation would not help-tire defective. is this tire on the recall? | |||
| 09/05/1999 | 4 | ||
| Right rear tire separated then blew, throwing the tire cap around ,damaging fender, shock, muffler and wheel well supports as well as our nerves trying to maintain control.*ak (dot number: ? tiresize: 255/85r16) | |||
| 10/14/2000 | 03/01/1991 | ||
| Front tire wearing unevenly evem with recent alinement-took to americas tire co. for rotation and was told tire had flat spots and rotation would not help-tire defective. is this tire on the recall? (tiresize: lt21585r16)( dot number: tire size: lt21585r16 ) | |||
| 10/14/2000 | 03/01/1991 | ||
| Front tire wearing unevenly evem with recent alinement-took to americas tire co. for rotation and was told tire had flat spots and rotation would not help-tire defective. is this tire on the recall?( dot number: tire size: lt21585r16 ) | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 05/05/2001 | 1 | 06/01/1991 | |
| Tread started coming off tire. removed before blowout. local dealer contacted but no recall program on that size. seems to be same problem as with 235/75/r15's. *ak (tiresize: 235/85/r16)( dot number: tire size: 235/85/r16 ) | |||
| 04/30/2001 | 2 | 06/01/1991 | |
| Consumer was traveling 58-59mph and passenger's rear tire tread separated. only warning was that vehicle swayed form side to side. tread was hitting rear of wheel well and running well. vehicle had over $2407.00 worth of damage. tire size p265/75r16, aprroximately 3500, aftermarket tires.*ak *jb | |||
| 02/08/2001 | 1 | 09/01/1991 | |
| While driving, consumer heard a loud noise and pulled off to side of road, found front rear firestone tire had experienced tread separationh, tire size p235/85r16, dot vn0rtwt241. *slc | |||
| 06/06/1997 | 1 | ||
| Left rear tire blewout and shredded causing damage to the inner fender, tires showed signs of separation of the tread (firestone steeltex lt23585r16). nlm | |||