1999 Ford F-250 Tires & Wheels Problems

The Belt in the tire separated while driving. This caused a "Bubble" to form causing my truck to shake violently and required changing to the spare tire. If this happened on the highway I could have lost control and caused an accident. I took my truck to a tire installer who documented the above finding and noted the tire was properly inflated and there were no impact marks on the tread or sidewalls. I am currently working with the supplier but they are being unreasonable with the requirements to have it inspected. No other reps have been contacted at this time. No ( its a 24 year old truck, I don't have any tire related warning lamps) LT235/85 R16

TL THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-250 EQUIPPED TRAILERED TO 2019 FOREST RIVER EAST TO WEST TRAVEL TRAILER EQUIPPED WITH TBC BRAND LLC TIRES, TIRE LINE: TRAILER KING, TIRE SIZE: ST225/75R15, DOT NUMBER: 1ADB4HFT1). THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY AND PLACED THE SPARE ONTO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER, APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES LATER, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE ALSO EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH NEW TIRES. THE CONTACT CONTACTED CAMPERS INN RV OF MACON - BYRON (125 PEACHTREE PKWY, BYRON, GA 31008, (478) 956-6111) AND WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT THE TIRES WERE NOT REPAIRABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 221,000 ON THE VEHICLE AND 1,000 ON THE TIRES ON THE CAMPER. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I FILED A CLAIM WITH MICHELIN NORTH AMERICA, INC (MICHELIN), THAT WAS DENIED, FOR DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF $3,000.00 INCURRED BY MY PERSONAL VEHICLE RESULTING FROM THE COMPLETE TREAD DETACHMENT OF A UNIROYAL LAREDO TIRE (DOT# BFW8FEUU4107), AFTER 13,586 MILES. DETACHMENT OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEED (65MPH) WITH PROPER INFLATION PRESSURE, CHECKED PRIOR TO BEGINNING OF TRAVEL. PRIOR TO COMPLETE TREAD DETACHMENT, THE SUBJECT TIRE WAS REPAIRED FOR DAMAGE INCURRED BY A COMMON ROAD HAZARD (I.E., A NAIL PUNCTURE). THIS, THE TIRE?S ONLY, REPAIR WAS PERFORMED BY A REPUTABLE SERVICE CENTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH GUIDELINES SET BY US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. MICHELIN DOES NOT CALL INTO QUESTION TIRE REPAIR AS THE CAUSAL FACTOR. RATHER, MICHELIN ASSERTS THAT THEIR INSPECTION OF THE TIRE INDICATES TREAD DETACHMENT RESULTED FROM TIRE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE PUNCTURE. AND, ?EVIDENCE OF THIS IS FOUND WHEN TRACING THE STEEL CORD PATH FROM THE PUNCTURE/REPAIR TO THE INITIAL DETACHED AREA?. MICHELIN FEELS THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES. I CHALLENGE MICHELIN?S DENIAL BASED ON (1) MICHELIN?S ADMISSION THAT THE ?INITIAL DETACHED AREA? OCCURRED AT SOME DISTANCE FROM THE REPAIR/PUNCTURE; (2) MICHELIN HAS A HISTORY OF TIRE RECALLS PERTAINING TO DEFECTS AND POTENTIAL TREAD DETACHMENT OF SIMILAR TIRES; AND (3) THE SUBJECT TIRE WAS MANUFACTURED DURING A PERIOD BOUNDED BY TWO LAREDO TIRE RECALLS, DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR TREAD DETACHMENT: ?SEPTEMBER 2004, UNIROYAL VOLUNTARY RECALL OF 46,000 TIRES DUE TO POSSIBLE TREAD/BELT DETACHMENT. ?JULY 2012, NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (NHTSA #12T-019) RECALL OF APPROXIMATELY 800,000 UNIROYAL TIRES, DUE TO POSSIBLE TREAD BELT SEPARATION. FURTHER, A MODICUM OF RESEARCH CLEARLY INDICATES THAT INSUFFICIENT TIRE BONDING AND OTHER MANUFACTURER DEFECTS ARE THE MOST FREQUENT CAUSE OF TREAD DETACHMENT. THEREFORE, I WOULD SUSPECT COMPLETE TREAD DETACHMENT WOULD RESULT FROM A PREEXISTING TIRE DEFECT, RATHER THAN A NAIL PUNCTURE. *TR

TIRE BLEW OUT ON INTERESTATE. TIRES ONLY 1-2 MONTHS OLD AT THE TIME OF BLOW OUT. CAUSED THE TRUCK TO FLIP ACROSS LANES OF TRAFFIC AND LAND ON ITS SIDE IN THE MEDIAN. PASSENGER WAS INJURED. TIRES WERE FEDERAL COURAGIA M/T. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F250 EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER LT TIRES, SIZE: 265/75R16. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 65 MPH WHEN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE EXPLODED. THE FAILURE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AND FENDER. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE FAILED TIRE AND INSTALLED THE SPARE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND THAT THE TIRES COULD BE RETURNED TO WHERE THE CONTACT HAD PURCHASED THEM, AND THEY WOULD FORWARD THEM TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 137,000. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE.

