2007 Ford Five Hundred Tires & Wheels Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE ORIGIN OF THE NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

2007 FORD FIVE HUNDRED TIRES ARE CRACKING, LOCAL TIRE DEALER SAYS IT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM....SAFETY IS NOT THEIR FIRST CONCERN I GUESS. HE SAYS THE PIRELLI P6 TIRES THAT ARE OEM ONLY HAVE 50,000 MILE RATING TO THEM, I HAVE 37,000 MILES AND THEY ARE ROTTING. TIRES KEEP GOING LOW. *TR

HAVE 2007 FORD 500 HAD A FLAT TIRE ON RT. REAR. TOOK CAR TO DEALER TO FIX. THEY SAID IT WAS CAUSED BY A CRACKED WHEEL. POSSIBLY HITTING BUMP IN ROAD. IT HAS 18444 MILES RARELY DRIVEN AND HAS NEVER HIT A BUMP VERY HARD OR AT ALL. BUMPER TO BUMPER WILL NOT COVER THE COST, AND WE BELIEVE THIS IS A FAULTY WHEEL FROM FACTORY. PLEASE HELP. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 FORD FIVE HUNDRED WITH CONTINENTAL P215-60R17 TIRES. ON DEC 14, 2007, AFTER MY TIRES HAD BEEN ROTATED AT TOWN EAST FORD IN MESQUITE TEXAS, I NOTICED A LARGE BUBBLE IN THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE ALONG THE SEAM OF THE TIRE. SAID TIRE ID# DOT CODE A3KT 3MT 3906.THE TIRES HAD APPROX 21,250 MILES AT THE TIME. THEY HAVE BEEN ROTATED AT LEAST 4 TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR AND I CAN SHOW THAT THE TIRE INFLATION IS CHECKED REGULARLY WHEN I GET THE OIL CHANGED. TOWN EAST FORD TOLD ME THE TIRE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AS IT WAS CONSIDERED ROAD HAZARD. ORIGINALLY I WAS TOLD IT WAS DUE TO POTHOLES, THEN LATER THAT IT WAS DUE TO A NAIL THAT CAUSED LOW TIRE PRESSURE. I WAS NEVER INFORMED OF A NAIL, NOR DID THEY SHOW ME THE DAMAGE. I CONTEND THE TIRE IS FAULTY; I HAD TO REPLACE THE TIRE AT MY OWN COST. I AM CURRENTLY SENDING CORRESPONDENCE TO TOWN EAST FORD, CONTINENTAL TIRE, NHTSA, AND FORD MOTOR COMPANY. *TR