1999 Ford F-150 Tires & Wheels Problems

DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE SUFFERED TREAD SEPARATION AFTER APX 1 HOUR AROUND 70 MPH. TIRE PRESSURE WAS CHECKED / INFLATED TO MAX COLD PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. AIR TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE LOW 80S. I AM PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION IN CASE YOU TRACK SUCH INCIDENTS. NO RESPONSE IS REQUIRED. COOPER DISCOVERER H/T 255/70 R16 DOT UPCU C5U 2808. *TR

AT THE TIME THIS HAPPEN THE WIFE AND I WERE ON THE WAY BACK FROM ANOTHER TOWN WENT TO EAT OUT OF OUR TOWN WE LIVED IN, ON A MAIN HIGHWAY I HEARD SOMETHING THAT SOUNDED LIKE WE WERE HIT FROM BEHIND, BUT WHEN I LOOKED IN MY REAR-VIEW MIRROR I COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT I WAS SEEING, THANK THE GOOD LORD ABOVE NO-ONE WAS BEHIND US, ALL I SAW AT FIRST WERE SPARKS FLYING FROM MY SPARE TIRE AND THEN THE TIRE SLIDE ON IT'S SIDE ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY, I PICKED UP THE METAL PIECES AND OTHER PARTS I COULD FIND AND PLACED MY TIRE AND THE METAL PARTS IN THE BED OF MY TRUCK, WE HAVE ALWAYS CHECKED FOR THE TIRE UNDERNEATH THE BACK OF MY 1999 FORD F- 150 XLT WHEN WE GET OUR TIRES ROTATED OR BALANCED OR CHANGED, WHEN WE CHANGE THE MOTOR OIL TOO. IF A CAR HAD BEEN BEHIND US THAT TIRE COULD HAVE KILLED SOMEONE, I BELIEVE YOU NEED THE DEALERS TO PLACE ANOTHER SAFETY BAR TO KEEP THE TIRE FROM COMING LOOSE AGAIN. NOW I TELL ANYONE I SEE THAT HAS A TRUCK WITH THE SPARE UNDERNEATH TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT, BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED BY A SPARE TIRE COMING OFF.IF YOU NEED THE VIN I HAVE TO GET IT OFF MY INSURANCE POLICY, I'VE HAD THIS TRUCK STILL RUNNING, BIG V-8 ENGINE OVER 226,000 STILL GOING SAME ENGINE. *TR

UPON RETURNING HOME FROM WORK ON 9/15/14, A HITCH WIRE WAS NOTICED DRAGGING ON THE GROUND. WHEN I CRAWLED UNDER THE TRUCK TO TUCK IT BACK UNDER, I NOTICED THE SPARE TIRE WAS GONE AND THE CABLE THAT ONCE HELD IT IN PLACE VIA A RETAINING BRACKET HAD SNAPPED AND WAS FRAYED. THE TIRE AND BRACKET HOLDING THE TIRE WERE BOTH GONE. I HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE LOSS UNTIL THAT POINT AND AM HORRIFIED AT THE THOUGHT OF THE ACCIDENT OR INJURY IT COULD HAVE/ MAY HAVE CAUSED, BREAKING FREE SOMEWHERE ON THE ROAD WHILE DRIVING. *TR

CABLE THAT HOLDS SPARE TIRE UP UNDER THE TRUCK BED RUSTED AT THE BRACKET AND SPARE TIRE FELL OUT FROM UNDER THE TRUCK, IT WAS A GOOD THING THAT TRUCK WAS NOT GOING ANY FASTER AS THE SPARE COULD HAVE BOUNCED ON THE ROAD AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *TR

INSIDE OF TIRE IS SEPARATING. LARGE BUBBLE , 4" X 6" IN SIZE. NO OTHER LEAKS OR PUNCTURES OR PATCHES/PLUGS IN TIRE. CAUSES EXTREME VIBRATIONS. HAD TO REMOVE AND REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES FOR SAFETY REASONS. 265 70R 17 WRANGLER AT/S *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE RIM FRACTURED DUE TO RUST. THE CONTACT STATED HE TRIED TO CLEAN THE RIMS, AS THE SALT FROM THE ROADS CAUSED THE RUST. LATER THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS ALSO COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE CONTACT REPLACED ALL OF THE RIMS AND TIRES ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

