1994 Ford Explorer Tires Problems

“While driving I turned on air conditioner and immediately light smoke began out of air conditioning vents and then the next moment the smoke was extremely heavy out of the vents and then visible fire underneath front passenger side dashboard. I immediately pulled the vehicle off the side of the road and exited, 10 minutes later it was fully engulfed in flames.”

“April, 1996 I, my ex wife, and my daughter were coming back from palmdale, la county, traveling east on 138 highway back to ontario, san bernardino county, where I used to reside. While I was passing slow truck in two highway trying to get back in the front of the truck one of the front tires exploded I lost control of the 1994 Ford Explorer got on the dirt the car was airborne landed turn god knows how many times and landed on the side.”

“I was driving on the pa turnpike. I got off at fort washington exit. I proceeded to ft. Washington expo center. I pulled into a parking place and I heard a loud pop. I got out to find my rear-passenger side tire deflating rapidly. There was a hole in the side wall of the tire. There was nothing on the ground around the tire. It just popped.”

“My driver-side, rear tire tread separated. (semperit brand p235/75r15 (this brand is not on your drop down menu!)) on my 1994 Ford Explorer causing damage to my car (namely the rear quarter panel.) I was able to control the car and thus not hit anything else. The tires had 24,000 miles on them. This happened during the Ford/firestone news. Ford would not pay to replace the tires and the company semperit in nowhere to be found in the us.”

“The owner's vehicle holds the spare tire under the chassis and is held in place by a cable. The cable snapped releasing the spare tire into traffic. Owner was unable to retrieve the tire. Please provide any additional information.”