Tire Sidewall Problems of Ford F-350 - part 1

I had purchesed a set of dick cepek extreme country lt315/75/r16. The tires have 9/32nd left with approximately 15,000 miles. While driving on the highway the sidewall of the tire peeled off in one strip causing the tire to no longer hold its shape and blow out. Had it been a steer tire the incident could have been much worse. Twenty minutes prior to the failure all tires were inspected and confirmed to be inflated to the proper psi and without damage.

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Tl the contact owns a 2000 Ford F-350 equipped with six bf goodrich commercial t/a all season tires, size: lt235/85/r16 /lre mplus (na). After approximately 150 miles of use, a bubble was present on the sidewall of the outer rear driver's side tire. The cause of the failure was not determined. An unknown dealer was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was not contacted. The tire failure mileage was 150. The VIN and vehicle failure mileage were unknown.

After experiencing tire failure / tread separation on lr tire, inspection of remaining tires performed for signs of tread separation. Cracks noted in tire on rr which was purchased at the same time as lr between tread and sidewall.

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Ford F-350. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle tire inflation pressure problems. The consumer stated the tire was inflated to 55 psi to soften the ride. Later, while hauling tractor the tread on one of the tires peeled off. The consumer put the spare on the truck. The consumer was advised to run the tires at the maximum inflation pressure for the best wear, maximum load capacity, best mileage and longest life. Each of the tires eventually failed one at a time. When the consumer purchased new tires, they were inflated 60 psi for the front and 50 psi for the rear, instead of 80 psi. Everything was fine for a while, until the consumer started to experience rough riding and noisy tires as a result of improper inflation. The retailer stated the inflated the tires according to what was printed on the door sticker. The under inflation caused excessive sidewall flex, reduced mileage, shortened life and several tire failures.

Purchased tires on 2/27/2013 . Tires have 27,441 miles on them. They were originally warrented for 40 months or 50,000 miles. All 4 tires have sidewall cracking close to the wheel rim. Dot #'s are utot hwb 4212,utot hwb 5012, utot hwb 5012, utot hwb 5012.

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The contact owns a 2006 Ford F-350 sd equipped with michelin ltx m/s2 tires, size: lt275/70r18 (na). While driving approximately 55 mph, the vehicle began to vibrate violently. The contact was able to maneuver the vehicle to the emergency lane. The contact discovered that the sidewall and the steel belt of the front driver side tire separated. The tires were not inspected or replaced. The tires were replacement equipment. The approximate vehicle failure mileage was 55,000 and the tire failure mileage was 20,000.

The contact owns a 2004 Ford F-350 sd equipped with michelin ltx ms ii tires size lt235/85 r16. The contact stated that upon inspection, it was found that the sidewalls were cracked. The tires were taken to a private mechanic where the failure could not be diagnosed. The tires were replaced. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was 131,956 and the dot was unavailable.

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All four tires have a continuos cut all the way around the sidewall. Bf goodrich lt285/75r16.

The contact owns a 2004 Ford F-350 sd equipped with mickey thompson baja mtz tires, size 395/75/16. The contact was driving 40 mph when the rear passenger tire exploded. The contact stated that there were several narrow cuts on the inside sidewall of the tire. The cuts were also present on the front and rear driver's side tires. The contact had not taken the vehicle to a mechanic or the dealer for inspection or repair. The VIN was unavailable. The approximate current and failure mileages were 80,000.

Cracking sidewalls causing blowout while driving both drivers side and pass. Side.

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After complaining to bf goodrich about (4) cracking sidewalls and being told that they were surface cracks and if the tires held air they would do nothing because the tires are good at (1) year old with 20,000 mi. (1 1/2) year later the sidewall and tire tread separated while sitting in the drive way. I have now replaced all (4) tires with a different tire brand.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford F-350 with continental tires, tire line size 275/70/18. The contact stated that while driving 50 mph, he heard a loud noise and the vehicle started jerking violently. The contact noticed that the passenger side rear tire sidewall was peeling off. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who diagnosed that all four tires needed to be replaced because the sidewall was cracked. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The tires were replaced. The dot number was not available. The failure mileage was 24,000 and the current mileage was 26,000. Updated 8/30/11.

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Rt read tire inner belt broke cause dangerous shimmy in the read end of my pick up. Rt front tire is showing signs of splitting from the sidewall as well as the lf read tire. Tires have 12, 038 miles on them. Continental refuses to replace them because the dot #'s do not match "their" recall even though the tires are exhibiting the same malfunctions. My truck has been inoperable for almost 3 weeks now and I need those tires replaced! these dot numbers need to be added to the recall: p515 1vub 4707 p515 1vub 4607 p515 1v3b 0807.

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The contact owns a 2006 Ford F-350 equipped with michelin ltx a/t2 tires, size lt 275/70/r18. The contact noticed that all 5 tires (inclusive of the spare) developed cracks at the sidewall around the rim. The contact called the vehicle manufacturer who called the tire manufacturer who to pay 50% of the costs of new tires. The current and failure mileages were approximately 45,000.

