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.
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Sidewall blowout on turnpike. Tires were checked previous week by another Ford dealer during oil change service, ok. Other tires have performed normally since incident. Sent tire to Michelin, denies claim, said was punctured causing runflat. Blow-out was inside to outside. Failure in workmanship or material. Damaged tire, rim (wheel), and strut. (dot number: Bet4hr1068 tiresize: P22555H16)
My rt. Front tire blew while I was traveling. Even though I was going slow, there was enough force to take out a peice of my wheel cover & dent the front door. I had to replace it at T little tire store in the town it happened in. I replaced all the tires at the same time because the shop worker showed me a place on the left front tire that looked like it was separating too. At the time, I thought that a big-brand name like Firestone shouldn't do that, so I replace it with another brand. I realized that if it had happened on the open highway at a high speed, I could have lost control of the car & I felt lucky. But it was costly & I still have the dent & peice if fender in my floorboard. I do not have the tires so I do not know any particulars about them, but the dealer should. I probably can get the tow service to attest to the fact that it did blow, he put on one of those little temporary tires & suggested a few shops I could try to get a tire at. (tiresize: 15)( dot number: Tire size: 15 )
Had a bent rim and got a new rim and tire team Ford put the rear tire on backwards and months later in the snow and rain that tire lost traction and I was put in the ditch due to rainy weather( dot number: Be8rk11049 tire size: 24545zr17 )
- North Sioux City, SD, USA
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While driving at approximately 38 mph rear tires slipped off and fell onto the pavement. Lost control, and vehicle turned over on its roof. Seat belt failed to restrain driver, and she was injured.
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- San Diego, CA, USA