Tire Blowout Problems of Ford Ranger - part 1

Tl-the contact owns a 2003 Ford explorer equipped with michelin cross terrain tires, tire size: 235 r70/16 dot m37pdh8x. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 mph, the driver's side rear tire blew out. The approximate failure mileage was 35,000. Ne.

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I had a tire blowout due to tread separation. Caused me to lose control on the freeway and I went down a 40 foot embankment through a state chainlink fence and I landed in a concrete water drainage ditch. Resulting in my truck being a total loss.

Brand new 2009 Ford Ranger supercab, continental contitrac tires, 225/70/r15. 350 miles, right rear tire blew out while on highway, luckily no damage, driver said looked like the sidewall just completely blew out. Taking to local dealer/tire supply store for investigation/replacement. Will update with further info when have findings.

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The contact owns a 2002 Ford Ranger with two front firestone destination le p245/75r16 tires. While driving 60 mph, the vehicle started vibrating. The contact decreased the speed expecting the vibration to stop; however, while driving 55 mph, the front driver side tire blew out. The impact caused the left front fender to extend outward approximately one inch. A local repair facility mechanic stated that the blow out was caused by road hazard materials. The contact was concerned that the vibration caused the tire blow out. The manufacturer stated that they inspected the tires and since they were unable to determine how long the tires were on the vehicle they were unable to replace them free of charge. The failure mileage was 40,000 and the current mileage was 45,000. Updated 10/06/09.

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I have had 2 of these tires blow out on me. The first happened about 3 weeks ago when the vehicle was sitting in my driveway. Heard a loud boom at 10 minutes to midnight. Went outside and found a gash in the tire on the side wall about 5 to 6 inches long. I had though some one had slashed the tire but the police officer said that the tire blew out from the inside. This tire was on the right front of the 99 Ford Ranger pick up. I had it replaced with the same tire brand and model. The second tire blew out 6/24 while I was driving at 65 mph on interstate 81. This was the left front tire. The side wall has completely separated from the tread. It looks like the separation starts right above the raised white lettering. One of the other 2 original tires has some of the white beginning to show above the white lettering. The tire that was replaced 3 weeks ago is also beginning to have some of the white that is under the black color of the tire show through right above the lettering. I have replaced all the tires on my vehicle with kelly tires. I have the bridgestone tires if you want them.

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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.

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2005 Ford Ranger. While driving 65 mph on the ohio turnpike switching to the far right lane, the back right tire blew out and the truck swerved and the uhaul trailer flipped several times. (ohio traffic crash report).

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1999 Ranger tire blew out. The consumer lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle struck a curb, when off the left side of the road and struck a guardrail.

My 2001 XLT had the factory firestone wilderness ht tire side wall blew out on the freeway. I almost lost control. The truck only has 053265 miles on it, the tire tread was good and tires have been rotated and balance every 6000 miles. I e-mailed Ford and firestone, I have pictures of the tire.

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Cruise control set at 70 mph. Traveling in left hand lane I-70 w illinois. Tire blew out. Maintained control of truck. This incident was not caused by any external damage. Tires were well maintained. 2002 Ford Ranger XLT 4 wheel drive. Goodyear wrangler rt-s p255-70r16. Currently, goodyear's response is blame the consumer" will only provide 50% replacement cost of destroyed tire.

While driving 55 mph, the driver heard a knocking noise. The consumer was able to maintain control of the vehicle and pulled over. The driver noticed that the front driver side and the rear passenger side tire blew out. The mechanic informed the driver that both tires needed to be replaced. The first tire was replaced at no charge. The consumer was charged for the other tire.

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While driving the vehicle at 35 mph, the driver heard a loud noise coming from the rear of the vehicle. The consumer pulled over to investigate the noise and noticed that the left rear tire had blown out. The size of the tire dot# is unknown. Please add any additional information.

