Tire Blowout problems of the 1999 Ford F-350

The contact owns a 1999 Ford F-350 equipped with michelin tires, tire line: x radial lt, and tire size: 265/75/r16 (n/a). The contact stated that while driving at approximately 65 mph, the rear driver¿s side tire blew out without warning. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the tires were replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage of the tire and the vehicle was 220,000. The dot number was not available.

The contact owns a 1999 Ford f350 with uniroyal liberator tires, size: lt265/75/16. The contact stated that while driving 50 mph, the rear driver's side tire blew without warning. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was not notified. The approximate vehicle failure mileage was 170,000 and the tire failure mileage was 10,000. The dot number was not available.

The contact owns a 1999 Ford F-350 diesel equipped with nitto low range e tires, size: lt 245/75/r17. The contact stated that the rear driver and passenger side tires blew. The front driver's side tire also blew shortly after the initial failure. The contact stated that the tires were left with half of the tread life at the time of the failure. The failure mileage on the tires was 40,000.

1999 Ford F-350. Unit #1 was traveling westbound in the right hand lane on the ohio turnpike. Unit #1 had a right tire blowout causing the driver to lose control and strike the guardrail off the right side of the roadway. Unit #1 came to a controlled stop after striking the guardrail. According to the police report, all the tires were in good condition, but all were from different manufacturers and all had different read patterns. The driver stated the tire blown tire needed to be replaced. (ohio traffic crash report # 10-0460-91).

Here's what happened on 7-26-09 I was on my way back to fort worth from austin, TX from a trade show when about 3:00 pm on hwy I-35e 19 miles south of waco TX the I felt a sudden vibration and thumping in the front. I started to slow down to get off the road to check it out when front left tire blew out, causing the truck to severely veer to the left trying my best to keep the truck from rolling, then hitting the concrete guard rail which deflected the truck enough to slide down the barrier for about two hundred feet till it stopped. I felt lucky to be alive. If I would have been in the right lane at the time I would have taken cars out as well. I was able put the spare on and limp back home this is the third tire out of the four all the same batch I have had thrown tread and the last was blow out! all installed at the same time and brand. First one threw tread on 10-14-08 left rear did some damage. Ok things happen, I have warranty on it from discount tires, they replaced it. . Then the next threw off it's on 7-21-09 right rear tire. Discount tire replaces it too. . I had them look at the others tires and check for defects, everything was fine. . Five days later this blow out on the drivers front three tires throwing tread in 9 months and two with in a week I was thinking this is not a coincidence, this is the definite sign of defective tires. I still have one more tire on the truck which looks perfectly good. . I will ask to have replaced as well. I'm not having any luck with michelin . . They gave me a generic excuse and are not willing to do any repairs to my truck this is why I need your help!.

: the contact stated while travelling 65 mph the right rear tire shredded with no wear to the tread and the tire blew. The tires were rotated and kept at regular air pressure. There was plenty of tread left when the tire blew. The blown tire caused damage to the frame of the truck.

While driving at 55 mph and towing a trailer the left rear tire blew out. The tire was taken to the dealership and they could not determine what caused the blow. Consumer first noticed that vehicle was pulling to the right till finding out the blistering at the front left tire at the seam of the thread and the sidewall. Tire had 39,657 miles on it.

While driving at 60 mph consumer heard a loud noise coming from the front of vehicle. Consumer pulled over to investigate the noise and noticed that the left front tire had a blow out. Firestone steeltex radial at, lt265/75r/16, dot# unknown.

Less than a month after purchase and after about 3,000 miles, mostly on the highway, the side of my tire blew out while I was driving on my muddy driveway going at the blinding speed of 3-4 miles per hour.

While traveling on 405 freeway left front tire blewout/ both air bags went off, and windshield was cracked by the impact of airbags. Left front fender/ bumper were damaged. When tire blewout truck turned to the left. Consumer was doing approximately 55-60 mph. Entire tread was shredded away. Consumer was not injured nor did he crash the truck.

While driving 60 mph, the right front tire tread separated and the tire blewout, the driver was the only person in the vehicle at the time. Firestone contacted (1999 Ford f350, original equipment, tire size lt 265/75r16, dot# vnw81xl358).

While traveling at 45 mph heard a loud noise. Afterwards, vehicle traveled out of control. Consumer pulled vehicle over and noticed rear tire had a blowout.

While traveling on a straight and level road the right rear tire had a complete failure. The air preasure in the tire was about 60 psi. Speed was about 55 mph. The failure was without warning and was total. The entire sidewall blew off. Tire was inspected by sears (the installer) who found no road hazard damage or puncture. (tiresize: 295/75r16)( dot number: tire size: 295/75r16 ).

Tire blowout occured at 55 mph on straight section of dry smooth gravel covered highway during daylight conditions with outside air temperature of approximately 75 degrees f. Two weeks prior to failure vehicle had tires inspected, inflated (60 lbs psi), and rotated by firestone tire center dealer. After incident the destroyed tire was taken to same firestone tire center dealer where I reported the incident. Dealer informed me that this tire was not part of other firestone tire recalls. Dealer replaced tire under provisions of firestone road hazard insurance protection which I had perviously purchased. I am submitting this report due to later information in the news reported on 9/29/2000 that NHTSA had begun an investigation of the same type of firestone steeltex at tires as used on my Ford f350 pickup truck because of a series of complaints nthsa has received in recent months concerning tire failure situations which seemed to be the same type as I had experienced. (note - this tire failure is the second I have experienced since purchasing the vehicle new in September 1999. The first occured within the first 500 miles of vehicle ownership but did not result in a blowout, but with a sidewall failure above the treadline. This failure was also returned to the same firestone tire center dealer for replacement. ) (tiresize: 26575r16)( dot number: tire size: 26575r16 ).

