9999 FIRESTONE ATX Recalls, Complaints & Safety

Component	Complaints
TIRES:TREAD/BELT	253
TIRES	210
TIRES:SIDEWALL	7
UNKNOWN OR OTHER	5
SUSPENSION	3
TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE	3
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER	2
SUSPENSION:FRONT	1
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE	1
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP	1

Incident date: Sep 8, 2012

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 FORD EXPLORER EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE TIRES, TIRE LINE ATX, AND LINE SIZE P235/75R15. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE TREAD OF THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRES SEPARATED. AS A RESULT, SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND FLIPPED OVER. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. ... Read more

Crash 4 injured

Incident date: Sep 8, 2012

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 FORD EXPLORER EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE TIRES, TIRE LINE ATX, AND LINE SIZE P235/75R15. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE TREAD OF THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRES SEPARATED. AS A RESULT, SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND FLIPPED OVER. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. ... Read more

Crash 4 injured

Incident date: Jun 30, 2007

PURCHASED 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA WITH FIRESTONE COMPACT SPARE IN NOVEMBER 2005. IN JUNE 2006, USED SPARE FOR ABOUT 8 MILES AND NOTED SEVERE CRACKING ON SPARE. FIRESTONE REPLACED AFTER TWO - THREE WEEKS DELAY DUE TO OUT OF STOCK. REPLACEMENT SPARE WAS MOUNTED JULY 7, 2006. IN JUNE 2007, I WAS PLANNING ... Read more

Incident date: Jun 30, 2007

PURCHASED 2005 TOYOTA SIENNA WITH FIRESTONE COMPACT SPARE IN NOVEMBER 2005. IN JUNE 2006, USED SPARE FOR ABOUT 8 MILES AND NOTED SEVERE CRACKING ON SPARE. FIRESTONE REPLACED AFTER TWO - THREE WEEKS DELAY DUE TO OUT OF STOCK. REPLACEMENT SPARE WAS MOUNTED JULY 7, 2006. IN JUNE 2007, I WAS PLANNING ... Read more

Incident date: Nov 4, 2006

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED A NHTSA RECALL LETTER #00T005000 REGARDING TIRES: TREAD/BELT WAS RECEIVED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED TIRE DEALER FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE THE TIRE UNDER THE RECALL BECAUSE THE DEALER BELIEVED THE TIRE CAME FROM A JUNK YARD. THE CONTA... Read more

Incident date: Nov 1, 1997

WHEN I BOUGHT MY FORD EXPLORER USED IN 1997 WITH 39,000 MILES ON IT THE TIRES WERE BLOATED OUT OF SHAPE AND THE VEHICAL SHOOK VIOLENTLY AT ANY SPEED ABOVE 35 MPH. I REPLACED THE TIRES BECAUSE THEY WERE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THEN THE TIRES WERE RE-CALLED. I CONTACTED FIRESTONE AND THEY TOLD ME THEY WO... Read more

Incident date: Oct 12, 2006

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED A NHTSA RECALL LETTER #00T005000 REGARDING TIRES:TREAD/BELT WAS RECEIVED ON 10/07/06, AND AN AUTHORIZED TIRE DEALER REFUSED TO PERFORM THE RECALL. ON 10/12/06, THE TIRE WAS TAKEN TO THE TIRE DEALER WHO EXPRESSED THAT THE CONTACT NEEDED TO PURCHASE A NEW TIRE, AND THE TIRE MA... Read more

Incident date: May 1, 1994

I JUST RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM BRIDGESTONE FIRESTONE ON A TIRE RECALL FROM YEARS AGO. I BOUGHT A NEW MAZDA NAVAJO IN 1993 AND IT HAD FIRESTONE ATX TIRES. THEY FAILED WAY BEFORE ANY RECALL SO I REPLACED THEM AT MY COST WITH THE SAME. THESE TIRES FAILED ALSO SO I REPLACED THEM WITH SOMETHING ELSE. ... Read more

Incident date: Oct 27, 2004

DRIVING HOME FROM SCHOOL ON INTERSTATE 20 MY CAR STARTED TO SHAKE. I REDUCED THE SPEED OF MY VEHICLE FROM ABOUT 68 MPH TO 60 MPH. THEN I HEARD A LOUD POP AND MY CAR STARTED TO FISHTAIL ACROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC, MISSING A TRACTOR TRAILER BY ABOUT ONE FOOT. I FINALLY HANDLED THE TRUCK AND PULLED... Read more

Incident date: Jun 19, 2004

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION AND THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE LEFT. VEHICLE ENDED UP IN A GULLY FACING ONCOMING TRAFFIC. CONSUMER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE TREAD PEELED COMPLETELY OFF OF THE RIGHT REAR TIRE.*AK

Incident date: Apr 16, 2004

FRONT TIRES WEAR OUT UNEVENLY, AND ARE UNABLE TO HOLD AIR. *AK

Incident date: Jan 5, 2004

PROBLEMS WITH FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX TIRE EQUIPMENT.*MR *MR

Incident date: Nov 4, 2003

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH WITH THE WINDOW DOWN DRIVER SMELLED A BURNING ODOR. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER, AND NOTICED THAT RIGHT SIDE TIRE HAD SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH. FIRESTONE, ATX, P235/70R15, DOT NUMBER UTDOUA. THE DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS. BUT THE ODOR... Read more

Incident date: Nov 4, 2003

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH WITH THE WINDOW DOWN DRIVER SMELLED A BURNING ODOR. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER, AND NOTICED THAT RIGHT SIDE TIRE HAD SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH. FIRESTONE, ATX, P235/70R15, DOT NUMBER UTDOUA. THE DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS. BUT THE ODOR... Read more

Incident date: Sep 12, 2003

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT WARNING, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPLODED INTO FLAMES. THE RIM OF THE WHEEL WAS SO HOT YOU COULD NOT TOUCH IT BY HAND. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER TO CHANGE THE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE #ATX P2335R75/R15 PLEASE FILL IN THE DOT #... Read more

Incident date: Jun 30, 2003

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH REAR PASSENGER FIRESTONE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONSUMER CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURE THREE WEEKS PRIOR TO THE BLOW OUT. *AK *PH *NLM

CONSUMER RECEIVED SEVERAL RECALL NOTIFICATIONS ON POSSIBLE TREAD SEPARATION. HOWEVER DEALERSHIPS WERE NOT WILLING TO PERFORM REPAIRS STATING THERE WERE NO RECALLS. *TT *JB *TS

Incident date: Dec 5, 2002

I JUST BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN JUNE AND DIDN'T REALIZE THAT IT HAD TWO ATX TIRES ON IT UNTIL ONE WENT FLAT AND I WENT TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. THE TIRE DEALER SAID THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED AND THE TIRE WAS UNSAFE AND SHOULD BE REPLACED. HE ALSO SAID THE RECALL HAD EXPIRED. HOW CAN A RECALL EXPIRE? I DO... Read more

Incident date: Sep 30, 2002

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SPARE TIRE LOCATED ON REAR DOOR EXPLODED. DOORS WERE DENTED AND WINDOW EXPLODED. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

WHILE DRIVING 85 MPH TREAD ON RIGHT REAR TIRE SEPARATED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. FIRESTONE HAS INSPECTED TIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE ATX TIRES,WHICH WON'T STAY BALANCED, HAS LOUD NOISES AND EXPEREINCES VIBRATIONS. CONSUMER HAD TIRES REPLACED WITH ANOTHER BRAND BEFORE FIRESTONE CALLED A RECALL. CONSUMER IS SEEKING RETRIBUTION. *JG

Incident date: Apr 8, 2002

FIRESTONE, ATX, P215/75R15, DOT UNKNOWN, REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT WITH 2000 MILES ON A 1987, CHEVROLET, BLAZER. TREAD SEPARATION ON FRONT RIGHT TIRE AT 65 MPH, CAUSING DAMAGE TO FENDER AND WHEEL WELL.*AK

Incident date: Sep 7, 1998

WHEN I PURCHASED MY NEW 1994 FORD EXPLORER, IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE I BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT THE FRONT END SHOOK. NO ELSE BUT ME DROVE THE EXPLORER SO I CHALK IT UP TO DRIVING A UTILITY VEHICLE. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE WITHOUT ANY UNDUE STRESS, HOWEVER, I BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT ALL THE TIRES BEGAN TO SEPARAT... Read more

Incident date: Jan 13, 2001

THE TREAD ON MY TIRE CAME OFF AND SENT ME SIDEWAYS AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AND WHEN I FINELY GOT STOPPED AND LOOKED AT MY TRUCK IT HAD CAVED MY BACK RIGHT REAR QUARTER PANEL IN AND RIPPED OUT THE PLASTIC LINING THAT GOES UNDER THE FENDER AND I WOULD LIKE SOMONE TO TAKE CARE OF MY PROBLEM SINC... Read more

Incident date: Mar 25, 2001

VEHICLE ROLLOVER ACCIDENT MARCH 25, 2001 IN TOLEDO OHIO. APPROXIMATE SPEED 25 MPH. EXPLORER ROLLED OVER 6 TIMES WITH ME AS THE PASSENGER BEING EJECTED DURING THE 3RD ROLL. DRIVER AND REAR SEATED PASSENGER WERE HELP IN THE VEHICLE AND RECEIVED LACERATIONS A BROKEN FINGER AND CHEST INJURIES. FRONT PAS... Read more

