1995 FORD RANGER Tires Problems

MY FORD RANGER IS A VERY DANGEROUS VEHICLE. IT IS BUILT UNSTABLE/BALANCED, IT VIBRATES AND ALSO SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY. IT HAS ALMOST TAKEN MY LIFE TWICE! YES I DRIVE AT THE SPEED LIMIT, AND TUNE MY CAR UP ON A REGULAR BASES. THE 2003-4 MODEL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS, BUT IRONICALLY THE TOYOTA TACOMA HAS NO PROBLEMS AT ALL THAT ARE RELATED TO THESE OF THE FORD RANGER. I HAVE ALREADY CONTACTED FORD BUT NO REPLY, I AM ALSO GOING TO CONTACT MY CONGRESS PERSON TO PRESENT THESE ISSUES AND MORE WITH GOVERNED BODIES TO SEE IF THE FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION CAN BE IMPROVED, ANOTHER ASPECT TO THIS HAZARDOUS CAUSE OF THE FORD MIGHT BE THAT THE U.S DOESN'T USE EUROPEAN STANDARDS IN AUTOMOTIVE. YOU DON'T REALLY SEE BMW, OR OTHER CARS OF A EUROPEAN DECENT WITH THOSE PROBLEMS. *JB

Mileage: 140,000

GOODYEAR TIRES WORE OUT PREMATURELY, CAUSING VIBRATION IN THE VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. GOODYEAR P225/70R14. *AK

Mileage: 144,982

WHILE DRIVING, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE SEPARATED WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. *AK SUDDENLY THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED AND WAS BANGING AGAINST THE BODY AND FRAME. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND CHANGED THE TIRE , THE ACCIDENT CAUSED SOME BODY DAMAGE. *CB *JB

Mileage: 40,721

WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED, CAUSING THE TIRE TO BLOWOUT. IT DAMAGED THE RIGHT FENDER. FIRESTONE, SIZE# P225/R15, DOT#W2001PO. *AK

POOR TRACTION ON SNOW COVERED ROADS CAUSED THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE TO SLIDE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. *PH *JB

REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT ON FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS AT TIRES, SIZE 265/75R15 WITH FOURTYTHOUSAND MILES ON THEM TREAD SEPARATED. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER STATED ALL 4 TIRES WERE REPLACED.*SLC

NEW WHEN PURCHASED, HAVE HAD TO BALANCE EACH TIRE TWICE IN 1 YEAR AND THEY ARE STILL REAL BAD AND I FEAR THEY WILL FAIL. I WAS GIVEN NO WARRANTY WHEN I PURCHASED THE TRUCK USED.. BUT THE TIRES WERE NEW AT THE TIME. *AK (DOT NUMBER: P225/70R14 TIRESIZE: 760KG)

CONSUMER REPLACED FIRESTONE TIRES AFTER A NUMBER OF FLAT TIRES AND UNEVEN TREAD WEAR, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT (OOT-005), HOWEVER DENIED DUE TO TIME FRAME. (FIRESTONE P235/75R15 OWL AT TIRES). NLM

CONSUMER REPLACED FIRESTONE TIRES AFTER A NUMBER OF FLAT TIRES AND UNEVEN TREAD WEAR, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT (OOT-005), HOWEVER DENIED DUE TO TIME FRAME. (FIRESTONE P235/75R15 OWL AT TIRES). NLM

CONSUMER HAS 1995, FORD,RANGER PICKUP. ALL 4 TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH & TIRES FELT LIKE THEY WERE SKATING ALL OVER THE ROAD. CONSUMER REPLACED THEM AT A SERVICE STATION & FOUND THEY WERE OUT OF ROUND. TIRE SIZE P235/75R15 DOT#UNKNOWN. THEY WERE THE ORIGINAL TIRES WITH 47,000 MILES.*AK *SLC

CONSUMER REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE RECALL (00T-005) REPLACEMENT CHARGES. *MJS

RECEIVED NOTICE 00T005000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 1704550 & CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. WAS INFORMED TIRES PRIOR TO NOTICE & EXCHANGED BETWEEN 1/1/00 & 8/31/00 WOULD NOT BE DONE. OWNER HAD TIRES EXCHANGED PRIOR TO RECEIVING NOTICE & SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT. HAD PROBLEM WITH TIRES DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION. FIRESTONE ATX, P235/75R15. *AK