While driveing at between 60-65 mph on two consective days I had massive tire failures on the rear of my truck. In both cases I was traving along at the legal speed level with my truck empty, on a dry roadway, temperature around 100 degrees f. In both cases the truck started to shake real bad and then immediately the tires exploded. In neithe case did the tires loose air. The tread came completely off the casing. I did not loose control of my vehicle because it has dual rear wheels. Both times it did damage the fenders, fender wells, fender liners and fender braces. The tires had about 4,000 miles on them and were inflated to 65 psi. I have contacted kumho tire company and they want me to send in the blown tires and they may replace them and may repair my vehicle damsge. I still have the two damaged tires and the two that did not seperate. I will hold all four tires until I hear from you. (dot number: hzioycis40 tiresize: lt255/8516).

While driveing at between 60-65 mph on two consective days I had massive tire failures on the rear of my truck. In both cases I was traving along at the legal speed level with my truck empty, on a dry roadway, temperature around 100 degrees f. In both cases the truck started to shake real bad and then immediately the tires exploded. In neithe case did the tires loose air. The tread came completely off the casing. I did not loose control of my vehicle because it has dual rear wheels. Both times it did damage the fenders, fender wells, fender liners and fender braces. The tires had about 4,000 miles on them and were inflated to 65 psi. I have contacted kumho tire company and they want me to send in the blown tires and they may replace them and may repair my vehicle damsge. I still have the two damaged tires and the two that did not seperate. I will hold all four tires until I hear from you. ( dot number: hzioycis40 tire size: lt255/8516 ).

Tread separeted from the rest of the tire thier was no blow out and no puctures to the tire the tread damaged my running board my fender the inner fender and the horn before I was able to stop the tire was still inflatedand it remained inflateduntill I was able to limp down the road to a Ford dealership to see if they could or would assume responsibility for the damages to my truck since the tires were original equiptment. They simply said no and sent me on my way. Thier was no reason for this tire to come apart the way it did. It was inflated with the proper air pressureand there were no bumps or potholes in the road just simply poor quality fabrication of ththier product( dot number: vnw8 1xl tire size: lt26575r16 ).

On Sunday morning at approximately 9:00 a. M. 2miles west of santa rosa, new mexico the right rear tire blew out. We were towing a 30 foot 5th wheel recreational vechicle at about 70 mph. Due to where this happened, I had to leave the roadway to keep from being run over by 18 wheelers running 75+ mph. Since I was in the left lane, I had to go in the center median. This area was extremely sloped and we were barely able to clear the roadway with the righ side of truck and trailer. New mexico state highway patrol was contacted but never showed up. In order to continue to a location to find a replacement tire. We hap to buy a used tire for a spare. In santa fe, nm we located a firestone dealer. He replaced both rear tires with the same model tire but a different tread design. He did not mention the there being a problem with these tires. After returning home and getting more details and the concern with safety, we bought replace tires from another manufactor. I feel firestone should have ntified me of the possible problem before the incident. I am out over $800 for five replacement tires plus the $1500 damage to my truck. The Ford dealer was contacted and Ford called and ask a few questions but no futher contact. Firestone has made no contact. (dot number: vnw81xm398 tiresize: lt265/7516).

The left rear tire blew out an approx. 3inch section of the side wall on the out side of the tire, a section stayed on the rim and the inside of the tire was intact. There was no evidence of tread separation on the tread. The loca firestone dealer inspected the tire and could find no reason for the failure. They replaced the tire with the same type for a prorated price of $64. 78. The tires were inspected by me before I left for yosemite national park and inflation and condition appeared ok. The failure occured aprox. 35 miles into the trip at about 9:30 am pdt and the temperature wasapprox. 60 to 70 degrees. The failure occured on business is80, westbound , inside lane. The pickup was empty at the time of failure, if I would have been pulling my fifth wheel trailer with a gross combined vehicle weight og 18560lbs, the results could have been a serious accident as I was in rush traffic and on the inside lane of a six lane freeway. I was able to control the truck and move safely to the outside shoulder to change the tire. I am reluctant to use my trailer with these tires as I do not want my wife because of inacaction by firestone and Ford to replace these alledged defective tires. I urge your agengy to initiate an immediate recall of these tires if action is not taken within the next 30 days, I will be contacting my congressional representatives for action on this serior problem. Thank you and I added to the fatality list. (dot number: do 8062 tiresize: lt26575r16).

I have had three tire blowouts with this vehicle. The first occured one week after purchase. They have all been sidewall blowouts with complete failure of the tire (unable to repair) all occured at less than 40 mph on graded graveled roads. It appeared as if the tires had been cut. (tiresize: lt26575r16)( dot number: tire size: lt26575r16 ).

On October 17, 1998 after driving on a us montana 300 miles I had a front passenger tire blow out. The last I recall was jerking the wheel and when I corrected I struck a small irrigation bridge in the on coming lane causing my truck to roll. This caused me to fracture my skull, break my neck, and be hospitilized for seven weeks. I had an engineer, who is a private consultant for goodyear, examine the photographs of my tire and sent me a report saying the tire failed due to lw air pressure. I had my tire checked by a certified Ford dealership the day prior to my accident and I have proof of that. If this tire is the fault of goodyear it should be recalled before others nearly die like I did. I have two peices of the tire and the rim in my possession. The engineer said if I found the tire I may find melted nylon on the sidewall which I did find the tire. It does have melted nylon on the rubber and it is a 360 degree seperation with the inside and outside of the tire still on the rim and the tread section missing. ( dot number: tire size: 235/85r16 ).