I EXPERIENCED A CONTINENTAL TIRE TREAD SEPARATION WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 65 MPH TODAY. THE TIRE TREAD CAUSED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE SIDE FENDER/BUMPER AND SIDE STEP PANEL AFTER THE TREAD SEPARATION. THE CAR IS A 2000 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR ID # [XXX] WHICH I JUST PURCHASED ON JULY 6, 2003. THE TIRE WAS A CONTINENTAL SUV P265/70R17 113S THAT APPEARS TO BE THE REPLACEMENT TIRE FOR A CONTINENTAL TIRE RECALL IN AUGUST 2002 (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 02T012000) DEALING WITH THE CONTITRAC AW AND GRABBER AW TIRES SIZE P275/60R17 FOR USE AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON CERTAIN 2000-2001 BY TWO-WHEEL-DRIVE FORD EXPEDITION AND TWO-WHEEL-DRIVE LINCOLN NAVIGATOR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. THE SPARE TIRE THAT WAS THEN PUT ON THE CAR LOOKS TO BE THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT SPARE TIRE. IT IS A CONTINENTAL AW TIRE, P275/60R17 100S THAT APPEARS TO BE THE TIRE THAT WAS COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. I WOULD LIKE KNOW HOW TO CORRECTLY IDENTIFY THE SPARE TIRE I AM NOW RIDING ON AS TO WHETHER IT IS THE TIRE THAT WAS RECALLED AND IF SO AS TO HOW I CAN GET IT REPLACED. ALSO, AS TO WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR THE DAMAGES THAT THE TIRE HAS CAUSED AND AS TO HOW I CAN GET THE TIRE REPLACED BECAUSE OF APPARENT MANUFACTURE DEFECT. ALSO, IF THE SPARE IS ONE COVERED BY THE RECALL HOW IS IT THAT THE CAR DEALER I PURCHASED IT FROM ONLY TWO MONTHS AGO DID NOT HAVE IT REPLACED OR AT LEAST NOTIFIED ME OF THE DEFECTIVE PRODUCT THAT WOULD / COULD PROVE FATAL TO MYSELF OR OTHERS? *PH INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
REAR WIPER DOES NOT ALWAYS COME ON, ODOMETER LIGHTS GO OUT, DOOR AJAR LIGHT COMES ON WHEN ALL DOORS ARE CLOSED, RADIO SOMETIMES WILL NOT TURN UP, INTERIOR CABIN LIGHTS COME ON, SEAT WARMERS DO NOT COME ON. ALL OF THIS HAPPEN INTERMITTENTLY, WITH NO WARMING, RHTME OR REASON. UNABLE TO HAVE DIAGNOSED, BUT CONSTANTLY READ ENTRIES OF SAME PROBLEMS FROM OTHER OWNERS....CAN BE A SAFETY RISK WHEN I CANNOT CLEAR REAR WINDOW OF RAIN/MUD.