2000 Ford Focus Tires Problems

COMPLAINT AGAINT GENERAL ALTIMAX RT TIRES, SIZE 195/60R15. EXTREAMLY LARGE BUBBLES IN SIDEWALLS IN 3 OUT OF 4 TIRES ON OUR 2000 FORD FOCUS. I JUST PURCHASED THE 2 FRONT TIRES 4/2/2014 AND THE BACK 2 TIRES JULY 2013.. 1 TIRE, RIGHT REAR WENT FLAT THE OTHER DAY, FOUND LARGE HOLE IN SIDEWALL OF TIRE, IT APEARED NOTHING HAD PUNTURED THE TIRE. I DID NOT THINK NOTHING OF IT AT 1ST. TOOK CAR TO FORD DEALER TO HAVE TIRE REPACED, WHICH THEY DID. WHILE AT THE FORD DEALER, THEY POINT OUT LARGE BUBBLES IN THE SIDEWALLS OF BOTH FRONT TIRES, THOSE 2 TIRES WERE JUST PURCHASED A LITTLE MORE THAN 1 MONTH AGO AND ONLY DRIVEN 2870 MILES. I CALLED GENEAL TIRE COMPANY AND THEY SAID TO CONTACT THE SELLER OF THE TIRE, TIRE SELLER SAYS TO SEE THE TIRE COMPANY TO GET ADDRESSED. THE TIRE BUBBLES ARE VERY LARGE AND A DANGEROUS CONDITION, THESE TIRES COULD EXPLODE AT ANY TIME, THE CAR COULD NOT BE DRIVEN WITH THESE TIRES. I JUST PURCHASED 2 TIRES OF A DIFFERENT BRAND FOR THE FRONT OF THE CAR, WHILE I FIGHT WITH GENERAL TIRE COMPANY. I WORKED AS A TECHNICIAN FOR A FORD DEALER FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AS MY PRIOR PROFESSION. I HAVE NEVER SEEN TIRES FOR HUGE BUBBLES LIKE THESE GENERAL TIRES. THESE GENERAL TIRES ARE SAFETY HAZZARD AND SHOULD BE RECALLED AND I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THEM TO ANYONE. I WILL NEVER BUY GENERAL TIRES AGAIN. *JS

THE WAL-MART STORE 4379 ON BUSH RIVER RD IN COLUMBIA SC HAS FAILED TO GIVE/ FILL OUT THE TIRE REGISTRATION CARDS FOR AT LEAST THE LAST 7 MONTHS. THEY SELL BETWEEN 100 AND 150 TIRES A WEEK AND ABSOLUTELY NO REGISTRATION CARDS ARE BEING FILLED OUT. THIS CAN BE PROVEN BY LOOKING UP THE TIRE SALES FOR ANY DAY AND THEN WATCH THE VIDEO RECORDINGS OVER THE FRONT COUNTER AND YOU WILL SEE THAT NO CARDS ARE BEING HANDED OUT. I KNOW WHAT A SAFETY ISSUE THIS IS AND I HAVE TRIED TO HANDLE IT TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND THE STORE IS REFUSING TO START HANDING THEM OUT. I KNOW THAT THERE IS AT LEAST A FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE PER CARD NOT HANDED OUT AND BY MY CALCULATION THIS WALMART ALONE HAS AROUND $3,250,000.00 IN FINES. I HATE FOR WALMART TO BE FINED THIS MUCH BUT I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING I CAN THINK OF TO GET IT FIXED AND THEY ARE JUST NOT FIXING IT AND I AM AFRAID THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A RECALL ON TIRES AND PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT THEIR TIRES THERE WANT KNOW AND MIGHT GET HURT. FOR THE DATE BELOW I JUST PUT A RANDOM DATE BECAUSE THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR AT LEAST 7 MONTHS. THE ONLY THING THAT IS GOING TO MAKE THEM START DOING THINGS RIGHT IS A HEFTY FINE. IN MY MIND THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AND PEOPLES LIVES COULD BE AT STAKE. I BE LEAVE THAT THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MORE THAN 7 MONTHS, BUT ALL I CAN SPEAK FOR IS THE LAST 7 MONTHS. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOME GETS HURT OR KILLED BECAUSE WAL-MART IS REFUSING TO FOLLOW THE REGULATIONS FOR BEING A TIRE RETAILER. IF YOU LOOK INTO IT AND THE CARDS HAVEN'T BEEN HANDED OUT IN THE LAST YEAR AND SAY THEY ONLY SALE 100 TIRES A WEEK AT 5000 DOLLAR FINE PER TIRE THEN THE FINES ADD UP TO $26,000,000.00 PLEASE HELP ME TAKE CARE OF THIS BEFORE SOME ONE GETS HURT BECAUSE OF A TIRE RECALL LIKE THE FIRESTONE INCIDENT A FEW YEARS BACK. I CALLED TO FIND OUT HOW TO FILE A COMPLAINANT AND THE MAN SENT ME THIS FORM BUT MY COMPLAINANT IS FOR ALL TIRES THEY SALE NOT JUST GOOD YEAR. ITS FOR ALL TIRES. *TR

