1998 Ford Explorer Tires Problems

“A cooper tire's [discoverer h/t-size p235/75 i5 m+s-DOT uthl g5u4700 m5r] tread came off while driving hwy 95 in nevada. It did approx. $2500.00 damage to my 98 Ford Explorer's left rear quarter panel.. Cooper originally said they were going to pay for damages.they blame underinflation and that is a big lie. I checked the pressure that very same day!”

“I was traveling in my 1998 Ford Explorer with my son and fiance to bullhead, az. Traveling east on hwy40. About 30 miles west of needles, ca I experienced a blown tire on my left rear wheel. These tires were a year old and later we discovered a nail in the tire. We safely merged to the side of the highway and was eventually able to put the spare tire on the left rear. This spare tire is a firestone wilderness at tire (p235/75 r 15). …”

“We had two incidents of tire blow outs in 4 months the last one occurring on oct 12, 2008. The cause of both blow outs was the tire stem but we did not hear about the recall until I heard it on the news today. We have since bought new tires afraid that it would happen again but what can we do now? I feel like we should be compensated but how? The Ford dealer we bought the tires from is out of business so we could not go there when we realized that it was a tire stem problem and without knowing there was a recall we had no option but to go somewhere else which was american tire. …”

“Tire failure on left rear tire. This occurred while traveling at highway speeds. The tire was completely shredded. The consumer replaced the firestone tires with goodyear tires because of the recall he heard about in july 2001. The tires that experienced the failure were goodyear tires and the consumer has since replaced all the tires with michelins.”

“The left rear tire exploded. Goodyear, wrangler rt-5 p235/75.r16 tires are regularly serviced. There was no vibration prior to explosion. No bulging in the tires. Tires just checked 3 weeks ago. 40 MPH on highway, clear weather. No problems with the tires before.”