2000 Mercury Mountaineer Tires Problems

“Firestone recalled wilderness at from decatur, my tires were not recalled. Because of tire losing air pressure and becoming flat, I did not feel safe and purchased 5 new tires; firestone and ford refuses to give me any satisfaction in this matter, as neither of them will reimburse my $571.00 to replace firestone tires!!!( DOT number: ?? Tire size: p235/75/15 )”

“Whil driving approximately 65 MPH on wet pavement, the left rear tire blew out and when I was able to pull to the side of the road, the tire was shredded off of the rim. This matches the description of the problem involved in the current firestone recall. The vehicle is owned by ford motor company. I am a ford motor company employee who leases the vehicle from the company. ( DOT number: tire size: p235/75r15 )”

“These tires are brand new on a brand new 2000 Mountaineer. They did not fail in any manner (I had to put numbers in the failure field or the form would not accept the report)there were no failures whatsoever. I am only concerned that they may be recalled due to all the fatals involving these tires(DOT # on inside of tires is 8xhl) and all the publicity. The dealer advises these tires are not part of the recall but I would just like confirmation from NHTSA that these particular tires are safe to drive at all speeds. …”

“Although I do not have the recalled firestone tires on my vehicle, I do not feel safe driving it with non-recalled firestone tires. I have tried talking to ford, my selling dealer and firestone dealers to receive credit for my tires towards the purchase of 5 goodyear replacements. I feel that ford made the decision to put firestone tires on my vehicle at the factory and should be required to provide credit towards the purchase of a safer tire. This whole recall is a mess and is confusing, I believe, on purpose. The only thing I hear is how consumers were mis-using the tires. …”

“The contact owns a 2000 Mercury Mountaineer. The vehicle has goodyear wrangler rts tires, size p/235/75/r15. The contact noticed that the front passenger side tire would spontaneously lose tire pressure. He took the tires to a tire repair shop and a technician stated that the inner sidewall was separating on all four tires. He concluded that the tires needed to be replaced. All of the tires were replaced and the contact still has possession of the old ones. The vehicle failure mileage was 30,000. The tire failure mileage was 13,140.”