10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
0 miles

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problem #3

Aug 272003

(reported on)

Mountaineer

  • miles
Tire tread separated from the sidewall. The consumer had four tires installed on the SUV and when they reached 1/2 of tread, the two front tires experienced sidewall separation.

- Walla Walla, WA, USA

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problem #2

May 092001

Mountaineer 4WD

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Original equipment on a 1997, mountineer, P235/75R15 size, dot#: yn. Tread on right rear tire has started to separate from side.

- Westfield, IN, USA

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problem #1

Jan 242001

(reported on)

Mountaineer 4WD

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
PE-00-020; original equipment, tire size P23575R16, dot number hyh11ply508. Right frontal tire sidewall was out of round or out of shape, causing a shimmy in steering wheel when driving. Firestone Wilderness AT tires.

- East North Port, NY, USA

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