Tire Blowout problems of the 1997 Ford Ranger

The contact owns a 1997 Ford Ranger. The vehicle has bridgestone dueler apt iii p225/70r14 dot# y7fcpt40207. While driving 70 mph and attempting to change lanes, the front driver side tire blew out. The contact temporarily lost control of the vehicle, but was able to decelerate and pull off the road. He replaced the tire and found that the tread had separated. The current mileage is 109,170 and failure mileage was 109,130. The consumer stated a brand new tire blew out while on the freeway replaced all 4 tires. Updated 08/24/07.

I have had 9 flat tires and one blowout with the firestone wilderness at tires. ( dot number: ).

On may 18, 2000 I had a blowout of a front tire on a clear stretch of suburban road. When I went to change the tire, I found the metal threads had come through the tire. There were no objects in the tire and there was nothing visible on the road that I would have run over. I took the tire to a tire company in the atlanta area and it could not be repaired because of the amount of damage. The weather conditions in atlanta, GA were hotter than normal for may on the day of the blowout. I was driving approximately 50 mph. I have very low mileage on the Ford Ranger truck, less then 21,000 miles. The tires were the original ones. The truck has not been used for any type of heavy hauling. (dot number: w2fc tiresize: p225/70r14).

I was driving on the highway when my rear tire blew. It was a clear day , nothing in the road. After having my tire inspected by at least 3 different indivisuals no one could come up with any reason why it blew other than it being a defective tire. I have since replaced all 4 of my tires with dunlops. But thought it important enough to report incase there are more of this size tires failing also. ( dot number: w29v1pk245 tire size: p26575r15 ).

Daughter was driving north on a clear day and fairly straight two lane road front tire blew and caused her to run off the road, as she overcorrected she flipped the vehicle two or three times. The vehicle was totaled and she broke her pevlic bone. ( dot number: ).

The left front tire blew out, causing the rim to knock the brake line off of the caliper, spilling brake fluid.

Contrary to Ford/firestone's claims that only wilderness tires manufactured at their decatur plant is defective, I have had 8 flat tires and one blow out in three years with wilderness tires having dot #s of vnhl vice vdhl. I had not had 9 flat tires in( dot number: vnhl1py196 tire size: p235/75r15 ).