We found the following complaints for FIRESTONE 30X9.50R15 LT (Unknown)
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Dt: the contact stated a recall letter was received pertaining to the lower ball joints. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for the recall on 12/27/05 where the ball joints were replaced and the vehicle was realigned. The vehicle began to shimmy after about three month later and it was taken to an independent repair shop. The front tires were balance which resulted in difficulty of steering due to the tires becoming worn. The contact expressed that the worn tires were a direct result of the improper alignment performed by the dealer on 12/27/05. After 3 days, the vehicle was taken back to the independent repair shop for tire rotation because the difficulty in steering had worsened.the rotation fixed the problem for awhile however after a couple of months the steering worsened. On 6/26/06, the vehicle was taken to another independent tire dealer for realignment.the contact can provide specifications for the realignment of the tires before the alignment, after the alignment and the specified ranged.
History: the 2004-2005 pontiac gto is an imported version of the australia holden monaro. The holden manaro comes from the factory with 235/45r17 tires, tires that are generally 235mm (9.25") wide. However, when pontiac specs the gto for the us, they finally decided on a 10mm wider tire, a 245/45r17 bf goodrich g-force kdws tire. No changes were made to the suspension of the vehicle for us import though.current problem: the larger tire causes rubbing on the front strut, namely and more commonly the passenger side strut. This is evidenced by a rubbing mark on the strut body and many times wear marks on the tires themselves. In some cases, front suspension binding has occurred. In other cases, tire replacement was necessary. This is due, in fact, to the increase in size of the tire that pontiac has chosen to put on the imported version. Several pontiac dealerships are aware of this problem, and it has been speculated that pontiac is aware as well.future problems: tires are not all the same size. One 245/45r17 tire can be smaller or larger depending on the manufacturer of the tire. There is a strong posibility that when a consumer replaces his/her worn factory tires with another set of tires, of the same "size", that they would be even larger and could cause serious problems.in light of the ford-firestone tire problems, i believe this is a situation that should be researched. Please note: dealership lot cars would most likely not demonstrate this problem as they will not have been driven enough to cause the rubbing.
The contact owns a 2008 hyundai santa fe.the vehicle has bridgestone/firestone tires.the contact stated that the vehicle drove roughly at 55 mph.the vehicle was taken back to the dealer and they stated that a tire was defective.the dealer rotated the tires and stated that they had to order a new tire.a new tire was installed on march 15, 2009, but the vehicle was still shaking when in motion.the dealer test drove the vehicle and confirmed the failure.the contact was put in touch with a district manager and given a case number, but the district manager did not assist.bridgestone referred the contact to a store in syracuse, ny and was informed that the tires were out of alignment.it would cost $194.36 to balance the wheels.both rear wheels were out of balance.on march 28, 2009, the contact added undercoating, which the dealer stated may have caused harmonic vibrations.the tire information was unknown.the current mileage was 1,100 and failure mileage was 19.
Dt: the contact stated a recall letter was received pertaining to the lower ball joints. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for the recall on 12/27/05 where the ball joints were replaced and the vehicle was realigned. The vehicle began to shimmy after about three month later and it was taken to an independent repair shop. The front tires were balance which resulted in difficulty of steering due to the tires becoming worn. The contact expressed that the worn tires were a direct result of the improper alignment performed by the dealer on 12/27/05. After 3 days, the vehicle was taken back to the independent repair shop for tire rotation because the difficulty in steering had worsened.the rotation fixed the problem for awhile however after a couple of months the steering worsened. On 6/26/06, the vehicle was taken to another independent tire dealer for realignment.the contact can provide specifications for the realignment of the tires before the alignment, after the alignment and the specified ranged.
Consumer stated while attempting to rotate tires, he noticed that the tires were being cut by the shock bracket.after further investigation consumer foundthat front left tire had been cut by the shock bracket.there was no reason for the cut because these were newfirestone tires with about 5000 miles on them.
History: the 2004-2005 pontiac gto is an imported version of the australia holden monaro. The holden manaro comes from the factory with 235/45r17 tires, tires that are generally 235mm (9.25") wide. However, when pontiac specs the gto for the us, they finally decided on a 10mm wider tire, a 245/45r17 bf goodrich g-force kdws tire. No changes were made to the suspension of the vehicle for us import though.current problem: the larger tire causes rubbing on the front strut, namely and more commonly the passenger side strut. This is evidenced by a rubbing mark on the strut body and many times wear marks on the tires themselves. In some cases, front suspension binding has occurred. In other cases, tire replacement was necessary. This is due, in fact, to the increase in size of the tire that pontiac has chosen to put on the imported version. Several pontiac dealerships are aware of this problem, and it has been speculated that pontiac is aware as well.future problems: tires are not all the same size. One 245/45r17 tire can be smaller or larger depending on the manufacturer of the tire. There is a strong posibility that when a consumer replaces his/her worn factory tires with another set of tires, of the same "size", that they would be even larger and could cause serious problems.in light of the ford-firestone tire problems, i believe this is a situation that should be researched. Please note: dealership lot cars would most likely not demonstrate this problem as they will not have been driven enough to cause the rubbing.
The service tire monitor warning displayed frequently and reportsed that a tire pressure readingwas unavailable. This happened since day 1. Each time the vehicle has been brought in for service, the problem has been reported,and an attempt to correct has been performed. Two years later, after at least 5 attempts to correct the problem, it still existed.thiswas a major annoyance as each time the monitor waring displayedit caused you to inspect the tires , and check pressures to ensure proper inflation, especially since tireswere made by firestone.
Dt:1999 sunseeker.the consumer statedthe passenger outside rear tire disintegrated. There was steel coming out of the tire. The consumer insisted that tirehas plenty of tread,and he kept proper tire pressure.he called firestdne, and they stated tires were under warranty for 6 years.there was tread separation between the sidewall and the tread.the tread wasintact.
Dt:consumerpurchased two sets of firestone supreme tires for two different vehicles.all eight tires had tread separation, each occurred at different times. Dealer only honored the warranty for the first seven tires.the lasttread separation caused the vehicle to be totaled, causing injury to consumer's child.on the eighth tiredealer told the consumer that he had to send the tire and all claim information to the corporate office, to be treated as a property damage claim.firestone,supreme si, p185/ 65 r14 855 m+s. Consumer was upset that the legal affairs departmentofbridgestone / firestone intervened and took over the claim fromconsumer affairs because of the child injury ,and rejected the claim , statingtheynot responsible.they told consumer that the tire must have been under inflated, andit was not a manufacturing defect,the problem was in the servicing of the tires, and that tires plus was responsible.the eighth tire was repairedbefore this incident by a manufacturer'srepair at tires plus.previous problems found with firestone tires had consumer filecompliant 6365296 with the federal trade commission.
The contact owns a 1987 ford ranger.the vehicle has firestone tires, size 30x9.5/r15lt.while driving 35 mph, the contact heard a loud banging sound from the front passenger side tire.he inspected the vehicle and noticed that the tread had completely separated from the tire.he called the manufacturer in reference to nhtsa campaign id number 02t014000 (tires:markings) and was informed that the tires exceeded the warranty; therefore, the contact would have to pay for the repairs.he still has possession of the tires.the failure and current mileages were 109,117. Updated 09/24/08.*ljupdated 09/26/08.
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