Crash 3 injured

VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE ATX TIRES,WHICH WON'T STAY BALANCED, HAS LOUD NOISES AND EXPEREINCES VIBRATIONS. CONSUMER HAD TIRES REPLACED WITH ANOTHER BRAND BEFORE FIRESTONE CALLED A RECALL. CONSUMER IS SEEKING RETRIBUTION. *JG

Incident date: Dec 28, 2001

00 T 005 000/TREAD SEPARATION: DEALER (SUNRISE METRO FORD; NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA; PHONE # 818/980-9800) REFUSED TO HONOR MANUFACTURER RECALL 00T005 CONCERNING TIRE SIZE P235/75R15, DOT# H4BNDFA478. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. AK *YH

Incident date: Jul 19, 2001

I LOST CONTROL WITH THE FIRST TIRE SEPARATION AND RAN OVER TWO SIGNS ENDING UP IN A DITCH.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W2HFAT5287 TIRESIZE: P215/75R15)

Crash

WHILE CHANGING MY REAR BRAKES LAST FRIDAY ON MY FORD EXPLORER I DECIDED TO CHECK MY SPARE TIRE WHICH HAPPENS TO BE A FIRESTONE ATX. TO MY SURPRISE THE TIRE HAD ACTUALLY "BLOWN-OUT" AND SEPERATED WHILE IN THE SPARE TIRE RACK UNDER MY VEHICLE. THIS TIRE HAS NOT BEEN ON MY VEHICLE SINCE JULY OF 1999 WH... Read more

Incident date: Dec 17, 1999

THE THREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. FIRESTONE AND FORD BOTH REFUSE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. THE RECALL OF THESE TIRES SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE COMPREHENSIVE. I HAD TO HAVE THE TIRES REPLACED APPROX. 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE RECALL. THE RECALL DATES WERE ARBITRARY AND THE PROBLEM IS OBVIOUSLY GREATER THA... Read more

Incident date: Jun 12, 2001

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE FIRESTONE ATX P235/75R15 TIRES ON 1993, FORD, EXPLORER. FIRESTONE WAS REFUSING TO REPLACE TIRES, AND REFERRED CONSUMER TO FORD. WHILE FORD REFERRED CONSUMER TO FIRESTONE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

Incident date: Jul 1, 2000

REPEATED FAILURES OF FIRESTONE TIRES OVER 3 YEARS. REPORTED TO FRIESTONE W/ NO ACTION. THIS WAS ABOUT 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE FIRST MAJOR RECALL/SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT. REFUSED TO WARRANTY AND CLAIMED TO HAVE A NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT HD WIPED OUT ALL INFO PRIOR TO JAN 2000. WILL F/U WITH LETTER TO YOU. ... Read more

Incident date: Jul 11, 2000

MY THREE OTHER TIRES WERE ALSO SEPARATING AND WERE REPLACED. I AM STILL WAITING FOR FIRESTONE TO PAY ME FOR MY MEDICAL AND EIGHT MONTHS LOSS TIME FROM WORK AND VEHICLE RENTAL. THEY HAD REIMBURSED ME APPROXIMATELY $2,700.00 ONLY FOR DAMAGE TO MY EXPLORER. THE TIRES THEY HAD REPLACED I BELIEVE NOW ... Read more

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: May 4, 2001

USED AS SPARE TIRE WAS IN NEW CONDITION ,AND TREAD PEALED ITSELF OFF FROM SETTING IN THE BACK FROM THE HEAT AND SUN FOR NO REASON AT ALL (DOT NUMBER: W2HLIMO093 TIRESIZE: P235/75/15)

Incident date: May 1, 2001

FIRESTONE, ATX TIRES, 215 75/R15 MOUNTED ON A FORD, RANGER. NOT ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. TIRES HAD LESS THAN 20OOO MILES ON THEM, AND CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED SOME TREAD SEPARATION. HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALER YET. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING VEHICLE VIBRATED. HAD VEHICLE SERVICED, AND TECHNICIAN STATED THAT TIRE TREAD WAS SEPARATING .P23575R15. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

Incident date: Apr 15, 1998

THERE WERE NEW FIRESTONE TIRES ON MY EXPLORER WHEN I PURCHASED IT IN 1998. I HAD TO REPLACE THE TIRES JUST BEFORE A TRIP BECAUSE IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED TO THE DEGREE THAT TWO OF THE TIRES WOULD NOT LONGER HOLD AIR! I REPLACED THEM WITH ANOTHER BRAND OF TIRE - THEN A FEW MONTHS ... Read more

FIRESTONE WILL NOT HONOR RECALL ON TEMP USE ONLY SPARE TIRE. I FEEL A 15'' SPARE ON A TRUCK WITH 16'' OEM TIRES WOULD MAKE THE SPARE MORE PRONE TO BLOW OUT IN USE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VDHL TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)