FALKEN ZIEX ZE-512, AUTOMOBILE TIRES, SIDEWALL RUBBER BADLY CRACKING ALMOST TO THE RADIALS, NOTICED AFTER 2.5 YRS AND LESS THAN 17000 MILES. ALL TIRES ON THE VEHICLE ARE EQUALLY AFFECTED/ DAMAGED. NO VIN HAS BEEN SUPPLIED AS THESE TIRES WERE AN AFTERMARKET PURCHASE, HAVING NOTHING TO DO WITH FORD. *TR

THE TREAD ON A TIRE FAILED FOR THE SECOND TIME. THE TREAD PEELED OFF AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO MY BUMPER, AIR CONDITIONER, WASHING FLUID RESVERVOIR, SPARE TIRE AND HEADLIGHT/FOGLIGHTS ON PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE. *TR

2000 FORD FOCUS. VEHICLE WAS WESTBOUND ON THE OHIO TURNPIKE IN THE LEFT LANE, DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE INTO THE CENTER LANE WHEN THE VEHICLE WENT OUT OFF CONTROL AND SPUN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD STRIKING THE MEDIAN WALL. *MC (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) *TR

TIRE SEPARATION/CRACKING LINGLONG L688 TIRES 205 40 ZR 17. *NM

2000 FOCUS TIRES WERE PULLING. *TS ***NAR*** THE RIMS WERE BENT AS A RESULT OF THE TIRES PULLING. *JB

MY SON WAS ALMOST KILLED ALONG WITH DRIVERS ON THE FREEWAY BELOW THE OVERPASS HE WAS ON WHEN A 2 WEEK OLD TIRE BLEW AND HE INSTANTLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. IN VIEWING THIS TIRE, I FOUND IT TO LOOK AS IF IT HAS DRY ROT ALL AROUND IT. LITTLE TINY HOLES UNDERNEATH THE TREADS ALL AROUND AS IF EATEN AWAY BY TERMITES OR SOMETHING. FOR A NEW TIRE IT IS OLDER LOOKING THAN THE OTHER 6 MONTH OLD TIRES. I KNOW NO ONE WHO WOULD LAB TEST THE MATERIAL, BUT IN MY GUT SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG WITH IT. IT BLEW FROM UNDERNEATH A THICK NEW TREAD THAT HAS NO PUNCTURES ON TOP. IT IS A FIRESTONE/FIREHAWK P205/50R16, DOT# W2W11TB0804. MY CAR IS A TOTAL LOSS, BUT MY SON MADE IT THROUGH OK THANK GOD. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER MGR I PURCHASED IT FROM AND HE OUTRIGHT DISAGREED AND STARTED TO TAKE THE TIRE FROM ME SAYING HE WOULD HAVE THIER LAB TEST IT, BUT I HAVE LITTLE TRUST FOR THIER LAB. I NEED HELP IN REVIEWING THIS. I HAVE NO CAR AND I FEEL IT IS BECAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE TIRE. INSURANCE DOES NOT PAY COMPRABLE TO THE VEHICLE YOU HAD. I HAD ONLY ONE LAST PAYMENT TO GO. MY SON AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. BUYING TIRES IS LIKE A GAME OF RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH LIFE AND DEATH. IT SEEMS WE ALL JUST ACCEPT THAT FACT.*AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE FRONT LEFT TIRE CAME COMPLETELY OFF OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER LOSS CONTROL HIT A GUARD RAIL BEFORE COMING TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *PH

