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 | |
| 9753 | 03/03/1997 | 51933 | Vibration- tires- vibration felt while driving at highway speeds- vehicles built through 12/20/96 equipped with 16 inch goodyear tires. *jd | 07/17/1997 | |
| BC5195961001 | 10/01/1996 | 50472 | Firestone p235 tires may exhibit a high frequency vibration at 65-75 mph. *tt | 04/24/1997 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 06/10/2001 | 1 | 02/01/1997 | |
| Please help for other driver. no safety defect listed. *ak (dot number: w2m3 ipn tiresize: p215/70r15) | |||
| 12/01/2000 | 1 | 08/01/1997 | |
| Tire delaminated. steel belt broken per firestone service. replaced before catastrophic failure. charged full price to replace pair of tires. firestone store refused to return damaged front tire and matching front tire.*ak( dot number: tire size: p215/70r15 ) | |||
| 12/01/2000 | 1 | 08/01/1997 | |
| Tire delaminated. steel belt broken per firestone service. replaced before catastrophic failure. charged full price to replace pair of tires. firestone store refused to return damaged front tire and matching front tire.*ak (tiresize: p215/70r15)( dot number: tire size: p215/70r15 ) | |||
| 10/15/2000 | 1 | 03/01/2000 | |
| At 4;30 am on oct. 15, 2000, i was driving south on i-95 in southern georgia on a return trip from louisville, ky. to pompano beach, fl. when i heard a noise in the rear of my car and realized that i had a tire problem. at once i knew that the tire had not deflated and that i was in control of the car. i reduced my speed and turned on my emergency blinkers and could hear a flapping noise coming from the left rear. since the road was very dark and the traffic very fast i felt like it was safer to proceed than to stop and change a driver side tire on the interstate at night. i drove slowly several miles to the next exit where i replaced the tire with the small spare. i found that an 8 inch section of the tread had come off. although my tires are not covered under the recall, i believe that they have the same problem. two of the three remaining tires have hairline cracks at the edge of the tread and could be ready to do the same thing. i contacted a lincoln-mercury dealer who said he could not help me (other than selling me new tires) and sent me to the firestone dealer who said he could sell me a new set of tires and give me a 20% customer satisfaction discount. i'm still trying to decide what to do and still have the three remaining tires on my car and the failed one in the trunk. i'm wondering if others have had a similar problem with the fr 680 and if it will also be covered by a recall.*ak (dot number: w2m3 ipn 2 tiresize: p215/70r15) | |||
| 06/12/2000 | |||
| Pe00 020 ; was traveling about 50mph and heard a noise, driver rear tire exploded,and car wouldn't start. tires were firestone. there were no injuries.*ak | |||