1992 FORD RANGER Tires Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1992 FORD RANGER. THE VEHICLE HAS FUTURA GLS SUPER SPORT, SIZE P225/60R15 TIRES. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION. THE TIRE WAS ALSO BUBBLING, SPLITTING, AND HAD CRACKS ON THE SIDE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES BOUNCED AND SQUEAKED MORE WHILE DRIVING GREATER THAN 40 MPH. THE OTHER THREE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE, BUT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS THE WORST. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. THE VEHICLE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 145,415 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,415.

Mileage: 142,415

WHILE DRIVING AT 70MPH, MY REAR TIRE CAME APART AND TOTALLED THE BED OF MY TRUCK AND BROKE THE BRAKE LINE AND NEARLY CAUSED A ROLLOVER. THIS WAS THE FOURTH OF THE SET OF TIRES TO COME APART OR DEVELOP A BUBBLE.

Mileage: 106,291

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN RIGHT TIRE FELL OFF. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO TRAVEL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN, FRONT RIGHT TIRE ROLLED OFF AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HIT POLE AND DAMAGED SOME PART OF THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS ONE INJURY. *YH

TIRE TREAD SEPARATED.*AK (TIRESIZE: P215/75R15)

THE VEHICLES FIRESTONE TIRE HAD TRADE SEPARATED AND THE CONSUMER WANTS REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPLACING THEM, TIRES WERE NOT COVERED BY FORD'S REPLACEMENT PROGRAM OR ANY FIRESTONE RECALL. ( TIRE SIZE P195/70R14) *YH

THE VEHICLES FIRESTONE TIRE HAD TRADE SEPARATED AND THE CONSUMER WANTS REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPLACING THEM, TIRES WERE NOT COVERED BY FORD'S REPLACEMENT PROGRAM OR ANY FIRESTONE RECALL. ( TIRE SIZE P195/70R14) *YH

DRIVING NORTH ON I-35. TIRE EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING. OTHER NUMBERS ON TIRE: 22625 UPRW-156E 0114 (PJHY PKKR 488). *AK (DOT NUMBER: PJHY PKKR TIRESIZE: 21570R14)

CONSUMER WAS INSPECTING TIRES AND NOTICED THAT DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD HAD BEGAN TO SEPARATE ON INNER SIDEWALL OF TIRES. DUNLAP TIRE, THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *AK

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 76MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE, VEHICLE SWERVED AND FLIPPED ON THE HIGHWAY. DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE RIM. FIRESTONE, P21575R15. FIRESTONE, WAS NOTIFIED, AND THERE WERE INJURIES.*AK

THREE OF FOUR TIRES HAVE FAILED, TREAD SEPARATION CAUSED A THUMPING NOISE AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE WHILE DRIVING (FIRESTONE FR480 215/70R14). NLM

THREE OF FOUR TIRES HAVE FAILED, TREAD SEPARATION CAUSED A THUMPING NOISE AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE WHILE DRIVING (FIRESTONE FR480 215/70R14). NLM

FIRESTONE TIRE P235/70R15; HAVE THERE BEEN ANY TYPE OF RECALLS OF THIS TIRE. INSD STATES TREAD DID SEPARATE. (CLAIM# 36-A135-436) *MW

I WAS DRIVING FROM SACRAMENTO, CA TO FRESNO, CA. OUTSIDE OF MERCED, THE TOP LAYER OF MY TIRE PEELED OFF, CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO GO OUT OF CONTROL. THE TIRE FLAP SLAPPED INTO THE BACK REAR PANEL OF MY TRUCK, AND DAMAGED THE BACK PANEL, TAIL LIGHTS, AND TAILPIPE. I BELIEVE THAT ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE HAD I NOT JUST BEEN RETURNING FROM A ADVANCED DRIVING SCHOOL FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. WE FILED AN INSURANCE CLAIM AND TRIED TO GET THE INSURANCE COMPANY TO SUBROGATE THE CLAIM TO FIRESTONE, BUT FIRESTONE SAID THAT THEIR TIRE WAS NOT DEFECTIVE. WE HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT THE TRUCK JUST TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. HE TOLD ME THAT HE THOUGHT THE TIRE MIGHT BE DEFECTIVE AND THAT I MIGHT WANT TO GET IT LOOKED AT. UNFORTUNATELY, I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO CHECK IT OUT BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: FR480 )

