: the contact stated the spare tire fell out of the mount while driving along the road at 20 mph. The cable failed next to the tire. The spare had not been used since the purchase of the vehicle. The contact has the affected parts. The service dealer and the manufacturer were not alerted.

- King Of Prussia, PA, USA

Spare tire is stored underneath rear of car secured by a winch and cable which rusted and broke, dropping spare tire to ground, creating a high speed hazard for traffic following me.

- Galveston, TX, USA

While driving at a low speed in the driveway spare tire detached from vehicle. Driver found the cable that was holding the tire, it looked shredded.

- Hancock, ME, USA

When a Michelin dealer recently replaced the four 16 inch 255 Firestone tires, he commented that the spare is a Firestone 15 inch 225 tire. Is it safe to mix thes sizes? the 16 inch tires were original equiupment on the car -- not purchased as an option. Ford has not responded to my inquiry.

- Ft. Thomas, KY, USA

I purshased a Ford Explorer Sport 4X4 with 16 inch tires and I went to replace my tires because of the recall on the Firestone tires and I found out that the spare tire is only a 15 inch so I called the dealer and customer service to ask them why I recieved a 15 inch tire as a spare and they told me that it was O.K. to use a 15 inch tire until I could have my other tire fixed in case of a flat.I thought that it was wrong an a safety issue but they assured me that it would be O.K. so I was trying to find out if that was true if you could please let me know if that is safe or not you can E-mail me at jenet97@aol.com. Thank you.

- Aurora, IL, USA

After buying vehicle, found out that spare (P255/70R15) tire is a different size than regular tires (P255/70R16) on vehicle. Consumer believes it is unsafe in case of replacing tires with spare one.

- Neoga, IL, USA

Consumer feels the wheel design of the spare tire is defective.

- Burke, VA, USA

Spare tire size is insufficient for vehicle.

- Beaver, WV, USA

The spare tire is smaller than the original tires.

- Port Crane, NY, USA