THERE IS A VIBRATION FELT IN STEERING WHEEL WHEN DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. I HAVE HAD THE CAR ALIGNED 2 TIMES, REPLACED THE TIRES 3-TIMES, REPLACED THE BRAKES 3-TIMES AND HAD THE TIRES ROTATED AND RE-BALANCED 6 TIMES, IN TWO YEARS. I HAVE HAD ALL OF THE RECALLS COMPLETED. THE VIBRATION STILL EXISTS AND THE DEALER CANNOT FIX IT. THE DEALER JUST KEEPS TELLING ME TO GET THE TIRES RE-BALANCED, OR GET NEW TIRES AGAIN. *NLM

THE VEHICLES TIRES NEEDED TO BE CONTINUOUSLY ALIGNED AND REPLACED. THIS WAS NOT FROM WEAR. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *NLM

THE LEFT REAR TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE RIM.*JB

I'VE HAD TO HAVE MY TIRES AND BRAKES REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES AND I STILL FEEL AND HEAR THE NOISE MY BRAKES OR ROTARS OR MAKING. DT

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOW SPEED TIRE BLOW OUT. *YH

VEHICLE STARTS GIVING A ROCKING MOTION. THIS FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE TIRE BECOMING DETACHED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED TIRES BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURED CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. MR

WHILE DRIVING THE LEFT REAR TIRE LOCKED UP CAUSING THE REAR OF THE CAR TO BREAK LOOSE. INSPECTION REVEALED ~1/8" OF LATERAL MOVEMENT IN THE LEFT REAR WHEEL/HUB ASSEMBLY. DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THAT THE LEFT REAR WHEEL BEARING HAD FAILED. THE FAILURE CAUSED DESTRUCTIVE DAMAGE TO BOTH REAR TIRES, THE LEFT REAR TIRE HAS A SIGNIFICAN FLAT SPOT WILE THE RIGHT REAR HAS A BULGE IN THE SIDEWALL. DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO REPLACE THE TIRES UNDER WARRANTY CLAIMING THAT THE PROBLEM WAS RELATED TO THE FIRESTONE TIRE WARRANTY DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TIRES WAS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE WHEEL BEARING FAILURE AND NOT IN ANY TIRE FAILURE. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE GOODYEAR TIRES NEEDED REPLACED AFTER ONLY 14000 MILES, NO OTHER SPECIFIC TIRE INFORMATION GIVEN. *SLC

WHEN MY CAR GOES 60+ MY STEERING WHEEL SHAKES EXTREMELY BAD. TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID I NEED 4 NEW TIRES. WHAT GETS ME IS I HAVE 2 OTHER FRIENDS WITH THE SAME CAR, AND THE SAME PROBLEM. SOUNDS WEIRD. WE HAVE ALL HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE FOCUS SINCE WE BOUGHT IT! NLM