WE HAD JUST DEPARTED HOME AND HAD BEEN ON INTERSTATE 5 IN SEATTLE FOR A COUPLE OF MILES WHEN ANOTHER DRIVER POINTED OUT THAT WE HAD A PROBLEM. WE PULLED OFF THE FREEWAY SHORTLY AND SAW THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS IN BAD SHAPE. APPARENTLY, THE FORWARD BIAS OF WEIGHT MADE THIS UNNOTICEABLE TO US. WE HAD NOT SENSED ANY IMPACT WITH A ROAD HAZARD BUT HAD TO ASSUME SUCH HAD OCCURRED. BY THE TIME WE HAD STOPPED THE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY UNREPAIRABLE, BUT I COULD NOT SAY IF IT WAS DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION. THE TIRE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY TAKEN (7/30/99) TO A LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER WHERE A NEW ATX TIRE WAS INSTALLED. IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT RECALL THIS INCIDENT TOOK ON MORE SIGNIFICANCE IN OUR MINDS AND I HAVE TAKEN THE PRECAUTION OF PURCHASING NEW TIRES (NON-FIRESTONE) FOR THE TRUCK WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS ANY RECALL OF THE SIZE ATX TIRES I HAD REMOVED. I THOUGHT IT A GOOD IDEA TO SEND YOU THIS INFORMATION TO ADD TO THE RESEARCH.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 21575R15 )

WE HAD JUST DEPARTED HOME AND HAD BEEN ON INTERSTATE 5 IN SEATTLE FOR A COUPLE OF MILES WHEN ANOTHER DRIVER POINTED OUT THAT WE HAD A PROBLEM. WE PULLED OFF THE FREEWAY SHORTLY AND SAW THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS IN BAD SHAPE. APPARENTLY, THE FORWARD BIAS OF WEIGHT MADE THIS UNNOTICEABLE TO US. WE HAD NOT SENSED ANY IMPACT WITH A ROAD HAZARD BUT HAD TO ASSUME SUCH HAD OCCURRED. BY THE TIME WE HAD STOPPED THE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY UNREPAIRABLE, BUT I COULD NOT SAY IF IT WAS DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION. THE TIRE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY TAKEN (7/30/99) TO A LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER WHERE A NEW ATX TIRE WAS INSTALLED. IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT RECALL THIS INCIDENT TOOK ON MORE SIGNIFICANCE IN OUR MINDS AND I HAVE TAKEN THE PRECAUTION OF PURCHASING NEW TIRES (NON-FIRESTONE) FOR THE TRUCK WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS ANY RECALL OF THE SIZE ATX TIRES I HAD REMOVED. I THOUGHT IT A GOOD IDEA TO SEND YOU THIS INFORMATION TO ADD TO THE RESEARCH.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 21575R15 )

I HAD 9 FLATS AND 2 SIDEWALL FAILURE WITHIN 3,000 MILES, I WHEN TO THE FORD DEALER AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO GO TO FIRESTONE DEALER, I WANTED TO GET THE TIRES ADJUSTED, BECAUSE THE TIRES WAS TO PRONG TO PUNCHURE (TO SOFT). I GOT NO HELP FROM EITHER DEALER. I TALKED TO A FIRESTONE REP. WHAT A TOTAL WASTE OF TIME. I PURCHASED 4 NEW COOPER TIRES( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215/75R15 )

PE-00020, FIRESTONE FIREHAWK ATX TIRE SIZE 27X8-50R14. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH ON HIGHWAY, TREAD ON A 1992 FORD RANGER SEPARATED ON THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. ALSO, STATES TIRE REMAINED INFLATED. *AK *SLC

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING UP MT. LEMMON, NEAR TUCSON, AZ. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT OVERLOADED. SHE PULLED OVER WHEN SHE HEARD A LOUD NOISE THAT WAS APPARENTLY DUE TO THE SEPARATED TREAD SECTION (ABOUT 1/3 OF THE ENTIRE TREAD) HITTING THE INSIDE OF THE FENDER WELL. THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS CHECKED REGULARLY, INCLUDING THE MORNING OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILED TIRE WAS PURCHASED ON 08/23/96, FAILED ON 06/28/98, HAD APPROX. 35,000 MILES ON IT, AND WAS IN OTHERWISE PERFECT CONDITION. I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DOT# FOR THE FAILED TIRE, BUT I CAN TELL BY MY RECEIPT THAT IT IS ON OF THE FOLLOWING: HYHYR3B485, 276, 246, OR 226. THE FAILED TIRE WAS REPLACED AT A PRO-RATED COST BASED UPON TREAD DEPTH BY THE PLACE OF PURCHASE; THE BASE EXCHANGE SERVICE STATION AT DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB, TUCSON, AZ. THEY WERE PUZZLED BY THE DISINTEGRATION OF A RELATIVELY NEW TIRE. I WAS TOO...( DOT NUMBER: HYHYR3BXXX TIRE SIZE: P215/70R14 )