PE 00 020/TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT WHILE TRAVELING AT 20 MPH WITH DRIVER ONLY IN A 1995 FORD, RANGER, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, P215/70R14, DOT# UNAVAILABLE. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK *SLC

ON 01/16/98 MY 1995 FORD RANGER HAD A BLOWOUT AND TREAD SEPERATION AT ABOUT 55 MPH ,NO ACCIDENT RESULTED. THE TREAD SEPERATED ABOUT 6 TO 10 INCHES AND THE TIRE CORD BLEW OUT A SLITT ABOUT 3 TO 4 INCHES IN LENGTH. I STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL FORD RANGER TRUCK ,THE ORIGINAL FIRESTONE TIRES AND THE SUPPORTING PAPERWOK FROM THE FIRESTONE SHOP THAT SOLD ME A NEW FIRSTONE TIRE. I REPORTED THIS TO FORD BUT GOT A FORM E MAIL REPLY SAYING THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES BUT NOT INTERESTED IN THE CATISTROPIC FAILURE?AND I AM A FORD STOCK HOLDER! CALL ME FOR MORE INFO AS I AM ALSO AN AERONAUTICAL MAINTENANCE TECHNITION AND KNOW ABOUT TIRE FAILURE MODES.*AK (TIRESIZE: P23560R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P23560R15 )

TREAD SEPARATION BLOWOUT. OCCURRED AFTER TURNING BACK ON HIGHWAY AFTER DOING ABOUT 50 MILES OFF ROAD. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY UPON GETTING TO FREEWAY SPEED (75MPH) TIRE FAILED. I FELT WITH THE RECENT INFO ON P235 WILDERNESS TIRE FAILURES, I SHOULD REPORT THAT SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE P265 WILDERNESS PROVIDED AS STANDARD EQUIPMENT ON MY FORD RANGER. (TIRESIZE: P265/75R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/75R15 )

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: PJFC TIRESIZE: P225/70R14)

TWO TIRES WITH QUARTER SIZE BLISTER ON EACH WITH STEEL PROTRUDING FROM EACH. THERE IS APPROXIMATELY A 1/4" OF TREAD. THESE BLISTERS ARE NOT WORN PORTIONS OF THE TIRES. THEY ARE PROTRUDING FROM OTHERWISE APARENTLY TIRES IN GOOD CONDITION. EACH BLISTER IS SYMETRICALLY LOCATED TO ONE AND OTHER ON EACH TIRE. ONLY RESPONSE FROM FIRESTONE WAS A CANNED RESPONSE ABOUT THEIR P235 RECALL. *AK( DOT NUMBER: W29V ATA TIRE SIZE: P265/75R15 )

FIRESTONE: OLDER CLAIM RE-OPENED INSURED ALLEGES ACCIDENT CAUSED BY TIRE FAILURE. TIRE CAME OFF RIM. (CLAIM# 53-C110-288) *MW

THIS CONSUMER WILL SEND IN INFORMATION CONCERNING TIRE TREAD SEPARATION. *AK

TIRES WERE BLOWOUTS. JACK WAS TOO SMALL FOR THE SIZE OF TIRES THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE AND COULD NOT WITHSTAND THE WEIGHT AND WOULD NOT RAISE THE TRUCK HIGH ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE TIRE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P26575R16 )

TIRES WERE BLOWOUTS. JACK WAS TOO SMALL FOR THE SIZE OF TIRES THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE AND COULD NOT WITHSTAND THE WEIGHT AND WOULD NOT RAISE THE TRUCK HIGH ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE TIRE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P26575R16 )

TIRES FELL APART= I BOUGHT NEW TIRES, ALSO FIRESTORNE, I NEED THEM REPLACED ASAP!!!( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235 )

CONSUMER HAD FOUND CRACKS ON THE FOUR SET OF FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES, SIZE P265/75R15. *AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P265/75/R15 *MW

CONSUMER HAD FOUND CRACKS ON THE FOUR SET OF FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES, SIZE P265/75R15. *AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P265/75/R15 *MW

