1993 Ford E-150 Tires Problems

“I was driving on I-95 when my vehicle started thumping and vibrating erratically and steering was very hard to control. I exited immediately to find that my tire had a huge bulge a little larger than a softball. A man stopped and said I should be okay to drive the 2 miles I had left to get home. When I backed out to drive home the bulge popped exposing broken ply cords and tread separation.”

“I was driving east, just past monroe, la, on I-20 just prior to mile marker 126 when the right passenger tire came off my e150 1993 Ford van. I was able to maintain control of the van to get it off the road. Thankfully, the rim/tire, and brake caliper did not hit a vehicle; I found it about a half mile prior to where I was able to get the van stopped. I thought I a blowout had occurred but when I looked, there was no rim or tire on the van. I bought the van new in late 1992 and have maintained it well throughout its lifetime. How can this happen? …”

“Tire tread came completely off tire. I was able to safely stop vehicle. Firestone dealer in aurora colorado, store # 028924 told me that all four tires were manufactured at the decator plant. They treated this like a recall and replaced all four tires at no cost with general tires. The first tire to do exactly the same thing under identical circumstances lost its tread about 6 months ago, prior to problem identification at decator plant. Second tire came apart in wyoming. …”

“The drivers side rear tire experienced tread separation, also the the passenger rear tire experienced tread separation the very next day, the tires were daytona f235/75r/15, however consumer was informed that the tires were made by firestone, consumer has since replaced all four tires.”

“One of the firestone steeltex r4s (p235/75r15) experienced tread separation and noise from the right rear tire, the consumer replaced all the tires and is requesting reimbursement.”