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 | |||
| 06/30/2002 | 2 | 08/01/2092 | |
| Vehicle being towed behind motorhome on i-29 north of st.joseph,mo. heard noise and saw smoke and motorhome began drifting to right. after stopping to investigate found left front tire blown off wheel,brake line severed, running board missing and considerable damage to left door and fender. put on spare then proceeded to palmyra, ne. for the evening. just after crossing in to wyoming the next day another loud report and the left rear tire blew out. same type of tire and same mileage as the front, only the belt had wrapped around the axle and locked up the wheel. i have this tire, what is left of it anyway. conditions on both occurances: clear weather, temps in the mid to high 80 s, speed was 65 mph, traffic moderate. tires were checked and inflated to 50 psi prior to departing bartlett, tn. tread was about 50% on all four tires of the matched set. if vehicle had been driven instead of being towed, this could have been dangerous to occupents and other motorists in both incidents .*ak | |||
| 01/01/1999 | 12 | 01/01/1992 | |
| Tires separated at the bead joint on each tire after only 3,000 to 5,000 miles. exploded through the tread causing damage to vehicle. have used these tires for years without mishap until about two years ago. problem started about two years ago. concerned about the safety of these tires on other less stable vehicles.*ak | |||
| 05/20/2001 | 4 | 08/01/1992 | |
| This is the fourth tire failure of original equipment tires since nov 2000. *ak (dot number: vnop 65c tiresize: lt215/85) | |||
| 08/23/1998 | 1 | ||
| Tire exploded, causing the gas tank to ignite, and truck to burned completely up, boat that was towed was burned also. design of the vehicle should provide adequate shield to protect from this occurrance. .*ak | |||
| 03/10/1993 | 1 | ||
| Excessive wear of front tires. *ak | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 09/13/1996 | 2 | 07/01/1992 | |
| One tire failure was detected as a large bubble where the tread separated. the second was a complete loss of tread. (tiresize: lt235/85r1)( dot number: tire size: lt235/85r1 ) | |||
| 06/13/2000 | 1 | 03/01/2000 | |
| Front tires put on by dealer when i bought it 03/03/2000 on 06/13/2000 right front tire began to jump up and down and shake the entire truck. tire store stated problem was due to possible belt seperation with-in the tire. i did not replace them with the same brand tires. i have not replaced the rear tires yet. front alignment was check and determinded not to be a factor in the tire failure.( dot number: tire size: lt-225-16 ) | |||