REAR FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARTED FROM A CHECK UP. FIRESTORE, P19560R15. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE HAS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM REAR WHEEL. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ON A MAIN INTERSTATE IN THE RAIN, (THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS AROUND 24000 MILES), THE REAR OF THE CAR BEGAN TO HYDROPLAN. UPON DISCUSSING WITH SERVICE ADVISOR, HE STATED THE TIRES WERE NOT NEW ANYMORE AND DID NOT HAVE GROVES TO CHANNEL THE WATER OUT LIKE SOME OF THE NEW TIRES ON THE MARKET. HE RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE TIRES WITH NEW ONES THAT HAVE WATER CHANNELS. HE STATED THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR BEING AS LIGHT AS IT IS IN THE REAR END.*AK

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND 1 MILE FROM WHERE I WAS SUPPOSED TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY MY CAR STARTED TO SWERVE FROM BEHIND. I TURNED MY SIDE MIRROR TO SEE IF I COULD SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WHAT I SAW FRIEGHTENED ME. MY TIRE WAS WOBBLING INSIDE THE WHEEL WELL AND BEGAN TO MAKE A METAL ON METAL GRINDING SOUND. THE CAR HAS HAD 2 RECALLS DEALING WITH THE BACK TIRE, AND EVERYONE AT THE DEALERSHIP SEEMS TO THINK THAT THIS IS JUST A COINCIDENCE. MY CAR WAS SWERVING FROM BEHIND AND THE ENTIRE WHEEL WELL WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE 'TILL I SLOWED DOWN. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECTIVE PART OF THE CAR, ESPECIALLY AFTER SEEING THE OTHER COMPLAINTS FILED ON THE SITE. *AK

LEFT REAR, AND RIGHT FRONT AND REAR HAVE LOST BOTH AIR AND SIDEWALL CHUNKS IN SPECTACULAR FASHION. TIRES ARE BRAND NEW AND DEPLOYED IN NORMAL DRIVING USE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: 260 TIRESIZE: 195/60R15)

REAR TIRES HAD "CUPPING" WEAR AROUND THE TREAD. FORD DEALER SAID IT WAS BECAUSE I DID NOT ROTATE THE TIRES (FRONT TIRES ARE OK). FIRESTONE DEALER USED ALIGNMENT INSTRUMENTS THAT SHOWED THE REAR WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. FIRESTONE, AS DO I, BELIEVE THE CAR WAS NOT PROPERLY ALIGNED COMING OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE. FIRESTONE SAID THAT THEY HAD SEEN MANY FOCUS MODELS WITH PREMATURE REAR TIRE WEAR PROBLEMS.*AK (TIRESIZE: P195/60TR1)

TIRES WERE WORN OUT/ PITTED AND CAUSED VIBRATION IN VEHICLE. ALSO, MADE TERRIBLE NOISES. VEHICLE WAS TEST DRIVEN AT DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC INDICATED NOTHING WAS WRONG. 2 REAR TIRES WERE REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. FIRESTONE, FIREHAWK, 87T/GTA 87H, P195/60R15. *AK *TT

COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION - I HAVE THE TREAD. *AK (TIRESIZE: P195/60TR1)

