Tire Tread/belt problems of the 2001 Ford F-250 - part 1

The contact owns a 2001 Ford F-250 equipped with toyo tires. Tire line: ht open country, tire size: lt 265/75/r16, and dot number: cxltcak4815. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle was shaking and it felt like the front tires were bouncing. The contact veered to the side of the road, where he noticed that the tire were deformed. The contact continued to drive. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer where it was diagnosed that the belt was separating. The front tires were replaced; however, the failure reoccurred on the rear tires. The vehicle was taken to an independent tire mechanic where the rear tires were replaced under an unknown recall. The contact stated that the failure reoccurred on the front tires. The dealer was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but did not provide any assistance. The tires were not replaced. The tires were replacement equipment. The tire failure mileage was 30,000. The vehicle failure mileage was approximately 230,000.

The contact owns a 2001 Ford f250 with b. F. Goodrich all terrain tires, size 285/75r16. The tread on all four tires was breaking apart in huge pieces while she was driving. The tire mileage was 20,000 on each tires. The failure mileage was 15,000. Updated 09/14/09 updated 09/15/09.

Firestone steeltex a/t m/s, lt265/75 r16 123/1200 load range e, tire exploded on high way. The tread came off the tire. This happens on retreads but should not happen on the original tires. The tire did not deflate immediately but there was considerable damage to the truck. The tires are on a 2001 Ford 250. Original tires with 64000 mile. Tread depth was recently checked and were well within standards. *updated 12/12/07 updated 12/12/07.

The contact owns a 2001 Ford f250. While driving approximately 60 mph in dry conditions, the rear passenger side tire blew out. Before the blow out, the contact heard a noise followed by a loud boom. He then noticed that the tread had separated from the tire before it flattened. The contact was able to pull off the road before a crash occurred. The tire was a continental general lt 265/75r16 tire, which is not the standard issue tire for his vehicle. The tire was also unavailable in the drop down menu at the time of this complaint. The contact called the manufacturer and sent them the failed tire. The manufacturer stated that he must have struck something in the road to cause the failure. The contact has pictures of the failure and the manufacturer is returning the tire. The current mileage is 118,000 and failure mileage was 117,000.

The contact owns a 2001 Ford F-250. While driving 55 mph in normal driving conditions the driver's side rear tire blew out. The contact pulled over and replaced the failed tire with a spare. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer , but had visible damage. The driver's side rear panel and wheel well were damaged by the tread from the tire. The current mileage is 85,997 and failure mileage was 78,500.

The contact owns a 2001 Ford F-250 with cooper discover ht tires (tire size lt265/75/r16). The contact stated there were three failures with the tires. There was a tread separation, tire deflation and the third tired suffered a broken belt. The manufacturer offered her a check for less than the amount of the first tire. There were 12,000 miles on the tires at the time of failure. The failure mileage for the vehicle was 45,000 and current mileage was 65,000. The tire failures has caused damage to the right and left side of the bed of the vehicle along with the fender and wheels.

2001 Ford F-250, tire tread separated and tire shredded, tore up rear fender. Speed was 45 mph on asphalt, and air temp was 85f. This is firestone steeeltex a/t. Lt265/75r16, load range e. Similar to NHTSA campaign 04t003000.

While driving at approximately 60 mph in my 2001 Ford f250 super duty pick up truck, the truck started to vibrate. I shifted into neutral, thinking it might be a u-joint or driveline problem and the vibration got worse. I went back into drive and it settled down somewhat. I stopped and looked over the tires, u-joints (what I could see of them, the truck is 4-wheel drive) and other suspension components. I did not notice any lumps or bumps on any of the tires. I decided to return home, a distance of about 20 miles. Approximately 3 miles form home, the truck shook violently and then there was a loud "slapping" noise. I pulled over and saw that I had separated a tread from the right rear tire. I picked up the separated tread and drove home at about 25 mph. I changed the tire at home. The tire was inflated to 55 psi and is still holding that pressure. The tire is a firestone steeltex radial a/t, lr e, dot number vdw8 txl 4400.

: the contact stated while driving 65 mph a noise was heard when the tread separated from the front driver side tire. The vehicle was maneuvered off the road where the tire was changed. The vehicle incurred minor damages. The dealer has not been alerted. Updated.

: the contact stated that noise was heard coming from the rear of the vehicle while driving on normal road conditions . Upon inspection, the rear right tire presented tread separation which caused body damage to the vehicle. The same incident occurred with the front left tire on a later date after the first incident.

Firestone steeltex at tire 265/70/16 --complete tread separation. Nothing left but the steel belt; the tire did not blow out, all of the tread came off with only 29,000 miles on the tire which is the original tire on my Ford 2001 f250. I was traveling at the posted speed limit of 70 mph.

