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 - SIDEWALL | |||
| 07/21/2005 | 1 | 06/01/2000 | |
| Dt: contact noticed a bubble on the side wall of the left rear tire. took the tire off, and called the manufacturer to get the warranty service. they sent him to the local service dealer. when the dealer took the tire off the sidewall separated away from the tire. contacted the manufacturer again, and they put the contact in touch with the safety technician. contact felt the cost of the replacement tire increased because he contacted the manufacturer. the service dealer performed a visual inspection and concluded it was a defective tire. *ak | |||
| 07/02/2000 | 1 | 12/01/1993 | |
| I have had bulges and cracks on sidewall of most tires i have had on this truck, original or rep[lacement ones. usually a oil change guy will show me the problem, as usually on inside drivers rear. note i pull 5th wheel rv's occasionally and did not choose to complain until now. my complaint is on july 2, 2000 on a deseret highway about 11 am i had tread separation on drivers reat tire. i did not save any info from any of these tires that i had replaced, but i had a ca highway patrol officer hear the blow out and see me pull over to side of road. he called his dispatch who sent a tow truck to change tires. i saved the separated tread but disposed of it upon getting a replacement tire. but they looked just like the tv phoytos of the recalled firestone tires. the tow truck cost me $165.00 cash to drive to desert and put on my spare. incidental damages were the tire bashing the side of my pick up bed and bending the rod that keeps bed from rattling which is in vicinity of fender well. this rod was bent upwards and pulled fender inwards .( dot number: tire size: lt235/85r1 ) | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 07/09/2005 | 138000 | 1 | 08/28/2004 |
| I was driving down the hyway at 65mph. the tread on the right front tire came off. the tire did not even go flat. it destroid both the inner and outer fender. the truck that i was driving is an 1994 f250 4x4. the tire was a firestone steeltex radial a/t lt245/75r 16 | |||