Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| 11/15/2002 | 0 | ||
| Always overheating, drives rough, blown tires, broken rack & pinion, loud squeaking | |||
| 1 | |||
| While driving, vehicle experienced a blowout, vehicle struck another vehicle causing second vehicle to lose control and overturn in the inside medial, there were 5 injuries and 2 fatalities, no specific tire information given, georgia uniform motor vehicle accident report. *yh | |||
| 1 | |||
| Brake pads and rotors were replaced after 12000 miles. tires were also replaced after 12000 miles, no specific tire information given, consumer is requesting that ford pay for these items to be replaced. *slc | |||
| 1 | |||
| The tires wore prematurely at 8000 miles causing the vehicle to vibrate and shimmy while driving (225/55r16), vehicle was not out of alignment. nlm | |||
| 09/12/1995 | 2 | ||
| On 9/12/95 while driving a rented hertz vehicle, a 1995 ford mustang convertible in orlando florida, we were involved in an accident. the ford vehicle we were driving made a popping sound and suddendly without notice the car swerved out of control into a ditch. we hit a light pole and severly damaged property. the car was totaled and my husband was hurt. i was in shock but was never prepared for the aftermath. no one wanted to hear that the tire blew apart. they claimed the accident was due to speed and it lost control. the rear tire must of blown after the impact. i fought with hertz for damages and rental costs but in the end i had to pay. they claimed they investigated the matter and found no faulty tires. however to this day i swear that the accident was due to faulty tires. since the recall i have become aware of this and would like to further pursue the matter. i have all types of supportive documentation attached which may help you follow through.i am grateful that there were no fatalitie | |||
| 08/20/2000 | 1 | 10/01/1994 | |
| No accident or injury; no lawsuit - we are reporting this solely for your info, in case it's in any way relevant to your firestone investigation. / at the time, we had two affinity tires on the rear, and two other firestone tires on the front. the affinities were nearing the end of their useful life; our mechanic (a local ford dealer) had just told us we should replace them on our next visit, but didn't need to do so at this time. the reason i bother to report is because at the end of a 200-mile drive to la, my wife and i experienced a blowout on the freeway. nothing unusual there - but when i managed to get to a gas station and we inspected the damage, we found one of the affinities (the one that blew out) seemed to have exploded: there were giant holes in the side of the tire, and we could see things that looked like strings on the inside which i assume were part of the interior tire assembly. (i don't know much about tire manufacture, so i don't know what they really were, but they looked like big pieces of string.) the holes in the side were extremely big - the side of the tire looked something like a tire-sized black piece of swiss cheese. i have no idea what happened to the pieces of tire that used to be where the big holes in the side ended up. i have experienced blowouts before, but have never seen anything like this; so in light of the current firestone issues, thought you should know. the tires were purchased locally to us, probably in about 1997 or so - if it were important enough, we might be able to dig out that info when my wife returns in a few days. anyway, we aren't suing, no one was hurt, and it didn't seem like anything other than a blowout except for what we saw visually - i'm just reporting because i thought you might want to know.--michael( dot number: tire size: p225/60r16 ) | |||
| 1 | 04/17/1995 | ||
| (goodyear 15) tire defective with flat spot. | |||
| 04/29/1996 | 1 | ||
| When driving 70 mph on freeway right rear goodyear eagle tire exploded, resulting in an accident. *ak | |||
| 05/23/1995 | 3 | ||
| Tires have premature wear on inside/outside edges. *sd | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 07/01/2000 | 0 | ||
| Consumer was traveling about 55mph on the highway and vehicle started vibrating. she was able to pull over to the shoulder, and noticed that right rear tire tread had separated. cooper tire, and there were no injuries.*ak | |||
| 02/01/1995 | 2 | ||
| Rented two cars from two different companies both cars had accidents. in one car the tire had no grip car slid when road was wet. tt | |||