Incident I was on a trip to point reyes this last weekend. On the way home I had a front tire delaminate while I was towing my 27 foot travel trailer. Fortunately no one injured and I was able to exit the freeway safely. The tire did not deflate until after it was removed. The vehicle sustain about $2,000 in damage. I have approximately forty six thousand miles on the tires. When looking at pictures of the tires of the firestone/Ford recall this tire could looks be ones of the tires in the photos. 2001 f250 crew cab 4x4 short wheel base stock tire I bought the truck in October of 2000 new with these tires on it. Nomad 27ã‚?? approximately 7700 lbs dry about two weeks ago I had a lady in a small Honda civic with her small children run a red light in front of me. I was going about 45 miles per hour. I almost t boned her, I was fortunately able to swerve into on coming traffic (cars were in the slow lane) I swerve again and made an unexpected left turn. I had the truck lockup as hard could to stop, I was surprised as was wife that we did not hit the car. After that the front end felt off, I thought the alignment was off. I was planning on putting the truck in the shop for it's 45k checkup after our last planned camping trip of the year. On the trip I felt the alignment just did not feel right. On the way home on black point turn off hwy 37& hwy 80 on ramp we had a small car cut in front of us last minute to get on the freeway we had to lock up the rig, missed rear ending him by about 3ã‚??. The tire gave way about approximately 5-10 miles down the road. The reason for my email is if these tire are also defective, we did not get hurt but I do not want to see any one else get hurt. Thanks,.

1. Driving 60 mph down highway 290e near elgin, rear passenger tire tread came flying off. 2. Tire dented panel, scratched chrome and did other damage to truck. 3. I have personally purchased 4 new tires but have kept the damaged tire and the old tires.

: the contact stated while driving 60 mph, the rear driver side tire shredded without warning. The contact sustained minor injuries. The vehicle was taken to a service dealer, who was unable to provide a resolution. There was a NHTSA recall # 00t005000 which pertains to the tire tread. The vehicle was not included in the recall due to the VIN. The tire manufacturer was firestone. Tire line: steel belted tire. Size: p265/75r16.

Threads on the rear cooper tire of my pickup truck came off the tire while driving on the expressway. The threads scattered all over the road and the cars and truck in back of me had to slow down to avoid the debris. The complete side of my pickup had to be replaced. This " load range e "tire still had all of the air in it when I changed it. I sent the tire back to cooper tire company at their expense along with pictures of the damage to my truck. Cooper inspected the tire and determined the air pressure had been low, apparently for some time, and denied my claim. This load range e tire has a maximum inflation of 80 psi. The firestone / bridgestone - Ford court case apparently has given tire manufacturers a green light to manufacture defective tires and any problems associated with these tires are blamed on the consumer not keeping the tire pressure at maximum psi.

Tire tread separation: tire tread separated while towing 5th wheel trailer at 60 mph. Tire located rear, passenger side of pickup truck. Tire inflated to correct pressure of 80 psi. Tire info: general grabber aw lt 235/85r16 load range e.

Driving 2001 Ford f250 4x4 on I-10 freeway at approximately 75 mph. When the left front tire (firestone steeltex lt265/75r16e a/t) which failed due to tread separation. This failure of the tire resulted inloss of control of the vehicle and moderate damage to the vehicle. The tire had approx. 39,450 miles of use. There were no injuries or other property damage. All 4 tire have been replaced and I have possession on the damaged tire.

: the contact stated while the vehicle was parked, it was noticed there were chunks of rubber missing from the tread and the wires were exposed. This occurred on three of the four original tires at 48,000 miles. The tires were changed, but the dealership was unable to determine what caused this problem. Updated 10/2/2006 -.

While driving the tire tread on the consumer's 2001 Ford f250 separated.

While driving on freeway my wife noticed a slight vibration from the rear of the truck (2001 Ford f250) as she began to slow down and move to the shoulder the tire tread separated from the firestone steeltex a/t tire. The tread separation damaged the left side of the truck including the rear bumper.

A tire tread separation started with the left rear driver 's side tire. Consumer was able to maintain control of the vehicle, and pulled over. Consumer was able to change the tire. Firestone, steel at, p265/75r16, #dot vnw81xl0701.

While driving 45 mph vehicle vibrated uncontrollably. Consumer was able to maintain control of the vehicle, and drove it to the dealer for inspection. Mechanic determined that driver's front tire needed to be replaced due to tread separation. A couple of months later, the passenger's rear and driver's rear tires were replaced due to tread separation.

While driving 70 mph the rear driver side tire tread separated without warning impact reported. The cause has yet to be determined. Please provide additional information.