MY LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. *TR

TIRE IS SEPARATING ON INSIDE OF SIDEWALL. *TR

1999 FORD F150 LEFT REAR WHEEL BECAME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE AND CROSSED THE MEDIAN AND STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE. *KB ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, THE LEFT REAR WHEEL LUG NUT BROKE OFF. OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10285367. *JB

I RECENTLY HAD A FLAT TIRE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON MY 1999 FORD F150. WHEN I LOWERED THE SPARE TIRE FROM ITS STOWED POSITION, THERE WERE EIGHT BADLY WORN SPOTS ON THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE. THE WEAR WAS APPARENTLY CAME FROM THE WAY THE STOWAGE POSITION IS DESIGNED. THE DEGRADATION OF THE TIRE MAY MAKE IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON THE SPARE TIRES OF F150'S. *NM

1999 F150'S LEFT FRONT TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. *TS THE LEFT FRONT SPRING BENT AS A RESULT OF THE TIRE SEPARATING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE'S UNDERCARRIAGE WAS DAMAGED. THE DRIVER STATED THAT NEW TIRES HAD BEEN RECENTLY INSTALLED ON THE VEHICLE. *NM

1999 FORD F250 WITH FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRES. TREAD CAME OFF LEFT REAR TIRE. AN INSPECTION SHOWED TREAD WAS SEPARATING ON RT FRONT TIRE. SENT TIRE TO FIRESTONE AND GOT A FORM LETTER ABOUT ABUSE OF TIRES (UNDER INFLATED, OVER INFLATED). SAME LETTER FIRESTONE USED WHEN FAILURES OF RANGER TIRES WERE OCCURRING. I HAVE THE OIL CHANGED EVERY 6000 MILES AND HAVE TIRE PRESSURE CHECKED. I ALSO CHECK PRESSURE MYSELF. I ALSO ROTATED TIRES AS SUGGESTED BY FORD. TIRES HAD GOOD TREAD AND WEAR PATTERNS. THESE TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE. *NM

SPARE TIRE FELL OFF THE TRUCK DUE TO FAILURE OF THE STRANDED STEEL CABLE THAT SECURES THE TIRE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BED. *BF *TC

VEHICLE VIBRATED WHILE DRIVING 57 MPH. CONSUMER PULLED THE VEHICLE INTO A SERVICE STATION AND NOTICED THAT TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE SIDEWALL ON PASSENGER'S REAR TIRE. FORD, F150. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT OR REPLACEMENT PART IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. TIRE SIZE P275/60R17 & DOT #ADT03JJ4801. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK

VEHICLE VIBRATED WHILE DRIVING 57 MPH. CONSUMER PULLED THE VEHICLE INTO A SERVICE STATION AND NOTICED TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE SIDEWALL ON PASSENGER'S REAR SIDE TIRE. 1999, FORD, F150. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT OR REPLACEMENT PART WAS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME; TIRE SIZE P275/60R17 & THE DOT #ADT03JJ4801. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK

THE TIRE P25570S16 GN GRABAWO BY GENERAL. SIDE WALL BUBBLES AND BLOWS OUT IF ITS ON THE REAR OF A PICK UP OKAY ON FRONT OF TRUCK, BUT MANY PEOPLE I WORK WITH IN THE BUSINESS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS TIRE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. THANKS. *AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE TREAD WAS SEPARATING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

DRIVNG AT 65 MPH THE RIGHT PASSENGER TIRE JUST PEELED OFF ... FIRESTONE WILDERNESS P23570R16 DRIVING A FORD F150 TRUCK. *AK

LOOSE LUG:NUTS, RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF A WHEEL. ALL WHEELS HAD LOOSE LUG NUTS & HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED SAME CONDITION. LUG NUTS ON REAR SEEM TO BE TOO SHORT, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A FULL NUT OF THREAD ON STUDS.*AK

1 WEEK BEFORE TIRE HAD BLOW OUT OF SAME SERIES ON RIGHT SIDE REAR THAT TREAD SEPERATED FROM SIDE WALL. DT