1999 Ford Ranger

TIRE BLEW OUT ON TRIP, 8/99, TIRE SEPERATED ON INTERSTATE DRIVING- TRUCK TOWED TO CLOSEST DEALTER BY FORD ROADSIDE ASSIST- DEALER JONES FORD, AUGUSTA, REFUSED TO HONOR ANY WARRANTY, MADE US PAY FULL PRICE FOR A NEW TIRE, SAID IT WAS NOT A TIRE PROBLEM. TRUCK WAS NEW/TIRE WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 6 MONTH OLD TRUCK. WE LOST A DAY OF WORK WAITING ON THEM TO LOCATE A TIRE TO REPLACE IT AND THEN HAD TO PAY FULL PRICE AS THEY WOULD NOT HONOR ANY WARRANTY REPLACEMENT. (TIRESIZE: 2457516)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 2457516 )

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. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W2KC TIRESIZE: P205/75R14)

DRIVING TO WORK AT 6:00 AM ON MAIN STREET IN TOWN AT 40 MILES AN HR WHEN I FELT REAR DRIVERS SIDE TIRE BLOW. IMMENDIATELY PULLED OFF ROAD AND TREAD WAS COMPLETELY PULLED AWAY FROM THE TIRE. PUT ON SPARE TIRE AND WENT ON TO WORK CALLED LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER AT 8:00 TO REPORT INCIDENT, THEY TOLD ME TO BRING IT IN AND THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT. WHEN I ARRIVED THEY CHECKED IT AND SAID IT WAS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST, SO THEY COULD DO NOTHING ABOUT IT, THEY SAID I WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE A NEW TIRE. I QUESTIONED THEM CONCERNING THE LOW MILEAGE AND THE WARRENTY THAT WOULD BE ON THE TIRE ITSELF, THEY SAID I COULD HAVE HIT SOMETHING AND DAMAGED THE TIRE MYSELF THEREFORE, THEY COULD NOT COVER THE TIRE UNDER THE WARRENTY. THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THAT IS THAT I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING THEN OR IN THE PAST AND MY RIM WAS NOT DAMAGED A ALL, WHICH WAS VERY CLEAR TO THEM. WHEN I RETURNED TO WORK I CALLED FIRESTONES TOLL FREE # DIRECT THE CUST SERVICE REP ADVISED ME THAT SINCE IT WAS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING AT THIS TIME, BUT IN FUTURE IF IT DID COME ON THE RECALL LIST IF I KEPT MY TIRE AND RECEIPT THEY WOULD REFUND MY TIRE AND MONEY. I EXPRESSED MY CONCERN THAT I AM STILL DRIVING ON THE SAME TIRES, I WAS VERY SURPRISED THAT I WAS NOT SHOWN ANY CONCERN IN REGARDS TO THIS AND WAS TOLD TO WAIT UNTIL IT SHOWED UP ON THE RECALL LIST, I ASKED HER HOW THIS GOT ON THE RECALL LIST SHE TOLD ME TO CONTACT THIS ADDRESS. SHE SAID THEY DO NOT INVESTIGATE THIS, THAT THE NHTSA WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT. ALL I WANT IS FOR SOMEONE TO LOOK AT MY TIRES AND ASSURE ME THAT THEY ARE SAFE AND ALSO REFUND MY MONEY CONSIDERING THE LOW MILAGE THAT WAS ON A 4 WHEEL DRIVE TRUCK THAT IS SUPPOSE TO HAVE HEAVY DUTY TIRES.. (TIRESIZE: P245/75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P245/75R16 )