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My daughter was driving my 2002 Ford Ranger on the freeway. It was rush hour traffic, clear skies, sun out and no rain. She felt the truck violently veered to the right, and thought the passenger side front tire had a blown out. But the truck was thrown into the guard rail, a witness behind her said the wheel flew off the truck, then it went airborne and flew back to the left over three lanes of traffic. Fortunately, my daughter had only mild injuries and was transported to the e. R. Via ambulance. In addition, there were no other vehicles involved with the truck or the flying wheel. When I saw the car at the wrecker yard, I noted the whole wheel and part of the axle were missing. My daughter's boyfriend found the tire on the side of the road with the axle and part of the brake components still attached. Has there been any other reports of a wheel breaking off of a Ford Ranger? in retrospect, this truck has only 6000 miles and there has been two blown outs on the driver's side rear tire in which I had to replace the tire within the past two months. The tires are goodyear. Could this be related as well or is it a difference problem?.

Firestone, wilderness ht, p225/70r15, dot w2uu1p0080, original equipment with 6653 miles on a 2000, Ford, Ranger. While driving 50 mph left rear tire had a blowout. No accident.

On interstate the tire blew. The tire was not punctured but it looks like someone took a knife and cut the tread off the sidewall. It was the outside rim of tire. It looks like the pictures you see on tv of the recalled tires. I have been in touch with the Ford dealership and they agree it is not a normal failure and is a tire failure. They will not replace the tires and say it is a firestone problem. I feel the tires should be replace because I don't have confidence in the tires anymore and feel they are dangrous to drive on. I feel lucky that it was a rear tire and not a front tire. I know I checked the tire pressure earlier this week and it was good. I would appreciate any help you can give me with this problem. Thank you mike. (dot number: w244 tiresize: p225/70r15).

The front right tire blew out while driving on an interstate. An accident didn't occur, luckily I was able to get off the road without injury. The tire blew out on the side, not on the tread. My Ford dealer would not cover the charge of a new tire and refused to hear my concerns. I am concerned because of the firestone wilderness tire problems that have been ongoing and want to make my incident known. I still have the tire for evidence. (tiresize: p22570r15).

Both times the tires just blew out on the highway. The 1st time it caused me to lose control and crash thru a chain link fence. The second time I spun around three times on the highway but no damage happened. I have called firestone and they will not help. They told me that it was a problem with the truck and Ford says it is a problem with the tires. The tires before they blow will start thumping and within seconds they fall apart. (tiresize: p225/70/r1).

Right rear tire blew, ripped the tire, I managed to stop without injury. Are these tires under the recall? (tiresize: 15)( dot number: tire size: 15 ).

The consumer rented this vehicle and while driving the left rear tire blew out causing the vehicle to temporarily loose control, the driver was able to maintain control of the vehicle (firestone wilderness ht tires 225/70r15). Nlm.

Firestone wolderness at, p225/70r15, dot w2uu1p0209, original equipment, 41000 miles. While driving 70 mph right rear firestone wilderenss at tire had a blowout, damaged wheel of vehicle. Firestone dealer briefly looked at tire, and stated it was due to road hazard.

Left a traffic light and was traveling on expressway at about 55 mph. Right rear tire blew and I had to pull off and change it. Tire appears to have seperated where tread meets sidewall on outside of tire. Tread belts in that area are twisted and out of alignment. (dot number: w270ifr428 tiresize: 245 75r 16).

Was driving with my daughter to my farmhouse in southeastern kansas when my rear passenger side tire just blewout. There are several areas on the tire where the outer rubber appears to have worn off. Those areas are white in color. Also the drivers side rear tire is showing wear and there are white areas showing up on it also. These tires were not in the recall, but perhaps they should be. I was luckly going at a low rate of speed and no injuries occured and I was able to stop. I have contacted the dealer and am waiting for a reply from them. I look forward to hearing from you soon also. Thanks, trent bunn (dot number: w2uuipo468 tiresize: p255/70r15).

While driving straight at approximately 10 mph the right front tire blew. The tire has a 2" verticle break in it's sidewall. Upon search of the location, I didn't find anything that I might have hit at the time and I don't recall hitting anything with that tire in the past. Upon inspection, I noticed the tire has other verticle ripples in the sidewall as well as the other three still on the ground. The tire is supposed to have two plys of polyester in the sidewalls. Unless they are adjacent, I can only identify one in the break. No injuries or other damage occured. (dot number: w2fc ip4 tiresize: p22570r14).