WE WERE ON VACATION AND 75MPH ON I-80, IN BIG SPRINGS NE, OUR REAR LEFT TIRE BLEW OUT. OUR CAR SWERVED ALL OVER THE ROAD BUT LUCKY FOR US IT WAS 2:30PM ON JULY 4TH AND TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT. AFTER GETTING CONTROL OF THE CAR WE PULLED UP THE NEARBY EXIT RAMP TO A TRUCK STOP. THE TRUCK SERVICE TECHNICIAN CHANGED OUR TIRE AND PUT ON THE SPARE. THE CLOSEST GOODYEAR TIRE RETAILER OPEN ON 4TH OF JULY, WAS WALMART 150 MILES AWAY. WE HAD TO DRIVE UNDER 50MPH ON A 70MPH HIGHWAY FOR THAT 150 MILES, FINALLY ARRIVING IN KEARNEY NEBRASKA AT 7:30PM. IT SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE THAT WE WOULD NEED TIRES SO SOON. ALSO, KNOW THE TIRES HAVE BEEN ROTATED AT A FORD DEALER EVERY 5000 MILES (AS PER MY WARRANTY) THE TIRE TECHNICIAN AT WALMART INFORMED US THAT THE TIRES WERE DAMAGED BY A DEFAULT IN THE CAR. HE SAID THAT FORD TWEEKS THE ALIGNMENT ON THEIR CARS TO IMPROVE HANDLING AND THAT SOMETIMES THAT TWEEKING CAUSES UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR. ALSO, HE INFORMED US THEY ARE 65,000 MILE TIRES AND SHOULD NOT BE WORN THROUGH IN 20,000 MILES. HE ALSO POINTED OUT WEAR ON THE INSIDE OF THE OTHER BACK TIRE AND TOLD US WE WOULD NOT MAKE IT HOME DRIVING ON THAT TIRE. FACED WITH FEW CHOICES, WE PURCHASED 2 NEW TIRES SO WE COULD DRIVE HOME TO ST. LOUIS. THE TOTAL COST FOR THIS WAS $177.10. UPON RETURN TO ST. LOUIS I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE CAR INTO MCMAHON FORD AND AFTER 3 DAYS, DOUG SUCHER INFORMED ME THAT THE CAMBER WAS AT 9 WHICH WAS DANGEROUSLY NEAR AN UNSAFE READING. HE ALSO TOLD ME THERE WAS NO REPAIR AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE ALSO NEEDS NEW BRAKES DUE TO THIS DEFECT. FURTHERMORE, HE SAID HE CONTACTED THE ENGINEERS AT FORD AND THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT HAVE NO SOLUTION AT THIS TIME. HE DID CONFIRM THAT THE WEAR ON THE TIRES WAS CAUSED BY THE IMPROPER CAMBER SETTING AND WE WOULD CONTINUE TO GO THRU TIRES AND BRAKES AT AN UNUSUAL RATE. HE ALSO SAID THIS IS A PROBLEM ON ALL FOCUS MODELS AND THEY ARE DOING TIRE REPLACEMENTS ONLY ON THE 2001 MODELS.*AK

TIRE FORMED BUBBLE ONLY AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. TOOK CAR TO FIRESTONE DEALER AND DEALER SHIP. BOTH SAY THE FRONT RIGHT RIM IS BENT THAT WHY THE TIRE FORMED A BUBBLE. THEY SAY THE BUBBLE WAS IN A CERTAIN SPOT WHICH TELLS THEM THAT I HAD TO OF HIT A POTHOLE. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE. THE OLD TIRE WAS SENT TO FIRESTONE FOR TESTING.*AK

WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT AND THE VEHICLE SWERVED ALL OVER THE ROAD ALSO, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS BADLY WORN OUT, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE TIRES WORE OUT DUE TO A DEFAULT IN THE VEHICLE WHICH ALSO MEANT THAT BRAKES WERE NEEDED TO THIS DEFAULT.*YH

WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT AND THE VEHICLE SWERVED ALL OVER THE ROAD ALSO, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS BADLY WORN OUT, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE TIRES WORE OUT DUE TO A DEFAULT IN THE VEHICLE WHICH ALSO MEANT THAT BRAKES WERE NEEDED TO THIS DEFAULT.*YH

WHILE ENTERING FREEWAY AT ABOUT 45MPH FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO FENDER. TIRE DID NOT DEFLATE. FIRESTONE WANTS TO HAVE THE TIRE.*AK

