WAS DRIVING CAR TO WORK THIS MORNING. MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN AND HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE SUDDENLY AFTER COMPLETING TURN. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD AND IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN VEHICLE. AFTER SHUTTING DOWN I SMELLED WHAT APPEARED TO BE GASOLINE. CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND THEY HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO FORD DEALERSHIP. AFTER WAITING A FEW HOURS THEY TOLD ME SPARK PLUG HAD POPPED OUT AND CYLINDER HEAD NEEDED TO BE FIXED ALONG WITH PLUG, AND IT WAS INDEED GASOLINE I SMELLED. THEY SAID IT WOULD NEED MAJOR REPAIR TO FIX, AND TRIED TO CONVINCE ME TO PAY AND ARM AND A LEG. I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT, I CARE THAT MY CHILD COULD HAVE BEEN IN CAR, AS I PICK HER UP EVERY DAY FROM SCHOOL. ALSO MAD THAT A FIRE COULD HAVE STARTED AND FORD DOES NOTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS FROM FORD TRUCK OWNERS WITH EXPEDITIONS AND F150'S FROM 97-02. SOMETHING BETTER BE DONE TO RECALL THESE FAULTY ENGINE COMPONENTS, OR FAMILIES WILL SUFFER FROM FORD'S LACK OF SAFETY WITH THESE PLUGS AND CYLINDER HEADS/COILS. *TR
1999
TIRES
WE WERE TRAVELING ON I77 ON OUR WAY TO CHARLESTON,SOUTH CAROLINA. OUR ESTIMATED SPEED AT THE TIME OF TIRE FAILURE WAS 60MPH. THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT WAS 65MPH. WITHOUT ANY WARNING, THE FRONT LEFT TIRE PRACTICALLY EXPLODED AND TORE APART. I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AS WE MOVED INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. UPON EXITING THE VEHICLE, I FOUND A DISINTEGRATED TIRE, WITHOUT ANY EXPLANATION. I HAD MY ENTIRE FAMILY IN THE CAR WITH ME WHICH INCLUDED MY WIFE AND THREE YOUNG BOYS AGES 10,5, AND 1. THE AIR PRESSURE IN ALL FOUR TIRES WERE AT RECOMMENDED LEVELS AT THE ONSET OF OUR TRIP, WHAT IS THE EXPLANATION OF THIS MISFORTUNE?*AK (TIRESIZE: P255/70R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )
