Tl* the contact owns a 2003 ford expedition equipped with mirada cross tour slx tires, size: 265/70r17. while driving approximately 70 mph, a pop noise was heard. the vehicle was pulled over to the side of the road. the contact noticed that the tread on the front driver's side tire separated and destroyed the rear driver's side tire. the vehicle was taken to the dealer (bigh tire and muffler, 1695 south volusia ave, orange city, fl 32763) where it was diagnosed that the steel cord in the front tire failed and fractured the cord in the rear tire. the tires were replaced. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that there was no recall. six weeks later, while driving approximately 80 mph, the vehicle vibrated and was pulled over to the side of the road. the contact noticed that the front passenger side tire tread and the wire separated. the tire was replaced with a spare tire. the dealer was not contacted. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vehicle failure mileage was approximately 274,000 and the tire failure mileage was approximately 25,000.
The tread is separating from the tire on all four tires. there is about 30k on the tires which have a 70k mile warranty. the same tire although different size are recalled for the same issue.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford expedition equipped with michelin ltx m/s tires, size: p265/70/r17 (na). the contact stated that all four tires exhibited cracks and severe outer tire tread separation. the defective tires were not replaced. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the approximate tire and vehicle failure mileage was 20,000.
While traveling at 60 mph, right rear tire failed to hold together. a "thumping" sound was head just prior to the tire exploding. diver maintained control after hitting the retaining wall along the freeway. vehile impacted rataining wall once, then spun and inpacted it again totaling the vehicle after airbags deployed. upon the on scene inspection, it has been determined that the tire separated and lost all tread. no deaths happened as a result of the driver not panicing and maintaining what control she was able to. tire was a continental contitrac suv. *tr
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford expedition equipped with continental contitrac tr tires, sized 265/70/r17 with a dot number of a3t645rw. the contact stated that while driving approximately 70 mph, the tread on the drivers side rear tire separated and the contact began to lose control of the vehicle. as a result, extensive damaged was inflicted on the rear bumped and tail lights. the contact was able to regain control of the vehicle. the manufacturer was notified and informed the contact that there were no recalls for the stated tires. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileages were 60,000.
While driving my 2006 ford expedition on the highway, there was a complete thread separation in one of the rear tires, (continental, contitrac suv, p265-70r17), the trimming behind the tire well was damaged. the vehicle's odometer registers 43,993 miles. *tr
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 ford expedition equipped with cooper definity dakota a/t tires, size 265/70r17 (na). while driving approximately 70 mph, the vehicle began to lose control and veered off the road. the contact pulled over and noticed all of the tread on the driver side rear tire was missing. a spare tire was installed on the vehicle. the tire was not taken to have the failure diagnosed. the failure and current mileages were 75,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2001 ford expedition equipped with continental contri trac aw tires, line size p275/60/r17. the contact was driving 60 mph when the tread of the rear passenger tire separated. the contact installed the spare tire. he stated that he had not noticed any prior issues with the tire. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the dot number was unavailable. the failure mileage was approximately 85,230 and the current mileage was 85,239.
While traveling at 65mph, we experienced complete tread separation of right rear tire. tire had approximately 60-70% tread left. *tr