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2nd tire on vehicle to saparate front sidewall from entire tread of tire. First was back in August of 1999 before recall had begun. Have taken this last tire to 2 dealers and they are unable to determine what caused the tire to separate, but both have said it does not look like a punctured tire. Tires did not blow out, but just went flat. Sidewalls feel like they have just collapsed! authorized firestone dealer said this is not a currently recalled tire. We think it should be. (dot number: w2kc tiresize: p205/75r14).

I had been driving for about 20 minutes when I felt my steering wheel start to shake. I slowed down and within 15 seconds my right front tire blew out. I was driving at about 55 mph on a straight road. Prior to the incident I had not noticed any problems with the tire or the handling of my truck. (dot number: w2uu ipo tiresize: p225/70r15).

Tire suffered blowout and instantly disintegrated on freeway at 75mph. Also caused damage to rim and wheel well components. ( dot number: vd. . . . . . . Tire size: p245/75-16 ).

I actually have had 2 tires blow out. Once on rear left, once on rear right. On rear left, the tire blew in half. ( dot number: tire size: p245/75r16 ).

My wife was driving 35 mph in west branson, missouri on said date (090100). The tire had less than 7000 miles on it. The air temperature was 100+ degrees. The tire was properly inflated. No load was in the bed of truck. There was one passenger. The tire blew out and the rim of the tire was bent, too. ( dot number: tire size: 225/70r15? ).

Back right tire blewout at the center- (firestone wilderness at-p235 r75/15 ).

Attorney for ,[xxx],consumer, reported that while vehicle was moving approximately at speed limit, consumer believed that left front tire blewout. Blow out caused vehicle into a rollover. Also, front right tire tread separated from tire. Firestone, wilderness ht, p225/70r15 100s. Consumer sustained major injuries when he was ejected from vehicle. Vehicle was a 1998, Ford truck Ranger pickup. Original tires purchased with the vehicle. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

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

Firestone wilderness/atx tires blewout while driving at 20 mph. Tires were replaced by firestone.

We were in a rainstorm on I-95 traveling 70 mph, we slowed to 55 in the right lane and the tire started to wobble, then it blew. We were able to pull off to the side. If the pavement had been dry. We would have been going 75mph. It could have been terrible. The tire completely blew out the sidewall all the way around. It should not have done that when the tires are rotated every 6,000 as ordered. We feel this is a tire defect. Especially since we could have been hurt. ( dot number: tire size: p235/70r16 ).

I need to report a blow out/delamination of a firestone wilderness ht tire on a Ford Ranger truck. Brief summary: a firestone wilderness ht tire blew out about three weeks ago on my Ford Ranger. My wife was driving on a texas state highway at the time the blow out occurred. The blow out was centered on the entire outside of the drivers rear tire. The remnants of the tire wrapped around the axle thus making it hard for my wife to bring the truck to a stop in a controlled fashion. I reported (7:45am cst; 7/20/00; 1-800-392-3673; an individual named david) the incident to Ford motor company. He was appraised of the incident and informed me there was no recall. He gave me the following number to call firestone (1-800-847-3272). I called between 8-10am on 7/20/00. I spoke with a rude and combative person named "rock". He said it was preposterous that the tires caused any problem. He said that my wife was awed by the state trooper that stopped to help her. [ the state trooper informed her of several deaths that have occurred in texas (perhaps bell county) involving blow outs of firestone wilderness tires. He suggested we check into the matter. ] rock told me he wanted the troopers name and wanted to get the firestone legal team involved. It insults me that he would make disparaging remarks about my wife competencies. He never inquired about anyone's health nor took down any specifics (or vagaries) of the blow out. I have little faith in firestone's sincerity in this matter. Sincerely, michael l. Merchant, phd. ( dot number: w2uu ipo tire size: p225 70r15 ).

While traveling in a residential area, the right front passenger tire blew out, the blowout pushed me into the curb and caused major damage to the suspension. After having the truck towed to the Ford dealer, I was told that I had to of hit something to cause the blowout. I hit the curb after the blowout occured. My insurance company paid for repairs under comprehensive insurance with a $250. 00 deductible. I believe all the tires should be replaced and I should have priority since this incident happened, and I should be re-imbursed my deductible, along with my insurance company being re-imbursed( dot number: ).