Two problems related to spare tire have been reported for the 1996 Ford F-250. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Tl-the contact owns a 1996 Ford f250 equipped with uniroyal tires, tire line: laredo, tire size 265/75r16. The contact stated that while driving approximately 50 mph, and made a right turn over a rumble strip, the passenger front tire ruptured. The contact installed the spare tire and drove the vehicle to an independent mechanic who confirmed that the tread separated from the tire and needed to be replaced. The tire was replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of failure. The approximate vehicle failure mileage was 185,000 and the tire failure mileage was 15,000. Dot number was unavailable. Jw.
First tire failure the truck was only a few months old and had about 4000 miles. I was doing about 60 mph on i75 when the tire blew. I called the Ford service number and a service vehicle came and put my spare tire on. The next day I took the tire to the firestone dealer at dadeland in miami. There they said that there was nothing they could do since I had driven on it. My complaint was that no other record was made of the early tire failure. (dot number: 20891ur tiresize: lt235/85r1).