The contact owns a 1999 Mercury Mountaineer. The vehicle was equipped with Goodyear Wrangler tires, line size: P235/75/R15, dot number: Rtn-ST235-75-15105S. The contact stated that while driving 70 mph, the front passenger side tire blew. The contact lost control of vehicle and drove into the woods, crashing into several trees. The contact received injuries to the ribs, head, back and shoulders. The police department was called to the scene and a police report was filed (South Carolina police report number: 40-8691422). The vehicle was destroyed. The approximate failure and current mileage was 80,000.

- South Carolina , SC, USA

The contact owns a 1999 Mercury Mountaineer. The vehicle has Firestone steeltex A/T tires. While driving approximately 40 mph, the vehicle began to swerve from side to side. The driver pulled onto the side of the road and discovered that the rear passenger tire had tread separation. The tire size was unknown. The current mileage was 102,172 and failure mileage was 102,162.

- Ridgway, PA, USA

1999 Mercury Mountaineer developed problems with the windshield wipers, tires, driver's side mirror, linkage on the transmission, check engine light and the airbag light.

- Trion, GA, USA

1999 Mercury Mountaineer tire blow out occurred while driving at 70 mph.** answer required***. the consumer was told the rotors were out of round.

- Sandwich , MA, USA

Total sidewall and belt failure on right rear tire on a 1999 Mercury Mountaineer. The tires were the replacements for the Firestone tire recall in 2001. The tires have 28,000 mile on them in the four years

- Clawson, MI, USA

On Friday, October 22, 2004, I was driving on the taconic state parkway by pudding street in New York, my driver's side front tire exploded out of nowhere. There was no absolutely no hazards on the roadway and it was a smooth road surface. All my Goodyear Wrangler rts tires were not more than one month old. Goodyear and sears will not honor the warranty saying that I went over something on the road which is absolutely false. Sears found a crack in the tread, buts says it is not covered under the Goodyear warranty. These tires are dangerous for the coonsumer.

- Port Washington, NY, USA

Took the truck back to the dealer for the four time 9/2903 for the check engine light came on again and the same code keeps coming up and it is getting old not to have the truck that we are still paying for monthly.annd I have all the work orders for what they did

- Hamilton, NJ, USA

While driving at 75 mph high speed, the right tire experienced a blow out.. the consumer stated the tires were replacement tires.

- Tucson, AZ, USA

My right side tire blewout. (tiresize: 15)( dot number: Tire size: 15 )

- Fremont, CA, USA

The Firestone recall fiasco is far from over. The fact that it is quiet in no way minimizes the ongoing seriousness of defective design and workmanship on both Firestone's and Ford Motor Company's parts. I received a recall notice stating that an adjust.

- Hayward, CA, USA

Consumer took Firestone tires into dealer to get them checked and they noticed tires had some splits. Consumer replaced tires. While driving home on highway, left rear wheel had some separation. First set of tires were original equipment. P235 75 R15, made in Canada. Dot# vnhl ipy.

- Evergreen, CO, USA

My job requires me to be on the road in all the southern states 6 days a week, in hot interstate travel conditions. All four of my tires were manufactured in the wilson nc plant, which has been proven by numerous investigations that these tires have caused many fatal accidents by tire tread separation. I must tell you that I feel very "unsafe" and uneasy every time I get in my automobile. This is a very uneasy feeling. I would like to replace all of the tires and the spare, with another tire from another manufacturer. I feel this cost should be covered by Firestone, since they made the faulty tires in the first place. (tiresize: P235/75R15)( dot number: Tire size: P235/75R15 )

- Ocala, FL, USA

While driving about 65 mp right front tire had a blowout. Then, consumer replaced all four tires. P235/75R15, dot W2, Mercury, mountanier, 1999. The tire blew out on a new vehicle with only 4000 miles. Firestone refused to refund the customer for replacement tire.

- Topsfield, MA, USA

While driving the rear drivers side Firestone Wilderness AT tire blewout, consumer requested reimbursement but Firestone denied request because the tire was not purchased on a pro-rated basis. Nlm

- Chelsea, MI, USA

Firestone wilderness tires (P235 70 R15) experienced failure.

- Irwin, PA, USA

Right front Firestone Wilderness AT tire blewout causing damage to the rim, the blowout was so severe it took over a half hour to change the tire. Nlm

- Somerset, NJ, USA

After hearing about the Firestone recall. I was concern about my tires. I went to a Firestone store and they inspected my tires and said that my tires are not the recall tires. I am affraid to drive my Mountaineer far or at a high speed like 55 or 60 mph. What can be done about this" I have the same tires that being recall, but the Firestone tire store said you are not in any danger, your tires came from a different plant. These tires are Firestone wilderness A/T tires I am affray for my family and myself. What can I do" (dot number: W2hl tiresize: P235/75R15) (dot number: W2hl tiresize: P235/75R15)

- Elpaso, TX, USA

Prior to publicized reports or recalls on Firestone tires I had my first 2 tire blowouts in my 20 years of driving on my new Mercury Mountaineer. The first was considered a puncture which I accepted. The second was considered a road hazard by the Firestone dealer. The second tire blow out appeared much like a bad hair piece, I am now aware of the term - tread separartion. Again, this occured prior to any reports of any Firestone tire defects. I went to another tire dealer for replacement as I was not satisified with the Firestone dealers explaination. (dot number: W2hl027477 tiresize: P235/75R15)

- Union, IL, USA

Tires were inspected under recall and front tires had separationn.all four tires were replaced. I sent in all the paper work that Firestone needed under the recall but they refused to reimburse any money I laided out because the code on my tires were not the V.D code the code on my tires were w.2 code. (dot number: W2hl1py159 tiresize: 235/75/15)

- East Rockaway, NY, USA

----- original message ----- from: Tom stangl tjstangl@mediaone.net to: Firestone_consumer_affairs@faneuil.com; tireinquiry@Ford.com; webmaster@NHTSA.dot.gov; staff@Firestone-tire-recall.com sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 1:50 am subject: Firestone Wilderness AT blowout inquiry > on June 29, 2000, while driving from St. Paul, Minnesota to duluth, I experienced a blowout on I35. Many cars were on the road at the time, however I was able to maneuver to the side of the road safely and change the tire. There was no debris in the road and no other cars experienced problems around me. I drove to a duluth Firestone dealer and had the tire replaced. Upon examining the tire, they could not find a puncture. The tire was torn up from the highspeed freeway incident and maneuvering to the side. The tire was located on the passenger rear. The rim was not damaged and I purchased a matching tire from Firestone. Attached is a line item from my mastercard for your reference. The tires are Wilderness AT brand on a 1999 Mercury Mountaineer with dot code W2hl. The tires had 13,590 miles on them at the time of the incident. I am very concerned that this incident is tied to the problems currently being experienced by others leading to the recall of this line of Firestone tires. Currently this includes dot code vdhl. I would appreciate your comments on the expansion of the recall to include my tires now that it appears I have experienced the same problem as others with more severe consequence. Regards, tom stangl white bear lake, mn 06/29 Firestone 00016918 duluth mn $111.50. (dot number: W2hl tiresize: P235/75 R1)

- Birchwood, MN, USA