PE 00020: WAS DRIVING 60MPH & HEARD A NOISE FROM LEFT REAR. AFTER PULLING OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD & CHECKING TIRES, NOTICED TREAD HAD SEPARATED COMPLETELY. TREAD HAD WRAPPED AROUND REAR AXLE. TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED. TREAD HAD BEAT AGAINST THE FENDER & UNDERSIDE OF VEHICLE, CAUSING A LOT OF DAMAGE. CHANGED THE TIRE. STILL HAS TIRE, AND WILL MAIL IN WHEN LABEL WAS RECEIVED. FIRESTONE WILDERNESS ATX; DOT #VDHL1PM395; SIZE P235/75R15 AND HAD 40,000 MILES ON TIRES. *AK *SLC
1998
EQUIPMENT:AIR CONDITIONER
THE AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE CONTROL FAILS TO ADJUST THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CABIN. ONLY THE MAX A/C CONDITION WILL BLOW COLD AIR, WHILE ANY OTHER SETTING BLOWS VERY HOT AIR REGARDLESS OF THE OUTSIDE OR INSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE. THE DEALER DIAGNOSIS WAS TO REPLACE THE PLEMUN CHAMBER AND ACTUATOR + FREON, WHICH RESULTS IN A $1,200 REPAIR. THIS APPEARS TO BE A DEFECTIVE DESIGN ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURER AS THE VEHICLE IS LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD. DT