2000 FORD F-550 SD Tires Problems

2000 FORD F-550 FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL AND DRIVE INTO A DITCH. *KB (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT).*JB

RECALL CAMPAIGN FOR FORD F550 TRUCKS CONCERNING THE VALE STEMS USED ON 19.5 INCH TIRES. *BF ONE OF THE VEHICLE'S TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE VALVE STEM FAILED CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE TIRES SIDEWALL. ON ANOTHER OCCASION ONE OF THE DUALLY WHEEL TIRE VALVE STEMS FAILED AND CAUSED THE TIRE TO GO FLAT. THE CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FOUR DUALLY TIRE VALVE STEMS WITH THE TREAD NUT ON TOP. THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. *NM

1. TRAVELING EAST ON I-88 IN NY. LOAD 6500 LBS. AT 60 MPH. . SUDDEN LOSS OF AIR IN FRONT LEFT TIRE, WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO BRAKE DOWN LANE WITHOUT INCIDENT. . ROAD SERVICE REPLACED TIRE, COULD FIND NO DEFECTS OR PUNCTURES IN FLAT. WAS SUGESTED VALVE STEM SAFETY MARGIN TO CLOSE TO TIRE INFLATION. RUBBER STEM REPLACED WITH A METAL ONE.*AK

Mileage: 24,500

I OWN A 2000 FORD F550 MODIFIED BY FONTAINE MODIFICATION COMPANY, LOUISVILLE, KY TO TOW A FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER, GVR 15,900 LBS. THIS WAS A DEMO VEHICLE FOR FONTAINE AND HAD 2598 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. IT WAS DELIVERED TO ME AS A NEW VEHICLE WITH A 3 YEAR 36,000 MILES WARRANTY ON 9-29-2002. PRIOR TO PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE, THE DEALER, CUNNINGHAM CAMPERS HAD TWO BLOW OUTS ON THE RIGHT REAR DUAL 225/70R-19.5/F GENERAL TIRES ON 8-6-2002. TWO MORE BLOW OUTS, (EXPLOSIONS) OCCURRED IN OF JUNE 2003, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. I REPLACED THE GENERAL TIRES WITH MICHELIN TIRES. THIS VEHICLE WAS DELIVERED WITHOUT HIGH PRESSURE VALVE STEMS WHICH I REPLACED WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE VALVE STEMS AFTER THE SECOND BLOWOUT. THE LOCAL FORD DEALER REFUSED TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON MY COMPLAINT AND BLAMED CONTINENTAL TIRE COMPANY (GENERAL) AND CONTINENTAL BLAMED FORD FOR THE PROBLEM SAYING THAT THE ZIPPER TEARS WERE CAUSED BY INFERIOR VALVE STEMS. I HAVE ANOTHER TIRE THAT IS VERY QUESTIONABLE AND I AM AFRAID TO GO ON THE HIGHWAY TOWING A 5TH WHEEL THAT WEIGHS 15,900 WITH TIRES EXPERIENCED 4 BLOW OUTS IN THE PAST YEAR AND A QUESTIONABLE 5TH TIRE AND 4 MORE ORIGINAL TIRES LEFT ON THE VEHICLE WHICH NEITHER FORD NOR CONTINENTAL WILL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR. I WILL BE TAKING SEVERAL LONG TRIPS IN THE NEXT YEAR TOTALING OVER 5,000 MILES--HELP .*AK

Mileage: 13,645

VALVE STEM FAILURES ON FOUR TIRES WHILE IN TRANSIT. *MR THREE OF THE TIRES I HAVE AS EVIDENCE PLUS VALVE STEM AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF TIRES. TIRE #1 12,000 MILES, #2 13,000 MILES, #3 14,500 MILES. I WENT FOR VALVE STEM RECALL ABOUT 14-17 MONTHS PRIOR TO ALL TIRE FAILURES AT SAYVILLE FORD. I HAVE ALL DOCUMENTATION, BILLS FOR ROAD SERVICE REPAIRS, ETC. THEY TOLD ME THE "ZIPPER FAILURE" ON THE SIDEWALL IS DUE TO "UNINFLATED TIRES NOT THE FAULTY VALVE STEMS THAT FAILED". THE LAST BLOWOUT IS STILL ON THE RIM WHICH I WILL CHANGE SOON BEING IT IS THE SPARE TIRE. ONE TIRE WAS THROWN OUT (DISCARDED) BY ERROR. I WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE THREE TIRES THAT I KEPT FOR EVIDENCE, NEW VALVE STEMS (DIFFERENT TYPE) AND ROAD SERVICE. *TS

