Tire Blowout Problems of Ford F-350 - part 2

Consumer states that rear left tire blew out without warning. Dealer notified.

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Repeated tire blow outs, one in June 2003, one in September 2003, same truck, same tire location, same brand tire.

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While driving on the interstate, the left front tire blew out. Firestone steel tex radial tire. Please provide details.

While traveling at 50 mph passenger side rear tire blew out. There was no warning. The dealer was contacted.

Tire blew and came off the rim, totally separated. Dot 8xw81xl1402. For jpeg formated digital photos of tire email: patsnellingweiner@direcway. Com.

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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.

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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).

Inside rear dual tire blew out while driving causing damage to the fender, liner and mud flap. Company stated tire had been run flat. I don't think it would have blown if it was flat. I also had two more tires go out in July of 2002 (I will file on it also).

Tire blew out on interstate while traveling 70 mph. . . 2nd instance. (dot number: vnw8txm429 tiresize: 265 75 r16).

Tire pressure on other tires after blowout: left frt. 47 psi, right frt 46 psi, right rear 68 psi, spare 50 psi. Recommended tire pressure from data plate is front 50 psi and rear 80 psi. (dot number: vnw81xm130 tiresize: lt26575r16).

Right rear dual tire blowout and tread separation at 40 mph, resulting in approx $300. 00 damage to underside of RV. (tiresize: lt225 r16e).

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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 ).

Right rear tire shredded to pieces. Two months ago left front tire messed up was able to repair that tire, right rear tire unrepairable. Took tire to a local firestone dealer they told me they could not tell me what could have happened to the tire. My wife and 3 children was in the vehicle when the tire blew out, they were on a bridge in very heavy traffic, was very lucky to have maintained the vehicle to get to the side of the bridge without wrecking are causing others to wreck. There is no doubt that this is a defective tire and should be made part of the recall to get these tires off the road. (dot number: vdw81xl469 tiresize: lt26575r16).

While traveling on highway 35 at high speed, the front right tire blew apart causing me to swerve accross 3 lanes of traffic and almost cause several wrecks. The sidewall of the tire blew out on both the inside and outside of the tire. There are four latteral slashes on the outside sidewall and one latteral slash on the inside of the tire. The tire instantly deflated causing loss of steering. I just watched the news which indicated an investigation of this tire. Someone needs to see this tire to believe the damage. Please contact me. (tiresize: lt26575r16)( dot number: tire size: lt26575r16 ).

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 ).

The firestone (steel tex radial r45) left front tire blewout on the ambulance during a medical emergency call.

This 16 inch tire blew out while in az on a trip. It was on a 1996 motorhome with a Ford chassis. There was 5/16 inches left of tire wear. The tread peeled of just as shown on tv. I have the tire. I have written to firestone only to get a canned reply. I know this is a 16 inch tire and the recall is for 15 inch tires. But I feel that because the same is happening under the same conditions as the 15 inch, it desrerves consideration. This was a motorhome and not a SUV either. That would be additional evidence that the tire is the problem and not the car!( dot number: 25582urbd9 tire size: lt225/7516 ).

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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).

Tire blew out. Ambient temeratures were hot. Tires had like new rubber on all wheels. I replaced all tires on truck. This was before the recall on the explorers and the tires were not the same types as the current recall. But I have never had good luck with firestone tires. (I had the national 500's that were recalled years ago) I was towing my 16,500# trailer when this happened and did not want to take a chance. ( dot number: unknown tire size: unknown ).

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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 ).

Front end started to shimmy, then front passenger tire blew out. Vehicle was jerked off the road. Model, dueler at, dot ejlf, size lt28j-75r16, not original. Consumer feels that this tire can be very dangerous, and he is concerned that this tire may blow out on the driver side and hopes to prevent this from happening, especially on a two lane road.

While driving the left front tire blewout causing damage to the vehicle, this was the third tire failure of the same size and make, the tire were original equipment and the other tire blowouts occured at a low rate of speed (dotydor1xk427 firestone, size lt235/8516ms. Nlm.

L22575r16, lt rsfeb1998, da180p013l. Consumer states that right rear tire blewout at 65 mph. Tire was replaced, and at 400 miles blewout again. Cause unkwown.

While driving 60 mph consumer heard a loud noise coming from the rear. Consumer was able to maintain control of the vehicle, and pulled over. Consumer noticed that passenger and driver rear tires blew out. Vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection, and dealer was unable to resolve the problem.