I work for the university of California san diego fleet services. We have several 2014 Ford E-350's in our rental fleet. Some time a few years back Michelin recalled many of the ltx tires on many of our vans. The dot code on the tires on this van did not fall under the Michelin recall. As you can see in the photo this tire had a tread separation on a rear tire, van full of passengers. We are really lucky this van did not roll over. This happened traveling on the highway at speeds within the posted limit. The tread as it came separated from the tire damaged the undercarriage of the van & pulled a loose heater hose which caused coolant to leak and the van over heated & left a group stranded in the desert. We believe Michelin may want to take another look at the date codes that should be covered under this recall. The tire in the photos that still has tread was removed from the same van (spare position) before it failed. You can see it was getting ready to loose the tread as well and it was not on the road and not exposed to excessive sun light. We will send these tires back to a Michelin dealer & see what they will do for us.

- San Diego, CA, USA

Steel rim failure. Purchased vehicle with 8000 miles on odometer October 2014. As of today December 2017 the odometer reads 141,000 miles. I have replace all four rims on this vehicle one by one. First issue I was loosing hub caps while driving continuously, I finally gave up and took all off, left bare rims. Then the second issue was rims cracking and failing at the welded point where the spokes/struts are attached. The same failure is the same place over and over. Noticed this issue while driving and TPMS light would come on, I would pull over and by the time I got stopped the tire was completely flat. Very dangerous issues for other drivers on the road as well as myself and family.

- Mission, TX, USA

While traveling on the highway the hub cap on the driver?S side rear wheel came off. The truck had a little over 3000 miles on it. I was driving normally and didn't even notice when the hub cap came off. I only noticed it was missing when I reached my destination. I have attempted to work with the dealer and Ford customer service. Both the dealer and Ford Motor Corporation refuse to see this as a defective part and refuse to warranty these parts. I can remove the remaining hub caps from my truck easily using my bare hands. I have made a video of this youtu.be/7wpg9xsvyog. I have also demonstrated this to the service manager at bluebonnet motors of san antonio. This is a dangerous road hazard as these defective hub caps can come off at any point on the road and cause an accident by hitting other motorists or swerving trying to avoid it. Ford refuses to acknowledge this.

- Schertz, TX, USA

Budget rental truck did not inspect the car carrier rented to me. Three hundred miles into the travel, the tire blew and Goodyear discovered that there was no brake pad, the brake fluid was leaking, the caliber, and rotor were bad. Had the tire not blown, this could have cause a fatal accident.

- Miami, FL, USA