1993 Ford Ranger

FIRESTONE'S TIRE PROBLEM GOES FAR BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THE CURRENT RECALL. I REPLACED MY 265/75R15 TIRES 4 YEARS AGO BECAUSE THEY (ALL 4) WERE CRACKED ALL ALONG THE OUTSIDE TREAD, THE SAME AREA WHERE THE TREADS ARE SEPERATING ON THE 235/75R15. MY CURRENT SET IS DOING THE SAME! LES SHWAB TIRE COMPANY SAYS THAT THE PROBLEM WITH MY TIRES IS DEFINATELY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THESE TIRES ARE ALL MANUFACTURED THE SAME, JUST IN DIFFERENT WIDTHS. DEFECTS THAT ARE AFFECTING ONE SIZE WILL BE AFFECTING THE WHOLE TIRE LINE. WHEN WILL THE REST OF US GET OUR TIRES REPLACED? BEFORE OR AFTER A MAJOR ACCIDENT?( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 265/75R15 )

MY WIFE WAS TRAVELING ON AN HWY 59 IN NORTH WEST IA . AT 55 MPH WHEN THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT AND THE TREAD SEPERATED THE STEEL BELTS WERE SHOWING . I HAD JUST RECENTLY DICARDED THE TIRE IN PERRY, IA. I KNOW ITS NOT UNDER RECALL BUT THEY MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM. IF ANYTHING COMES UP PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME THANK YOU, RICH O'DELL( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/75R15 )

ON 17 JANUARY 2000 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:45 PM THE OUTSIDE 2/3'S OF THE TREAD SEPERATED FROM THE RIGHT (PASSENGER) REAR TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO A SAFE STOP WITH ONLY DAMAGE BEING TO THE RIGHT REAR MUDFLAP. THE NEXT DAY, 18 JANUARY 2000, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NATIONAL TIRE AND BATTERY IN ZANESVILLE, OH TO HAVE THE TIRE REPLACED. THESE TIRES HAD APPROXIMATELY 26,000 MILES ON THEM. FOLLOWING INSPECTION, I WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE LEFT (DRIVER) FRONT TIRE WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF TREAD SEPERATION. DUE TO THE MILEAGE ON THE TIRES, I ELECTED TO REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES WITH NEW ATX'S.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235R75-15 )

I HAD 4 FIRESTONE FR480 THAT CAME WITH MY PICKUP. I REPLACED TWO. THE OTHER TWO HAVE 8/32 TREAD LEFT AS OF THIS DATE. HOWEVER, THE TREAD IS STARTING TO SEPARATE FROM THE TIRES. I CANNOT RECEIVE ANY SATISFACTION OUT OF THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY HERE IN PETOSKEY MICHIGAN SO I AM ASKING YOU WHAT I CAN DO. I DON'T WANT TO DIE IN A VEHICLE CRASH WHEN THEY SEPARATE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P22570R14 )

DRIVING ON I-26 AT 55 MPH, HEARD A LOUD BANG AND RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF TRUCK STARTED GETTING LOW, ABLE TO GET TRUCK TO SAFE BERM AREA OF AN ACCESS RAMP AND GET STOPPED. UPON CHANGING TIRE, THE TIRE LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE THOSE BEING DESCRIBED IN THE MEDIA, WITH THETREAD PEELING OFF THE TIRE CASING ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE VISIBLE DAMAGE WAS IN THE OUTER WALL AND TREAD AREA. LOOKING INTO SEVERAL OF THE LARGER HOLES YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE TREAD HAS SEPERATED FROM THE CASING. THIS APPEARS TO ME TO BE THE SAME TYPE DAMAGE THAT OTHER FIRESTONE TIRES ARE HAVING.*AK( DOT NUMBER: W2FC 1M9 2 TIRE SIZE: P225/70R14 )

I WAS TRAVELLING AT 50 MPH AND PULLING A 14 FT ALUMINUM BOAT TO OUR CAMP. I HAD JUST WENT TO THE SERVICE STATION AND HAD MY OIL & FILER CHANGED AS WELL AS CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURE ON ALL 4 TIRES & THE SPARE. APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR LATER I WAS TRAVELING AT 50 MPH ON A STATE HIGHWAY AND THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW. IT JUST DID NOT GO FLAT, BUT BLEW. I RECALL THAT THERE WERE NO OBJECTS ON THE HIGHWAY THAT CAUSED THIS. THE TIRE WAS CHANGED AND I OBSERVED THAT THE TIRE LOOKED DEFECTIVE. THERE WERE NO EXTRERNAL MARKINGS OR PUNCTURES TO INDICATE A PROBLEM. I BROUGHT THIS TIRE TO THE FIRESTONE DEALER IN LAFAYETTE,LA ON JOHNSTON STREET AND HE SAID I RAN OVER SOMETHING, WHICH I KNEW I DID NOT. HE THOUGHT I HIT A CURB, WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE SINCE THERE ARE NONE ON STATE HWY 82. HE THEN TELLS ME IT WAS PROBABLY LOW PRESSURE, WHICH I THEN INFORMED HIM IT WAS JUST CHECKED PRIOR TO STARTING MY TRIP. HE SAID HE WAS ALL OUT OF SUGGESTIONS. I SAID HOW ABOUT DEFECTIVE? TO WHICH HE REPLIED, PROBABLY NOT, THE TIRE IS LESS THAN 1 YEAR OLD. HE AND I OBSERVED THE TIRE WHICH SHOWS THE SIDEWALL PHYSICALLY TORE / SEPARATED FROM THE TREAD WITHOUT ANY PUNCTURES OR MARKINGS. HE REFUSED TO REPLACE THE TIRE UNDER WARRANTY. I NO LONGER BUY FIRESTONE TIRES AND I AM NOW CONVINCED THAT IT WAS A DEFECTIVE TIRE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265R15 )