2007 Ford Fusion Tires Problems

“I have an incident to report related to pe08060. After getting my tires rotated I had a flat the next day. The cause was a bad valve stem. Since I had read a news article about this potential problem I had all 4 replaced. 2 of the stems have cracking similar to that described in the article. The part is tr414.”

“We have a 2007 Ford Fusion. Since january 1st we have had 4 tire failures, or so we thought. The problem seems to be faulty chinese valve stems. Each time. It was an immediate loss of air. First three replaced at Ford dealers, who made no comment about the investigation. The fourth at a tire store who's mechanic explained to me what was really going on. Our problems began on jan. 1st and continued until may 23rd,approx. One every 6 weeks!”

“07 Ford Fusion required two leaking stems to be replaced since jan 09. 4/6/09 traveling on I-4 outside of tampa at 70 MPH when the right front tire went flat, no pop or anything, just noticed a change in the road noise so I touched the break and it got louder. I did not lose control of the vehicle and got safely to the breakdown lane when the tread part of wheel continued to roll/bounce down the breakdown lane. A road ranger stopped and changed my tire for me, asked where I was going and told me to buy a new tire. …”

“I had a flat tire and when I got it repaired was told it was a valve stem...my car only has 17,000 miles on it and was told this should not have happened...2 days later, another flat tire on a different tire while I was driving to work...I stopped and got a can of 'fix-a-flat- and when putting it in the tire, noticed it was leaking at the valve stem...I had 8 more miles to drive to work...to make a long story short, I had to replace the tire due to a side wall bubble from driving it without proper inflation.”

“On saturday morning september 6th 2008 I was driving to work in my 2007 Ford Fusion and my tire went flat. I changed the tire and on the following monday I dropped it off at jim true Ford in brookville indiana where I had purchased the vehicle. It was determined that the tire had gone flat due to a cracked valve stem and that the tire and valve stem would have to be replaced . A new tire had to be ordered and was replaced on thursday september 11th 2008. The cost of parts and labor to replace the valve stem and tire was $229.37.”