I HAD A BLOW OUT JUNE 2000. THE BLOW OUT OCCURRED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT, AND FOR NO APPERENT REASON THE TIRE JUST BLOW OUT. THE TIRE HAD APPROXIMATELY 7000 MILES ON IT. I BOUGHT THE TIRE IN NOV. OF 1999.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/70R14 )

ALL FOUR TIRES ARE SERIOUSLY CRACKED AT THE TREAD AREA. MECHANIC SAYS THAT THE VEHICAL IS FINE THAT THE STEERING PROBLEM IS BECAUSE OF BELT SEPARATION IN THE TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 265/75R15 )

HAD 4 NEW OEM FIRESTONE TIRES PUT ON WHEN I BOUGHT THE TRUCK IN MAY 97. IN JAN 98, ~3000 MILES LATER, I DROVE 12 HRS FROM FLA TO CHAPEL HILL, NC WITH 2 @15 MINUTE STOPS TO GAS UP. TOOK I-95 AND RAN 70-80MPH THE WHOLE TIME. WHEN I LEFT THE HWY FOR THE LAST TIME, TRUCK BRAKING WAS VERY BAD. ALL OVER THE ROAD. I DID NOT LOSE CONTROL ONLY BECAUSD THE OFF RAMP WAS VERY LONG NEAR MY HOUSE AND I TOOK A L O N G TIME TO STOP. SCARY. TIRE WAS DESTROYED. LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE TOOK A GRINDER TO ABOUT 1/6TH OF THE TIRE, ALONG THE OUTSIDE EDGE. THE STEEL BELT HAD BITS OF METAL STICKING OUT OF IT, THE TREAD NEAR THE HAND SIZED HOLE HAD PEELED OFF THE INNER TIRE (BUT WAS STILL ATTACHED ON THE INSIDE 2" OR SO) . WHAT A MESS. DID I RUN OVER A LAND MINE? I PUT IT DOWN AS A FLUKE, BUT THOUGHT I SHOUDL REPORT IT NOW. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/R1570 )

IDENTICAL PROBLEM WITH THE FIRESTONE ATX TIRE HAPPENED TO US, WHERE WE HEARD A BIG SOUND WHILE DRIVING, ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR WHERE IT ALMOST FLIPPED OVER BUT DIDN'T AS WE WERE ABLE TO USE ALL FREEWAY LANES TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE TRUCK (THERE WERE NO CARS AROUND US AT THAT TIME). WE PULLED OVER AND DISCOVERED A REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE IN A BIG WAY. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/60R15 )

SPARE TIRE IS RUBBNG AGAINST THE BRAKE LINE, CAUSING A HOLE, AND RESULTING IN LOSS OF BRAKES.*AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IN THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE MODE, THE BACK BRAKES SEEM TO GRAB QUICKER CAUSING THE BRAKES TO LOCK ON ALL 4 WHEELS. THIS CAUSES THE VEHIVCLE TO GO IN TO A UNCONTROLLED SLIDE. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES ON HILLS OR EVEN LEVEL GROUND IN SNOWY CONDITIONS. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN 2 WHEEL DRIVE, THE BRAKES APPEAR TO ACT NORMAL. BUT WHEN IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE THE BRAKES LOCK AND PULSE, THERE IS NO CONTROLLED DEPLOYMENT OF THE PADS. THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE ARE THE SIZE THAT THE MANUFACTURER CALLS FOR, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT I USE STUDDED TIRES ON THE REAR. AS I STATED THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM IN 2 WHEEL DRIVE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 205,70R-15 )

WHILE DRIVING (65) MPH ON INTERSTATE, ABOUT 80% OF THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE ON THE RIGHT REAR, CAUSING $2,100 DOLLARS OF DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL WELL AND THE SIDE PANEL OF TRUCK. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO STEER TRUCK OFF THE ROAD SAFELY. *AK TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX, SIZE P235/75R15 M+S TUBELESS, DOT # VNHL1MO090, TIRE HAD ONLY BEEN ON VEHICLE ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE FAILING, IT WAS A SPARE AND DID CAUSE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *SLC