NOTIFIED THE DEALER OF THE PROBLEM . THE FIRST PERSON NAMED TOM SAID THAT I HIT A CURB THE PERSON AT THE NEXT DEALER LOCATION SAID HE WOULD REPLACE THE TIRE AND THAT SOMETHING WAS PROBABLY WRONG INSIDE . THE SIDEWALL HAD A LARGE BUBBLE AND APPEAR AND IT GREW FROM THE THREAD TO THE RIM AT THE TIME THER WAS ONLY 9500 MILES ON THE TRUCK . THIS TRUCK IS DRIVEN BY VERY FEW PEOPLE . MY ESTIMATE OF MILEAGE PUT ON FROM OTHERS DRIVING THIS TRUCK IS AROUND 500 MILES THE REST ARE MINE. I DON'T FEEL THAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED FOR A TIRE THAT HAS 90% MORE WEAR LEFT . THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH WITH THE TIRE AND EVEN THOUGH THEY WORKED WITH ME A PROBLEM DOES EXIST AND THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO . PLEASE CALL ME AND LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE I CAN HELP WITH. THANK YOU. *AK (DOT NUMBER: 038059 TIRESIZE: 22570R15)

DRIVERS SIDE BACK TIRE BLEW OUT FRO NO APPARENT REASON, TRIED TO GET OFF THE ROAD, TO NO AVAIL DUE TO SPEED. ONCE REACHED 10MPH WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY SAFELY.

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING HOME AND NOTICED A CLUNKING OR RATTLING NOISE. WHEN HER HUSBAND PULLED PASSENGER'S REAR TIRE THERE WAS A CAP, AND A SCREW FELL OUT. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE WAS IN FOR A RECALL ON LEFT BACK TIRE, THE PART THAT WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE BEEN REPLACED HAD FALLEN OUT.*JB

FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEWOUT AT END OF TREAD AND SIDEWALL WITH SIZE ABOUT 3 INCHES. ALSO, ON MAY 8, 2001, REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEWOUT. DEALER ADVISED THAT TIRES BLEWOUT DUE TO ALUMINUM RIMS.*AK *JB

THIS SPRING MY DAUGHTER HAD TWO TIRES BLOW WITH SIDEWALL PROBLEMS. THE FIRST TIME, SHE HIT A POTHOLE GOING ABOUT 25 MPH AND THE SIDEWALL WENT OUT. SHE REPLACED THIS TIRE. THEN ABOUT ONE MONTH LATER, SHE WAS DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. SHE HAD PASSED TWO TRUCKS AND WENT BACK INTO HER LANE WHEN SOMETHING DID NOT FEEL RIGHT. BY THE TIME SHE COULD SLOW DOWN AND STOP, THE TREAD OF THE TIRE CAME OFF IN A LARGE CIRCLE AND DENTED THE SIDE OF HER CAR. THE WHEEL WAS ALSO DAMAGED. SHE CLAIMS THAT SHE DID NOT HIT ANYTHING. THERE IS NO DAMAGE TO THE TREAD OF THE TIRE TO INDICATE THAT SHE DID. HOWEVER, THE SIDEWALL WAS SHREDDED. NOW WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE TIRES. I DID NOT SEE THE FIRST TIRE, HOWEVER, SHE SAID THAT THE SIDEWALL HAD A HUGE HOLE IN AND THE TIRE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. HAVE THERE BEEN OTHER REPORTS OF PROBLEMS WITH THESE TIRES? ON THE OTHER HAND, AFTER SEEING THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE TIRE, WE FEEL THAT THE FORD FOCUS HANDLED VERY WELL, ALLOWING HER TO GET OFF THE ROAD SAFELY AND AVOID AN ACCIDENT.*AK( DOT NUMBER: )

TIRE WENT FLAT. CONSUMER TOOK IT TO DEALER, AND DEALER COULD NOT FIND HOLE. THEY REPLACED FRONT TIRES 4 MONTHS LATER, ANOTHER HOLE IN TIRES, WAS FLAT AND COULDNT FIND LEAK. DEALER BLAMED PROBLEM ON BRAKES. CONSUMER WENT TO INDEPENTENT SHOP FOUND OUT TIRES WERE WARPED. CONSUMER WENT BACK TO DEALER, AND REMOVED TIRES. TOOK CARE OF WARPING PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ORIGINAL TIRES ON A FORD, FOCUS 2000, P20550R16 86H, DOT # 0211314E4. CONSUMER TOOK CAR IN FOR A ROUTINE INSPECTION, AND THEY SAID THAT FRONT PASSENGER'S TIRE HAD A BIG BUBBLE. CONSUMER FELT TIRE MAY SEPARATE.*AK THE DEALER INDICATED THE BUBBLE WAS CAUSED BY POTHOLE, BUT REPLACED IT BECAUSE IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNDER THAT CONDITION. *YH

