1999 Ford Ranger

BEEN READING ABOUT THE TIRES, WE HAVE THE WILDERNESS AT TIRES IN SIZE P235/70R15 AND HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS OUT OF THEM JUST TODAY WE HAD ANOTHER BLOW OUT ON A TIRE. THE RIGHT, FRONT. THIS MAKES THE 4TH TIRE THAT BLEW OUT THIS SUMMER! ALL TIRES THAT BLEW, ARE BLOWING FROM THE SIDE WALLSI THINK FOR THE SAFETY OF OTHERS YOU BETTER RETHINK THE I THINK FOR THE SAFETY OF OTHERS YOU BETTER RETHINK( DOT NUMBER: )

MAIL ROUTE INCLUDES SAND, CLAY, & SURFACED ROADS. I FIRST HEARD A STRANGE RUBBING SOUND WHILE ON PRIVATE SAND ROAD. I GOT OUT AND OBSERVED A BUBBLE ON THE SIDEWALL OF THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. I HAD NO SAFE PLACE TO CHANGE THE TIRE SO I SLOWLY DROVE THE 1 MILE BACK TO THE SURFACED ROAD. AS I DROVE DOWN THE SURFACED ROAD, I NOTICED A LOT OF VIBRATION IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER TO CHANGE THE TIRE, AS I WAS EXITING THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A LOAD "POP" AND THE TIRE WAS FLAT! THE SERVICE PERSONNEL AT MIKE SHAD FORD LET ME SEE THE TIRE AS THEY TOOK IT FROM THE RIM. THERE WAS A GENEROUS AMOUNT OF RUBBER POWDER, THE STEEL BELTS WERE SHREDDED AND RUSTY. IT APPEARED TO ME THAT THE TIRE HAD COME APART FROM THE INSIDE OUT. MYSELF, THE TECHNITION, SERVICE ADVISOR COULD NOT BELIEVE THE TIRE HAD ONLY 6700 MILES ON IT. BUT IT WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. THE DEALER TIRE MANAGER DETERMINED DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF WEAR ON THE TREAD THAT I HAD TO BUY A NEW REPLACEMENT. WHEN I COMPLAINED THAT THE TIRE HAD TO BE DEFECTIVE HE DISSAGREED. NOT DEFECTIVE, ABUSED! HE AUTHORISED A $15. ADJUSTMENT AND A FREE ALL WHEEL ALIGNMENT. THE SECOND FAILURE WAS NEARLY A YEAR LATER BUT ON THE SAME WHEEL AND SAME SURFACED ROAD. AT 55MPH I FELT SOMETHING SLIP OR GO LOOSE IN THE REAR END, FOLLOWED BY SEVERE VIBRATION. I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER IMMEDIATLY, STOPPED, EXITED THE VEHICLE AND LOOKED AT THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. I FOUND SIMULAR DAMAGE AS THE FIRST TIME, A LARGE BUBBLE ON THE SIDEWALL, SMALLER BUBBLES A RIDGES WERE THE SIDEWALL AND TREAD MEET, AND A LARGE BUBBLE UNDER THE TREAD. THIS TIRE DID NOT BLOW BUT THE TIRE & WHEEL ASSEMBLY WERE VERY HOT! I HAD TO LET THEM COOL ABOUT 25/30 MINUTES BEFORE I CHANGED THE TIRE. THIS TIRE IS NOW MY SPARE. AT 19625 MILES THE ORIGINAL SET OF TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED. WITH 14500 MILES ON THIS REPLACEMENT SET FORD NOTES ALL 5 TIRES REQUIRE REPLACEMENT DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR. FORD HAS TOLD ME THEY ARE WARRENTIED FOR 50000 AND FIRESTONE IS RESPONSI

PE00020; TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: WHEN TIRE WENT FLAT IT WAS TAKEN TO A FIRESTONE DEALERSHIP. OWNER BELIEVED THAT TIRE WENT FLAT BECAUSE OF TREAD SEPARATION FROM THE SIDEWALL. TIRES WERE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT. FIRESTONE STATED THAT A FLAT WAS DUE ROAD HAZARD CONDITIONS. TIRE WAS REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. PLEASE PROVIDE TIRE SIZE AND DOT #. *AK