This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
There's a separation on the side of the tire. General tire, 17235/85R16. Four out of six tires had sidewall separations that were serious. Ford finally declared four of the six as being defective and replaced them. Cosnumer was having the vehicle checked when the claims adjuster pointed out that the two front tires had tread separation deep enough for a dime to fit 1/8th of an inch. The separations were two to four inches in length. The two outer back tires also have tread separation but not as deep as the front two. Ford trys to characterize the defects as unusual tread wear. The defects were actually sidewall separations. Consumer was only partially reimbursed for the defects.
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