Mileage: 12,000

VALVE STEM FAILURES ON FOUR TIRES WHILE IN TRANSIT. *MR THREE OF THE TIRES I HAVE AS EVIDENCE PLUS VALVE STEM AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF TIRES. TIRE #1 12,000 MILES, #2 13,000 MILES, #3 14,500 MILES. I WENT FOR VALVE STEM RECALL ABOUT 14-17 MONTHS PRIOR TO ALL TIRE FAILURES AT SAYVILLE FORD. I HAVE ALL DOCUMENTATION, BILLS FOR ROAD SERVICE REPAIRS, ETC. THEY TOLD ME THE "ZIPPER FAILURE" ON THE SIDEWALL IS DUE TO "UNINFLATED TIRES NOT THE FAULTY VALVE STEMS THAT FAILED". THE LAST BLOWOUT IS STILL ON THE RIM WHICH I WILL CHANGE SOON BEING IT IS THE SPARE TIRE. ONE TIRE WAS THROWN OUT (DISCARDED) BY ERROR. I WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE THREE TIRES THAT I KEPT FOR EVIDENCE, NEW VALVE STEMS (DIFFERENT TYPE) AND ROAD SERVICE. *TS

Mileage: 12,000

REQUEST FOR RECALL INFORMATION FOR 19.5 INCH CONTINENTAL STEEL CORD SIDEWALLS. *MR A ZIPPER RUPTURED ON THE 19.5 INCH STEEL CORD SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE. SCC

GENERAL TIRES WERE NOT ALL TERRAIN WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE TIRE EQUIPMENT FOR THE VEHICLE. MR THE TIRES INABILITY TO HOLD THE ROAD CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL AND HIT A POLE. MODEL/LT SCC *JB

THE VALVE STEMS FAILED ON 3 TIRES, WHICH CAUSED THE TIRES TO FAIL, HOWEVER THE WARRANTY TIRE CENTER INDICATED A NAIL WAS EMBEDDED IN THE TIRE. *PH *JB *CB

THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WITH ALL TERRAIN TIRES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN TWO TIRE RELATED ACCIDENTS WITHIN A 2 YEAR PERIOD. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE TIRES INSTALLED ARE NOT ALL TERRAIN TIRES. PH *NLM

THE TIRE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT AS STATED IN RECALL NO. 01 V 046 000, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB THE VALVE COVER HAD COME OUT OF THE RIM, IT WAS LOOSE, AND LEAKED AIR. THE TIRES LOST ALL AIR AND HAD RUN FLAT, CAUSING THEM TO BE TOO DANGEROUS TO RE-INFLATE. (BROKEN DOWN SIDEWALLS) THE DEALER THOUGHT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VALVES. SCC

Mileage: 17,000

I THINK METAL VALVE STEMS ARE NEEDED IN THESE H.D. TRUCKS. HAS ANY FAILED? ****DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS*****769357. *AK *JB

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM FORD REGARDING THE TIRES, VALVE STEM #10V046. CONSUMER WAS NOT PRESENT DURING THE INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT IT WAS UP TO FORD'S SPECIFICATIONS. IN SEPTEMBER THE INSIDE REAR TIRE WENT FLAT. CONSUMER WAS PULLING A TRAILER AND DIDNT REALIZE THERE WAS A FLAT. THE TIRE SIDE WALLS WERE DESTROYED. BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE, THERE WAS NO WAY TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. IN JULY OF 2002, TWO OF THE INSIDE REAR TIRES WENT FLAT SIMULTANEOUSLY. CONSUMER WAS PULLING A TRAILER AT THE TIME AND HAD BEEN CHECKING THE TIRES EVERY 70 MILES. UPON TAKING THE TIRES TO THE LOCAL DEALER, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS THE VALVE STEMS. THE DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUEST TO PUT HEAVY DUTY TRUCK VALVE STEMS ON THE FULL SET BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN OF THE RIMS WHICH WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR THE BOLT TYPE VALVE STEMS. CONSUMER FEELS FORD SHOULD REIMBURSE FOR THE REPLACEMENT VALVE STEMS AND TIRES. *JG

TIRE TRACTION GENERAL 225/70R 19.5 TIRES LOOSE TRACTION WITH THE GROUND, MAINLY ON SNOW---IS UNSAFE IN WINTER COND. & HEAVY RAIN