The tread on the tires wore out. Consumer stated vehicle had 26,000 miles on the tires.

While driving, the consumer heard a noise coming from the front of the vehicle. The consumer noticed that the driver's side rear tire tread separated from the vehicle and caused the vehicle damaged under the carriage of the vehicle. The consumer was able to change the tire and drove it to the dealer for inspection. Firestone steel tex p26575r16 load range e #dot numbervnw81xl1601. The driver has contacted firestone on this problem. It has occurred more than once. And the problem has not been resolved at this time. Please fill in additional information.

On or about August 3rd, 2004, I had my original equipment tires, on my 2001 Ford f250 truck rotated and balanced at a reputable front end service facility in redding, California, in preparation for a trip to san diego. The tires were firestone steeltex radial truck tires tires. All four tires were original equipment and had less than 35,000 miles. On interstate 5, 5 miles south of redding, my son was driving the vehicle and the right rear tire experienced tread separation approximately 60 miles per hour. The separation caused damage to my fender and paint. We put the spare tire on and continued the trip. When we reached elsinore, on interstate 15, the left front tire experienced tread separation, again at freeway speed. This time the exploding treads caused more severe damage (estimated at $4,500 excluding tire replacement). Two original equipment firestone truck tires, with less than 35,000 miles, experiencing violent and dangerous tread separation within less than 500 miles, under exactly the same conditions, under circumstances that might have produced fatal results. Fortunately the tires retained air, preventing the vehicle from rolling, firestone's warranty does not cover original equipment tires. Ford's warranty is good for three years or 36,000 miles, which ever comes first. My three years was up in may of this year. I was forced to buy $700 worth of tires prematurely and I now have $4,500 damage to my vehicle. Firestone has a dark history of producing dangerous tires subject to exactly the same kind of failure I experienced. Why hasn't something been done to correct these failures? is there some compensation available from Ford or firestone when these failures are clearly due to manufacturing defects and Ford continues to contract for these defective tires?.

Firestone steeltex 265 75 r16 tire tread seperated at highway speed. Tread left the tire body intact as an approximately 6 foot long piece. The remaining tire ply and body still held air though rolled rather out of control. The tire tread damaged the rear fender, tailpipe, spash guard and bed of my truck (approx $1400 damage). I still have the failed tire tread though the tire body was disposed of by the replacement tire dealer.

While driving right rear passenger's side tire blew out. The tire was taken to the bridgestone where it was noticed that the left rear tire had a knot on it. Manufacturer told consumer to send the tires for replacement and the receipt for the repair of the vehicle. A letter was received by consumer stating the claim was denied.

As I was driving northbound on fm 730 in azle, texas, one of my lt265/75r16 (lre) firestone steeltex a/t tires failed and almost caused me to have an accident. The tire was on the drivers side rear position. I was traveling at 45 mph when this happened. The tread came off of the casing causing damage to my vehicle. The tire did not deflate and maintained the proper pressure. All tires were immediately removed and replaced. The owner of m&d tire in springtown, texas, checked the air pressure before the tire was removed from the vehicle. This was witnessed by myself and another customer. There were no punctures and no heavy loads have ever been placed on this vehicle. The tread was recovered and measures 9/32 nds. The mileage on the vehicle (Ford f250 p/u) at that time was 40,200. Firestone was contacted and wants me to send them the tire at my expense. M&d tire did replace all four tires. I do have the tire and tread at my home. I need to know if I should send the tire to firestone as they are requesting for my claim with their company?.

While driving the front passenger side tire tread separated without warning. The consumer maintained control of the vehicle and was able to get off the road. Please provide additional information. A piece of the tire damaged the passenger side front fender and running board.

While traveling on turnpike at 75 mph left front tire tread separated on my steeltex a/t lt265/75r16 load range e tires causing my vehicle to immediately shift to the left across 2 lanes and almost hitting center median wall, caused $2900. 00 damage to my vehicle.

The consumer noticed a vibration in the front end. Then the tire exploded the consumer lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle nearly flipped, but the consumer was able to keep the vehicle upright.

Vehicle was driving on the freeway and the front right separated and the belt came off, causing further damage to the vehicle. Firestone, steeltex, radial, lt265/75r16, dot#vnw81xl1701. Consumer shipped the damaged tires to firestone, and was asking for credit toward the purchase of 4 new tires. The manufacturer was not cooperating.

Firestone tire failure with steeltex 265/75r16 tread peeled, damaged pickup truck replaced all 4 tires and spare due to safey concerns $1,087 and have $1,550 damage to truck that will be repaired soon.

While driving 70 mph on the interstate front driver's side tire tread separated. Driver was able to get the vehicle to the side of the road without incident. When the tread separated it damaged some parts under the vehicle.