Incident date: Aug 8, 1998

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT APPROX 65MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, THE LEFT REAR TIRE, WITHOUT ANY WARNING VIBRATION/NOISE, PEELED OFF THE ENTIRE TREAD SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGING THE LEFT REAR WHEEL WELL AND DECORATIVE MOLDING. THE TIRE REMAINED INFLATED. *AK (TIRESIZE: P23575R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIR... Read more

Incident date: May 1, 2000

FIRESTONE, ATX, P235/75R15, DOT UNKNOWN, REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT ON A 1991, FORD EXPLORER , 25000 MILES ON TIRES. DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH FRONT RIGHT TIRE HAD BLOWEN OUT, TREAD SEPARATION. PRIOR TO BLOWOUT CONSUMER FELT VIBRATION IN VEHICLE. *AK

Incident date: Jun 22, 1999

ONE TIRE BUBBLED AND WAS REPLACED, PRO-RATED. FIRESTONE DECLINED THE CLAIM SINCE IT WAS IN 1999. ANOTHER TIRE THEN BLEWOUT ON THE FREEWAY AND THE REMAINING FOUR WERE REPLACED. FIRESTONE HAS NOT RESPONED REGARDING THE CLAIM ON THESE FOUR TIRES YET.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VDHLIM0144 TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)

Incident date: Jan 27, 2001

PE00020, TIRE SIZE P19580R15, DOT; FRONT PASSENGER'S TIRE TREAD CAME OFF WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. FIRESTONE NOT WILLING TO HELP. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Incident date: May 25, 1999

I TRIED TO CONTACT FIRESTONE IN 1999 ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND AGAIN IN 2000. I WAS DENIED A REQUEST FOR REIMEBUSMENT BECAUSE THE FAILURES WERE PRIOR TO THE RECALL. I DO HAVE ALL MY PAPERWORK RELATING TO THIS MATTER. *AK (TIRESIZE: 235/75R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/75R15 )

Incident date: Aug 21, 1999

IN AUGUST OF 1999 I HAD A TIRE SEPARATING ON MY EXPLORER, I REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES IN THE SAME MONTH AT FIRESTONE. I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE THE FOLLOWING YEAR.I TURNED IN THE REQUIRED INFO AND WAS DENIED BECAUSE IT HAPPENED BEFORE JAN 2000. I GUESS IF I HAD BE INJURED OR KILLED FIRESTONE WOULD ACCEP... Read more

Incident date: Oct 17, 1999

MY SON WAS DRIVING DOWN I-95 IN SOUTH CAROLINA AT ONLY ABOUT 50 MPH DUE TO RAIN WHEN HE SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, LEFT THE ROAD AND ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES INTO A DITCH AND TOTALED THE CAR. THERE WAS NO APPARENT EXPLANATION FOR WHY HE LOST CONTROL. WE HAD JUST RECENTLY REPLACED TIRES W... Read more

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Jun 1, 1998

FOR NO APPARENT REASON VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT SLAMMING IT INTO SIDE OF BRIDGE RIPPING OFF FRONT RIGHT WHEEL AND AXLE OVERTURNING FOR EXPLOYER. POLICE HAS NO EXPLANATION SO THEY BLAMED IT ON DRIVER ERROR. (DIRVER WAS 16 - SO THEY NATURALLY FOUND IT HER FAULT). HAVE PICTURES OF AUTO AND TIRES FR... Read more

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Incident date: May 4, 1998

MY ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FIRESTONE TIRES WERE FOUND TO HAVE TREAD SEPARATION WHEN I BOUGHT THEM IN BECUASE OF EXCESSIVE WOBBLE. I HAD THESE 4 TIRES REPLACED ON MY OWN. NOW THERE HAVE RECALLED THESE SAME TIRES FOR THE EXACT ISSUE I HAD TO REPLACE THEM. I HAVE WRITTEN TO FIRESTONE AND COMPLETED ALL OF T... Read more

WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION TIRES HAD A BLOW OUT . TIRES ARE NOT PART OF RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Incident date: Jun 15, 1988

THESE TIRES WERE NEW FROM A FIRESTONE DEALER IN TEMPLE TEXAS , THEY BOTH BLEW WITH IN 200 MILES OF BEING INSTALLED AND FOLDED BOTH SIDES OF THE BED OF MY TRUCK . THIS IS NOT A RECENT PROBLEM WITH FIRESTONE TIRES . BEFORE THIS I HAD 4 NEW FIRESTONE 721 RADIALS SHUCK THE TREAD ALSO . THANK GOD I WAS I... Read more

AFTER MARKET TIRES P265/75R15 SIZE . TREAD SEPARATED AT LOW SPEEDS ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS ON REAR TIRE. TIRES WERE REPLACED. *AK

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100225	0	0	View
10165	0	0	View
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110015	0	0	View

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