Six problems related to tire have been reported for the 1996 Ford Taurus. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Douglas tire on 1996 Ford Taurus "came apart" on I-10, no apparent puncture or other signs of hitting an object on the highway.
Vehicle tires were dry rotted. The tires only had 30000 miles on them. The consumer replaced the tires. The consumer had new struts installed along with having the tires rotated. The technician informed the consumer that the tires were dry rotted.
Noticed a shimmey(vibration) early August, took car to dealer, back tires have flat spots. Car was taken back on 8/13/01 because it continued to shimmey, was told that all tires have broken steel belts. General tires #9002 154 3376-0000-p205/65r15 6h.
In 1998 I bought a used 1996 Ford Taurus station wagon. It had just over 12,000 miles on it and came equipped with general tires, size p205/65r15. (tiresize: p205/65r15)( dot number: tire size: p205/65r15 ).
Vehicle was sold subsequent to the incident. Scared for the car and tire performance( dot number: tire size: p205/65r-1 ).
While consumer was driving tire rim broke ,causing consumer to loose control of vehicle and hit rail on freeway. Car was totaled.