Noticed a vibration while driving 2004 F-350 in front. Noticed a large blister on the sidewall of rt ft inside tire. Size is @3. 5"round and 1. 5 inches high. Removed and replaced with spare. Further inspection revealed tread separation on other 3 tires. Just over 1 year old.

We sold a customer some 35-13. 50-20 mickey thompson atz tires back in 2007 customer brought back the tires in may of 2010 for cracking around the sidewall and lugs contacted mickey thompson about this problem and that received a rga but was not told where to send them called repeatedly but with no answer. This same tire was recalled in 2006 for having the exact same problem was told that the customer would have to pay to ship them back to mickey and if they were in fact defective they would issue a prorated warranty on them if not we would have to pay to ship them back also I do have photos of the cracking all four tire are doing the exact same thing.

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I have a set of kuhmo tires - road venture at 285/75 -16 which experienced the same defects as the kuhmo road venture tires currently being recalled (which is sidewall delamination and then blowout) but my tires do not fall under the current recall. These tires are less than 2 years old and I no longer feel safe on them - I will replace them in 2 days. I think that all kuhmo tires of this line should be looked at.

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Complete tread separation around entire sidewall on left (driver) rear continental conitrac tr lt275/70r18 125/122s tire while driving at 55mph on pavement. The vehicle was a Ford F-350 super duty pickup carrying no load. All tires on the truck are factory original with 14,600 miles and even tread wear. There appeared to be no checking or other damage to the tire prior to the incident. All tires were inflated at recommended levels. The tire is available for physical inspection. I also have photos of the tire damage. No damage occurred to the vehicle when stopping after the incident.

2 tires with in 7 months got bubbles in the side walls. I noticed the bubbles in the side walls and returned to goodyear with the problem. They told me that if the bubble would pop that the tire would not go flat , but the tire pop while I was there and the tire went flat. These tires are "e" ratrd and are on heavy duty trucks pulling heavy equipment and with a blowout at highway speeds some one could get killed. !st time date was 8/16/07. The tires were bought new on 7/17/07. Tire size not listed on next page lt275/70r18 silent armor. Wranglers.

Sidewall blowout on general-grabbertr 235/85-r16---- good tread only 24203 miles on them-- came as standard equipment on 2002 Ford f350---after close inspection of other 5 tires --there are sidewall separation defects (bumps) in all of them --thanks to the grace of god and my husbands physical strength and knowledge of what to do in case of a blowout we escaped unharmed-- by the way we were on I-40 in tennessee towing a living quarters horse trailer with a horse-- the blowout damaged the front fender and we had to be towed -- I would like to warn others drivers of the danger-- judging from the complaints I found in my research I think this is a problem that needs further investigation-- I do not believe this to be an isolated incident.

I own 265/75r16 kumho road venture at 10 ply load range e tires that at least one has started to blister on the sidewall near the bead of the tire, only 20,000 miles on tires which were regularly rotated, and haven't hit anything with them. There was a recall of the same tire for the same problem) by kumho manufactured between January 2005 and deceember 2006. The potential for blowout was the reason for the recall. I purchased the tires in June 2004 and have the same problem. Have the recall inclusion dates been expanded.

Continental contitrac tr lt275/70r18 tires bought 3 Ford F-350 brand new with these tires on them and we had a blowout on one truck on the highway and you can see the sidewall is blistering on the others- 15 tires in total. There is a recall on these tires in canada but not in the us.

Was driving 2006 Ford f350 4x4 on toll road at approximately 60 mph. Without warning, vehicle pulled sharply and within seconds there was a loud explosion. Goodyear wrangler ar oem tire passenger side front had blown. Tire sidewall completely split and shredded. Fortunately, I was in the right lane and able to guide truck to the shoulder. Had I been towing a trailer, traveling at a higher speed, or in the left lane, the outcome could have been deadly. Now, I am concerned about the integrity of the 3 remaining wrangler at tires.

When truck originally purchased bubble on tire, and dealer said they all come that way, tire went flat while parked about a month later, no holes, we were told tire was no good, had to be replaced. Truck kept stalling, loss of brakes and steering while navigating downhill, solenoid assembly replaced. 2 days later kept stalling. Dealer had truck 21 days to rebuild transmission, again solenoid assembly replaced after that replaced wiring harness. Since then, caliper broke and brakes went, turbo has been replaced. Vehicle has repeatedly stalled, noises from rear end with no dx. Now engine smoking, loss of power, rpms jump while idling. Truck has also repeatedly changed gears automatically, ie while at red light truck would jump to 3rd and then truck would stall.

The consumer had two sets of six firestone steeltex tires with cracks in the sidewall. Firestone would not reimburse the consumer for the tires.

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While driving the vehicle right front passenger side tire blew out. . There was also a split in the left front tire. The tire(s) sidewall was defective.