1999 F250 TREAD SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH. *TS THE SEPARATED TREAD CAUSED SOME DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE'S FENDER. *NM

DT: THE CONSUMER PURCHASED A USED VEHICLE IN JULY, A 1999 FORD F250. WHILE MOVING BACK TO WASHINGTON FROM NEW MEXICO, THE LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD PEELED OFF, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WAS SOME WEAR ON THE TIRES. THERE ARE 64,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK, AND OWNER DOES NOT KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE MILEAGE OF THE TIRES. THE CONSUMER CONSULTED THE NHTSA WEBSITE AND DISCOVERED RECALL CAMPAIGN. 04T003000 ON THE SAME TIRES. BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, MODEL STEELTEX ,AT LT265/75/R16. THE CONSUMER WENT TO TWO DIFFERENT BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE DELAERS, AND THEY WOULD NOT HELP BECAUSE THE TIRES WERE NOT A PART OF THE RECALL-THESE WERE FOR EXCURSION VEHICLES ONLY THEY NOTED. THE CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE TIRES AT HIS OWN EXPENSE. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 FORD F250. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION ON DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT, BUT IT CAUSED DAMAGE VEHICLE. IT WAS HAULING A TRAILER, AND DID NOT HIT ANY KIND OF POT HOLE. TIRE MANUFACTURER WAS ELDORADO, TIRE LINE I 265/75R16.*AK

DT COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS WOBLING. PULLED OVER, THERE WAS A CHUNK OF TIRE MISSING. CONTACTED THE SHOP WHERE HE PURCHASED THE TIRES ,AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE TIRESL. FOUND OUT THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION SUITE. THESE WERE COOPER DISCOVER HT TIRES. THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE A LOST THE TREAD, DID DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, IT WRAPPED AROUND THE AXLE. TORE OUT THE MUD FLAP IT FLUG AND SCRAPED OUT THE WHOLE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE TIRE LINE WAS LT265/75R16.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT ON THE INSIDE SIDEWALL. THE VEHICLE SWERVED TO THE RIGHT, ACROSS A MEDIAN AND INTO 2 LANES OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC (MICHELIN MNRHT, P225/60T16, DOT # 09575883). *NM *TC

WHILE DRIVING 10 TO 15 MPH CONSUMER HEARD AN NOISE. THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER LOCATED UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK BROKE. THE CABLE FRAYED AND SNAPPED. AS A RESULT, THE SPARE TIRE FELL OFF. *AK

TREAD SEPARATION FROM FIRESTONE "STEELTEX RADIAL A/T" TIRE AT APROX 60 MPH TIRE TREAD SEPERATED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING ON DRY LEVEL GROUND THERE WAS NO ROAD HAZARD INVOLVED, TIRE NEVER LOST PRESSURE AND REMAINED INFLATED UNTIL 2 DAYS AFTER EVENT THE TIRE WAS REPLACED AT TIME OF EVENT WITH A SPARE TIRE, THERE WAS SIGNIFIGANT DAMAGE TO THE DRIVERS BED SECTION OF MY TRUCK. AN INSURANCE CLAIM WAS FILED WITH MY INSURER AND SETTELED WITH A REPAIRTHAT TOTALED APROX $2258.00. *AK

FRONT TIRES WEAR OUT UNEVENLY, AND ARE UNABLE TO HOLD AIR. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER TO CHANGE THE TIRE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. GOODYEAR, WRANGLER AT, 285/75R16, DOT#PJYUJ3H2700. *AK *NM

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH DRIVER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO INVESTIGATE THE NOISE, AND NOTICED THAT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD BLOWOUT. FIRESTONE, STEELTEX RADIAL AT, SIZE LT265/75R/16, DOT# IS VDW8-1XL-060. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH CONSUMER FELT A VIBRATION IN THE VEHICLE. A FEW SECONDS LATER RIGHT SIDE REAR WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE SKIDDED TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER, WHERE THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE 8 LUGS: NUTS HAD SHEARED OFF. THERE WAS NO COLLISION OR INJURIES REPORTED IN THIS INCIDENT. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE'S LEFT REAR TIRE SHEARED OFF FROM THE HUB. THE TIRE WENT THROUGH THE MEDIAN AND STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE. *MR *NM

1999 FORD F250 PICKUP IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH FIRESTONE STEELTEX A/T TIRE EQUIPMENT.*MR AFTER THE CONSUMER HEARD OF THE FIRESTONE TIRE PROBLEMS HE TOOK HIS VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER. THE DEALER CHECKED THE TIRES AND INDICATED NONE OF THEM WERE PART OF THE RECALL. WHILE DRIVING THE TREAD OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE CAME OFF BUT THE TIRE REMAINED INFLATED. THIS INCIDENT CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WENT TO THE LOCAL DEALER WHO HANDLED THE HANDLED THE TIRE REPLACEMENTS. THE TIRE WERE LOOKED AT AND THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE TIRES WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *NLM

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S FIRESTONE TIRE EQUIPMENT. *MR WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL, WITHOUT WARNING, THE OUTSIDE CAP OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE HAD COME OFF AND DAMAGED THE VEHICLE. THE TIRE HAD NEVER GONE FLAT BEFORE AND HAD 6/32 AND 8/32 TREAD REMAINING. THE TIRE DISINTEGRATED AT 8/32 TREAD REMAINING. *SCC *JB *JB

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. AS A RESULT, THE PARTICLES FROM THE TIRE CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD AND DAMAGED THE VEHICLE'S FRAME. *AK