1999 FORD MOTOR HOME Tires Problems

WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH THE PASSENGER'S REAR TIRE TREAD PEELED OFF.*AK

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD HEARD A NOISE. IT SOUNDED AS IF SOMETHING WAS HITTING THE SIDE OF MOTOR HOME. CONSUMER PULLED TO THE SIDE, GOT OUT, LOOKED AT THE TIRES, AND DISCOVERED THAT THE TREAD PORTION OF THE TIRE CAME OFF. THERE WERE 25000 MILES ON TIRES, AND THEY WERE THE ORIGINAL TIRES THAT CAME WITH THE MOTOR HOME. FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX RADIAL R4S. *AK

SECOND BLOWOUT OF FIRESTONE TIRE WITH TREAD SEPARATION. DOT CODE VDIL1XD,LT22575R16M/S . FIRST COMPLAINT #ODI 10010331 MADE IN APRIL 03. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 1999 DUTCHMAN MOTOR HOME [XXX]. THIRD TIRE HAS BROKEN SIDEWALL, BUT DID NOT BLOW. ALL TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 31,337

SECOND BLOWOUT OF FIRESTONE TIRE WITH TREAD SEPARATION. DOT CODE VDIL1XD,LT22575R16M/S . FIRST COMPLAINT #ODI 10010331 MADE IN APRIL 03. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 1999 DUTCHMAN MOTOR HOME [XXX]. THIRD TIRE HAS BROKEN SIDEWALL, BUT DID NOT BLOW. ALL TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 31,337

SEPARATION OF TREAD FROM TIRE ON RVMOTOR HOME (FIRESTONE DOT VDIL IXD 059 DAT80P D04R). *NLM

Mileage: 24,981

WHILE DRIVING THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE OUTSIDE REAR DUAL TIRE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED. SCC *TS

Mileage: 5,886

FIRESTONE TIRES LT225/75R16/MS---YOU EXPECT TO GET TIRES THAT WILL LAST MORE THAN 5886 MILES--WHEN TO FIRESTONE STORE, TIRES ARE NOT ON THE LIST FOR TIRE PROBLEMS---WE FELT A THUMP SO WE GOT OUT AND CHECK ALL THE TIRES COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM, WENT ABOUT 2 MORE BLOCKS AND RIGHT DUAL WENT DOWN--TIRE SEPERATION

AT 55MPH THE LEFT REAR INSIDE TIRE BLEWOUT. DEALER NOTIFIED. SIZE 22575R16, DOT UNKNOWN. *AK DOT NUMBER VD1L 1XD, CONSUMER STATES THAT 385 IS ALSO ON THE TIRE, BUT IS UNSURE IF THIS IS PART OF THE DOT NUMBER. THE BLOWOUT HAS RIPPED OUT ALL THE WIRING ON THE MOTORHOME, THE PROPANE GAS LINE HAD EVEN BEEN RIPPED APART. *SLC

FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, 17OOO MILES MOUNTED ON A 1999, FORD MOTOR HOME. WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 40-50 MPH FRONT RIGHT TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION. FEW MONTHS AFTERWARDS, OTHER THREE TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. *AK TIRE SIZE P225/75R-16 DOT VD1L1XD158 CONSUMER STATED IN THE PAST HE HAS EXPERIENCED 2 TIRE SEPARATIONS THAT WERE REPLACED, DUE TO THE SEPARATIONS OF THE TIRE, THE MOTOREHOME HAS EXPERIENCED PROPERTY DAMAGE.*SLC

FIRESTONE, STEELTEX R4S TIRES SIZE: LT 225/75R16, DOT: VD HAVE EXPERIENCED BLOWOUTS THREE TIMES IN 1999, FLEETWOOD, TIOGA 31W WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 TO 65 MPH. FIRST TIRE WAS LEFT REAR INSIDE TIRE, SECOND WAS RIGHT REAR INSIDE TIRE, AND THIRD WAS RIGHT REAR INSIDE TIRE, WHICH CAUSED RIGHT REAR EXTERIOR TIRE TO BLOWOUT AS WELL, RESULTING IN DAMAGE. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED BACK PAINS FROM THIRD BLOWOUT WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO CONTROL VEHICLE. *AK

TIRES ARE LOAD RANGE "D" UNDER RATED TIRES ON A MOTORHOME.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT22575R16 )