Driver side rear tire suffered tread separation after apx 1 hour around 70 mph. Tire pressure was checked / inflated to max cold prior to departure. Air temperature was in the low 80S. I am providing this information in case you track such incidents. No response is required. Cooper discoverer H/T 255/70 R16 dot upcu C5U 2808.

- Dover, FL, USA

Inside of tire is separating. Large bubble, 4" X 6" in size. No other leaks or punctures or patches/plugs in tire. Causes extreme vibrations. Had to remove and replace all four tires for safety reasons. 265 70R 17 Wrangler at/S

- Conway, SC, USA

My left rear tire blew out.

- East Greenville, PA, USA

Tire is separating on inside of sidewall.

- Norfolk, VA, USA

I recently had a flat tire for the first time on my 1999 Ford F150. When I lowered the spare tire from its stowed position, there were eight badly worn spots on the sidewall of the tire. The wear was apparently came from the way the stowage position is designed. The degradation of the tire may make it unsafe to drive on the spare tires of F150's.

- Kempner, TX, USA

1999 Ford F250 with Firestone steeltex tires. Tread came off left rear tire. An inspection showed tread was separating on rt front tire. Sent tire to Firestone and got a form letter about abuse of tires (under inflated, over inflated). Same letter Firestone used when failures of Ranger tires were occurring. I have the oil changed every 6000 miles and have tire pressure checked. I also check pressure myself. I also rotated tires as suggested by Ford. Tires had good tread and wear patterns. These tires are defective.

- Chico, CA, USA

The contact states there is NHTSA recall campaign 05V388000 concerning the vehicle speed control:cruise control. The parts needed for recall repairs were not available at the local dealership. He spoke to the manufacturer, who confirmed the parts were not available at this time. Updated 12/27/2005. The tires had excessive wear at 20000 miles. The seat belt roller has been replaced three times. The air bag control was replaced. Both doors had stress fractures. The rear brake lines were not secured properly which resulted in wear. The wheel hubs came off while driving at highway speed. The driver side exterior rearview mirror was defective.

- Burlington, CT, USA

Failure of front end sterring parts( ball joints, tie rods, and idler arm). On several occassions my mechanic has instructed me that I should have the front end check for wear and tear due to premature failures in these parts. This is the third time in the past 3 years (@about 20K miles per year) I have had major replacements done on these parts. I do not beleive the failure is due to driving conditions, most is at high ways speeds on reasonably smooth roads. The latest failure has me very concerned about the overall safety of the vehicle as I typical drive on the highway. My mechanic indicated if a failure occurs at highways speeds - it might not be a great outcome... I feel I am lucky in that every time I go to the mechanic (serveral times per year) I have him check these parts. I recently received an inspection in June 2004 and these parts were ok then. Now (Mar 2005) and I have a major replacement going on. The machanic indicated that I am not alone and the problem is very wide spread. Do not get me wrong - I really like the truck and would buy another, but so far dealers (2 local) indicate that my problems are not as wide spread. Hence I no longer go to Ford dealers for service. The mechanic has also indicated that this issue may be larger in scope thant the Firestone tire issues Ford had years ago (speculation). But none the less - my mechanic has seen many of these issues and he is a small operation in a small town. At this stage I am unlikely to re-purchase a Ford F150 and have major concerns over the saftey of the vehicle.

- Newbury, MA, USA

My 1999 Ford F150 extended cab shakes when driving at speeds between 40-45 mph and occassionally at speeds greater then 80 mph. Front and rear alignment nor tire balance/rotation corrects problem. Another owner related this is due to a defect in the chassis due to design problems with extended cab. Is their a corrective action for this vibration?

- Warner Robins, GA, USA

The rubber steel cord bonding was weak, which resulted in a tire blowout.

- Houston, TX, USA

1 week before tire had blow out of same series on right side rear that tread seperated from side wall.

- Natalia, TX, USA

Consumer states the tire inflation tires will not hold air. Consumer has to re-inflate tires every six days. Dealer was not contacted.

- Farmington Hills, MI, USA

Vehicle will vibrate heavily due to bubbles in tires, dunlop tires size 28575R16.

- El Mirage, AZ, USA

Truck was unstable with cause unknown by dealership. Owner has taken vehicle in for corrective action several times, however nothing has changed. Vehicle vibrates excessively when at idle with RPM gauge fluctuating up/down. Consumer states that the engine runs rough, oil level dropped and there was a clicking noise in which the dealer replaced the fan blade and fan clutch. Rear brakes experienced grinding, dealer applied a silencer to the front and rear brake pads. Consumer has experienced several problems with the A/C and heater, problems still exists. Vehicle uses a lot of gas, idles rough and experiences small hesitation upon acceleration. Vehicle kicks into gear. Vehicle drifts to the right, while driving at higher speeds, vehicle and steering wheel vibrate. Driver side rear view mirror rattles when closing door, when everything is closed there is an outside noise, dealer resealed the windshield. When turning on the lights, the clock and A/C are delayed. There is a whining noise when turning steering wheel. Window control buttons stick at times, dealer replaced the window switch.

- Miami, FL, USA

I have replaced these tires..I have sent Ford Motor Co. All the papers and forms...now they keep giving me a complete run around..they sent me back to the dealer..the dealer don't know why they sennt me to them...all I am asking is my refund when I bought the tires..I can see why people get mad and say the hell with the whole deal...thank you...martin noyes. (tiresize: 235/70-16)

- Bangor, ME, USA

Tire had a catostrophic failure in my opinion. I am familiar with tire failure analysis. I was director of maintenance of a large trailer leasing company. This tire separated and then the casing failed. I was very lucky to be able to type this. The tire was warrantied by general. (tiresize: P23570R16)

- Scottsdale, AZ, USA

Our good year tires that were put on the truck are showing tread seperation.the good year manufacture told us they would have us go to the nearest good year dealer and they would pro rate the tires...why" it is their defect not ours. They would replace with good years...why" we don't want them. Why should we risk going to another town 20-25 miles from here to replace these tires with possible defective ones again! for four years they have been covering up lawsuits and having silent recalls...to me...they need to replace them with what we want and where we want! it is our lives that our on the line! no airbags deployed, no one has been hurt thank god. All four tires show seperation around the rims. For all four tires to be replaced it would cost close to 800$. (tiresize: Sidewall E)( dot number: Tire size: Sidewall E )

- Newton, IA, USA

While driving suddenly the tires lost pressure, the first incident the consumer had to drive on the rim before he could safely change the tire, the sidewall was bubbled in several places, the second incident the sidewall completely ruptured (Goodyear Wrangler ap P255/70R16). Nlm

- Quinton, VA, USA

Firestone wilderness ht tires (235/70R16) were replaced with only 16000 miles, a manufacturing problem was discovered, two pieces of rubber were used and fitted together with a fused center strip of rubber.

- Panama City, FL, USA

Three tires seperated in one week seperated in same place steel through center. (tiresize: P23570R16)( dot number: Tire size: P23570R16 )

- Dover, TN, USA