Tire tread separation  firestone steeltex radial a/t 265-75-r16 load range e dot number vnw81xl4600. While driving eastbound on us-60 just past the florence junction interchange with my spouse and infant child in the vehicle, the left front tire suffered a tread separation causing the tire to explode and go flat. Noise from the tread departing the tire was heard seconds before the tire ruptured. Handling was difficult while the tread was separating and became more difficult after the tire lost air pressure. The vehicle was pulled from the right lane into the left lane and nearly departed the roadway. Significant damage occurred to the vehicle. Repairs are at $3700 and rising not including tire replacement. The tires are rotated regularly according to the vehicle manufacturers 5-tire rotation schedule and a visual inspection of the tires minutes before the failure revealed that no tires were under-inflated. The Ford dealer replaced one of the tires when the vehicle was only a few months old because of pulling. After the first tire rotation, the vehicle pulled in the opposite direction indicating that at least one of the new tires was defective. Tread wear is very mild on the tires with approximately â½ inch of tread remaining. Sidewalls on the tires show dryness but a failure did not appear imminent. Mileage is just over 32,000. It seems obvious that a manufacturing defect caused these tires to fail well before tread wear was at a hazardous level. It is surprising and disappointing the NHTSA has not ordered a recall of these tires when research on the NHTSA web-site indicates several failures similar to tires that were previously recalled. If these tires were common on sport utility vehicles instead of long wheel base pick-up trucks and excursions, they would have been pulled from the roadways long ago as other firestone products have been. At this time, firestone has not warranted any of the tires as the vehicle is still in the repair shop.

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I had just pulled onto the the interstate after filling up with gas. I was driving my 2002 F-350 and pulling an 18 foot featherlite horse trailure. The trailure was empty. At the time I was traveling about 65 mph. All of a sudden I heard an extremely load roar. At the time I thought it was the engine so I let my foot off the gas and began to slow down. At between 40 to 45 mph I felt a violent jerk on my steerng wheel. I started to move off the freeway and could feel a violent vibration as if going over a wash board (it was not the ridges boundering the freeway). Of course when I hit those the vibration was even worse. I slowly applied my breaks and got the vehile under control and came to a stop. When I got out I could smell rubber smoking. When I went around to inspect the rig the right rear tire was compltey shreaded. The outside side of the tire (white wall)was 100 percent shreading and completely severd from the wheel. The inside side (black wall) of the tire was 15 to 20 percent severed. The tire was the firestone steeltex at (lt265/75r16, made in canada, dot number vnw81xl 3601, 2ply, load range e). They were original equipment with 47. 000 miles on them. Personal note: I believe that the reason I did not have a more serious accident is becasue the roar I heard allowed me time to slow down. Additionally, in this case, I believe the trailure breaking system assisted in keeping me going relatively straight until I was able to gain control and bring rig to a stop.

I now have bought 2 sets of parnelli jones dirt grip tires. I have had 2 inside sidewall blowouts with these tires in the last year. Both times, I have had a large load on the tires, carrying a camper and driving at highway speeds. Both times it has been a rear tire. The first time the manufacture told me it was tire pressure, or I hit something. The first time, I was sure I did not hit something and had proper pressure. The second time I am sure I did not hit anything and had correct tire pressure. This truck has never been used off road, these tires were purchased for the looks only. This is a very dangerous situation if anyone with large loads uses these tires. I do not think the load rating on these tires is correct. Someone might get killed.

Firestone steelex at tire 265/75r16 original equipment tire on 2000 Ford f350 4x4 pickup truck at 27,700 miles traveling at 45 mph right rear gross failure of tire. Outside sidewall separated 90% from tread.

Consumer states that while driving at any speed and with no warning tire sidewall separation causing a distraction to the consumer. Size#p18565r,15 dot#123/120qm/s. Dealer notified.

Blowout with tread separation while driving 70 mph on left front r4s ii lt265/75/r16 steeltex radial m/s load range e causing an accident crossing median opposite direction traffic barely missing an oncoming 18 wheeler through a ditch/6ft culvert through a fence and into field. Extensive ($8. 000+) damage to F-350 sclwb 4x4 frame and front end. 22800 miles on factory tires, Ford had refused to replace tires in 2000 when asked "they weren't on the list" tires vdw8-decatur plant.

Buldge (the size of and apple) in sidewall on 2 different tires on the same vehicle.

While driving on freeway at 70 mph right tire cap came off tire did not blow out , tire cap did vehicle wheel well damage this is second tire from same set on vehicle when purchase vehicle did sent info on 10-13-01 firestone was given the tire and all info, they deine saying low tire pressue was not so both tires were at the correct pressure, the other two tires show sidewall cracking, and are being taken out of services by me, during this tire failure the outside air tempure was at 115 degrees and driving less than 15 miles when it failed, the truck bed did not have any load in it just vehicle weight and two personnel inside at the time location of tire failure was south bound highway 14 on cement road bed please contact me for any other questions I do believe this tire should be recalled.

There's a separation on the side of the tire. General tire, 17235/85r16. Four out of six tires had sidewall separations that were serious. Ford finally declared four of the six as being defective and replaced them. Cosnumer was having the vehicle checked when the claims adjuster pointed out that the two front tires had tread separation deep enough for a dime to fit 1/8th of an inch. The separations were two to four inches in length. The two outer back tires also have tread separation but not as deep as the front two. Ford trys to characterize the defects as unusual tread wear. The defects were actually sidewall separations. Consumer was only partially reimbursed for the defects.