Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 09/25/2000 | 1 | 03/01/2000 | |
| Full tread separation on this tire. tread/inflation was fine, however, they were on the car when i bought it. car was handling poorly for 30 mins before failure. failure was after 60-90mins of travel at 70-80 mph on 90+ degree day in texas. could be isolated incident, but was the same type of failure as the atx recall. (tiresize: 185 90 r14)( dot number: tire size: 185 90 r14 ) | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 12/07/2003 | 1 | ||
| Tires two weeks old. right rear tire blew at 60 mph. tread completely separated. firestone dealer claimed puncture caused it. i could not find puncture. firestone did not help with tire replacement. had to get a new set of tires (not that brand). *ak | |||
| 09/11/2000 | 1 | 01/01/1989 | |
| A new set of firestone tires was installed in sep 1998. mileage appr 135000. on september 11, 2000 the drivers side front tire blew and caused exrensive damage to the wheelwell, wheel, front bumper. fortunately driver, my daughter 20years of age was able to stop the car on the shoulder of the turnpike in ok, with legal speedlimit of 75mph. want to know if other incidents with passenger tires of firestone have occcures in light of the ford explores tires.( dot number: tire size: p195/60r14 ) | |||