CONSUMER HAS HAD TO REPLACE ALL 4 (FIREHAWK GTA 195R6015) TIRES DUE NO TREAD BEING LEFT, TIRES ALSO BEGAN TO WOBBLE AND WOULD CAUSE VEHICLE TO DART BACK AND FORTH, CONSUMER DID TRY HAVING TIRES ROTATED AND REBALANCED BUT STILL DID NOT SOLVE WOBBLING PROBLEM. *JB

THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE (FIRESTONE TIRE). NLM

THE GOODYEAR TIRES WERE WORN ON THE INSIDE. NLM

T304579 CGW 74MMC E13 027430, WHERE LETTERING "RSA" APPEARS, 8 INCHES TO LEFT AS LOOKING AT TIRE, AND 4 INCHES TO RIGHT BEFORE BEGINNING OF THE WORD "GOODYEAR" WHERE AREA OF WORDING GOODYEAR IS IMPRINTED, DOWN TO ALMOST AREA WHERE TIRE STRIKES THE GROUND, A BUBBLE HAS APPEARED OUTWARDS, APPROXIMATE SIZE IS 2 1/2 INCHES, OUTSIDE IS AREA OF 1/4 TOP OF GOLF BALL SIZE PROTRUSION. AREA IS VISIBLE WITH NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO RIM NOR TIRE. DEFINITE DEFECT IN THIS TIRE! IF PROTRUSION CONTINUES, IT WILL GROW OUTWARDS FROM THE TIRE, AND SOON WILL BE IN AN AREA UNDERNEATH WHERE TIRE STRIKES THE GROUND! *AK (DOT NUMBER: ??????? TIRESIZE: P195 60R15)

FIRESTONE FIREHAWK TIRES (P195 60 R15) FAILED. *SLC

PE00020, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 2000 FORD FOCUS, TIRE SIZE P19560R15 AND DOT # V6V91RR859. FRONT PASSENGER'S TIRE TREAD CAME OFF COMPLETELY WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. FIRESTONE WAS NOT WILLING TO ASSIST CONSUMER BECAUSE ITWAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. * AK THE CUSTOMER REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES AT OWN EXPENSE. *YH

PE00020, TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH TREAD ON THE DRIVER'S FRONT FIRESTONE FIREHAWK TIRE CAME OFF. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE. TIRE SIZE P19560R15. ORIGINAL TIRE EQUIPMENT ON A 2000, FORD, FOCUS. TIRE MILEAGE 9,000. FIRESTONE AND FORD WAS CONTACT ABOUT THE TIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK *SLC

I HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR 2 MONTHS, IT HAD 55 MILES ON IT WHEN I PURCHASED IT. I WAS GOING 25 MILES DOWN SOUTHERN PARKWAY AND THE TIRE BLEW OUT. WHAT I MEAN TO SAY IS THAT THE TIRE LITERALLY FELL APART. I HAVE PICTURES OF THIS, IT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED.( DOT NUMBER: DE559P TIRE SIZE: P125/60R15 )

LOTS OF WIND NOISE, TIRES OUT OF ROUND

REAR TIRES (NO BRAND OR SIZE) ARE CHOPPED, POOR VALVE ASSEMBLY. *SLC

REAR TIRES (NO BRAND OR SIZE) ARE CHOPPED, POOR VALVE ASSEMBLY. *SLC