RECALL 01V046000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 01S05; REAR AXLE INSIDE DUAL TIRE DEFLATED DUE TO VALVE STEM RUPTURING. VEHICLE WAS AT DEALER BEING SERVICED. ALSO, THE PROBLEM IS DUE TO WRONG SIZE VALVE STEM FOR TIRE COMBINED WITH VEHICLE'S WEIGHT CAPACITY AND TIRE PRESSURE. DEALER IS AWARE. *AK ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE RIGHT FRONT STEM BLEW OUT COMPLETELY AT 60 MPH DAMAGING TIRE. GENERAL TIRES LMT 400 DOT CU9R HMTJ 499. *TT

WHILE PULLING 17,000 LB. 5TH WHEEL AT 75 MPH OR MORE A PASSERBY HONKED HIS HORN AND POINTED TO THE VEHICLE REAR PASSENGER DUAL TIRES. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND FOUND THAT THE INSIDE TIRE TREAD HAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE SIDEWALLS. THE TIRE DID NOT BLOW OUT, THE VALVE STEM WAS DEFECTIVE AND ALL THE AIR LEAKED OUT CAUSING THE TIRE TO DEFLATE AND THEN SEPARATE, DEALER REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE RUBBER VALVE STEMS WITH STEEL STEMS. TWO MORE RUBBER VALVE STEMS WERE LEAKING AND DEALER REPLACED WITH STEEL, CONSUMER THINKS THE RECALL WAS NOT DONE PROPERLY, IF IT HAD BEEN THE STEMS WOULD NOT HAVE LEAKED AGAIN, NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID#01V046000, GENERAL TIRES, DOT#CU9RHMTJ0600, TIRE SIZE# 225/70R 195 LMT400. *YD *NM

Mileage: 17,956

CONSUMER STATES ALL THE VALVE STEM WAS REPLACE DUE TO A PAST RECALL AND NOW THE PROBLEM REOCCURRING. DEALER NOTIFIED. NLM

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, GENERAL TIRES, SIZE P225/70R19.5, LOSE TRACTION ON SNOWY PAVEMENT, CONSUMER HAS HAD 2 ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS, CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT THESE TIRES ARE SOLD AS ALL TERRAIN TIRES, HOWEVER THEY ARE NOT. *TT

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, GENERAL TIRES, SIZE P225/70R19.5, LOSE TRACTION ON SNOWY PAVEMENT, CONSUMER HAS HAD 2 ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS, CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT THESE TIRES ARE SOLD AS ALL TERRAIN TIRES, HOWEVER THEY ARE NOT. *TT

WHILE DRIVING 25-30 MPH REAR PASSENGER TIRE FELL OFF. NO ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE TOWING 17,500 LB. FIFTHWHEEL, CONSUMER NOTICED BROKEN VALVE STEM ON A CONTINENTAL GENERAL 225 / 70R 19.5 LMT 400 TIRE AND NO AIR IN TIRE. FIRST DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT REPAIR STATING THAT SIDE WALL OF TIRE COULD BE DAMAGED. CONSUMER WENT TO ANOTHER DEALER AND HAD THE VALVE REPAIRED. UPON DEPARTING DEALER, CONSUMER NOTICE ANOTHER VALVE WAS MISSING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO ORIGINAL DEALER AND WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT ALL FOUR TIRES WOULD BE REPLACED. INSTEAD, DEALER REPAIRED ALL 4 VALVE STEMS. *TT

WHILE TOWING 17,500 LB. FIFTHWHEEL, CONSUMER NOTICED BROKEN VALVE STEM ON A CONTINENTAL GENERAL 225 / 70R 19.5 LMT 400 TIRE AND NO AIR IN TIRE. FIRST DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT REPAIR STATING THAT SIDE WALL OF TIRE COULD BE DAMAGED. CONSUMER WENT TO ANOTHER DEALER AND HAD THE VALVE REPAIRED. UPON DEPARTING DEALER, CONSUMER NOTICE ANOTHER VALVE WAS MISSING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO ORIGINAL DEALER AND WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT ALL FOUR TIRES WOULD BE REPLACED. INSTEAD, DEALER REPAIRED ALL 4 VALVE STEMS. *TT

CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT VEHICLE WAS AFFECTED BY RECALL 01V046000 CONCERNING TIRE: VALVE STEM. DEALERSHIP PERFORMED RECALL REPAIRS. HOWEVER, TIRE THAT WAS MISSING A VALVE STEM WAS NOT REPLACED ACCORDING TO THE CORRECTIVE ACTION DEFINED BY RECALL. THOSE TIRES HAVE BEEN ROTATED, AND CONSUMER WAS UNSURE WHICH TIRE WAS UNSAFE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT TWENTY MILES ON HIGHWAY IN TRAFFIC. LEFT FRONT TIRE AIR CAME OUT. HE WAS FORCED OVER TO SHOULDER. CONTINENTAL GENERAL, P22570R19.5. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK *SLC

RECALL 01V046000 ON VALVE STEMS DONE ON 23 APR.2001. DEALER INSPECTED VALVE STEMS, DID NOT REPLACE THEM. THEN ON 30 MAY 2001, PASSENGER'S REAR INSIDE TIRE WAS FOUND FLAT WHILE PARKED. *AK ON JUNE 18TH, DRIVER SIDE FRONT VALVE STEM BROKE. *SLC

CONSUMER HAD A TIRE VALVE STEM INSPECTION. DEALER INSPECTED TIRE ONE WEEK BEFORE, HE HAD A VALVE BLOWOUT, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL. *AK

FAILURE #1: SUDDEN BLOWOUT ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY IN IOWA OF LEFT FRONT TIRE. TIRE IN SHREDS BY TIME I GOT OFF HIGHWAY. REPLACED TIRE AT OWN EXPENSE. (TIRESIZE: 225R7019.5)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225R7019.5 )

DEALER ONLY REPLACED VALVE STEMS, REFUSED TO REPLACE LEAKING TIRES AS STATED IN RECALL. FORD STATED IT WAS UP TO DEALER. *AK

DEALER ONLY REPLACED VALVE STEMS, REFUSED TO REPLACE LEAKING TIRES AS STATED IN RECALL. FORD SAID IT WAS UP TO DEALER. VEHICLE HAD RIGHT REAR TIRE BLOWOUT ON MAY 2, 2001; FRONT LEFT TIRE BLOWOUT ON MAY 8, 2001. *AK

DEALER WILL ONLY REPLACE VALVE STEMS, NOT LEAKING TIRES AS STATED IN RECALL. FORD SAYS IT'S UP TO DEALER. VEHICLE HAS HAD 3 BLOWOUTS ON MAY 2 AND 3 , 2001; 1 RIGHT FRONT, AND 2 REAR TIRES, AFTER VALVE STEMS WERE REPLACED. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION (01S05) CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION OF THE VALVE STEM AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE, HOWEVER TIRE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *JB

RECALL 01 V 046 000. RECALL STATES THAT THERE SHOULD BE A 12 FEET INFLATOR DEVICE; HOWEVER, FORD DOES NOT PROVIDE INFLATOR DEVICE.*AK CONSUMER FEELS IF SOMEONE WERE INJURED, THE RESPONSIBILITY WOULD FALL ON HIM, THEREFORE CONSUMER DOES NOT WISH TO COMPLY WITH THE SAFETY REGULATIONS UNTIL THE INFLATION DEVICES ARE PROVIDED. *SLC

RECALL 01 V 046 000. RECALL STATES THAT THERE SHOULD BE A 12 FEET INFLATOR DEVICE; HOWEVER, FORD DOES NOT PROVIDE INFLATOR DEVICE.*AK CONSUMER FEELS IF SOMEONE WERE INJURED, THE RESPONSIBILITY WOULD FALL ON HIM, THEREFORE CONSUMER DOES NOT WISH TO COMPLY WITH THE SAFETY REGULATIONS UNTIL THE INFLATION DEVICES ARE PROVIDED. *SLC

VARIOUS POSITIONS AND MILES. APPEARS TO BE A "ZIPPER FAILURE IN THE SIDEWALL"*AK (DOT NUMBER: CU8RHMTJ TIRESIZE: 225/70R19.)

THE TREAD OF THE TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE SIDEWALLS. IT WAS THE INSIDE TIRE OF A DUAL WHEEL SETUP. *AK( DOT NUMBER: CU9PHMTJ TIRE SIZE: 2257OR19.5 )

WHILE PULLING A TRAILER AT 50 MPH WITH DRIVER & ONE PASSENGER, NOTICED A FLAPPING NOISE FROM REAR INNER TIRE. ENTIRE SIDEWALL HAS COLLAPSED ON A 2000, FORD F550 , ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, LMT460; DOT# CU9R1HTR389. TIRE AVAILABLE FOR ANALYSIS. *AK