Tire Sidewall problems of the 2000 Subaru Outback

The caller used spare tire and the sidewall blew out. Tire had 110 miles on it at the time. The caller was going between 60 and 65 mph. The tire was full of black powder and the rubber was crumbling. The caller heard a rumble, and when he was trying to pull over to see what it was ,the tire blew out. Tire was only on vehicle for a week. Manufacturer told the caller to go to dealer and they would take care of the tire. Dealer would offer no help. However, manufacturer did pay for tire.

My Subaru came stock with firestone wilderness tires. When the Ford/firestone incident was happening, the Subaru website posted a message that the tires used on the Subaru's were not in the recall. This morning, I had a blow out that caused me to swerve violently into the #3 lane causing the traffic to swerve. When I pulled over and inspected the tire, I noticed that the sidewall of the tire has delaminated from the rest of the tire. No other foreign objects or other visible signs can be seen to have caused the blow out. It's plain to see that it's definitely a manufacturers defect. I contacted Subaru and they insist that the tires that came on the vehicle are not a part of the recall from Ford. And that I should go to a Subaru dealer to have them inspect the tire. (tiresize: 225 60/16).

Right rear tire had sudden and catostrophic disintegration of sidewall at highway speed without hitting any debri. No loss of control but total loss of tire. ( dot number: tire size: 225/60/16 ).