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1. Firestone SUV Tires Major Failures (score: 1)
Author: "Jeff Lloyd" <Jeff@cyberconceptz.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 13:49:17 -0400
Hey everyone, anyone with a ford explorer or any other SUV that uses OEM firestone tires please be warned they have been experiencing catastrophic failures, there are 50 deaths so far from failed tir
/html/autox/2000-08/msg00103.html (8,260 bytes)

2. Re: Firestone SUV Tires Major Failures (score: 1)
Author: Bill Ozinga <oz@tirerack.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 14:25:55 -0700
Jeff lloyd stated (and overstated)... What's your source for those numbers? USA Today says... While I don't want to say there isn't a problem with the tires, I wonder how many of those incidents are
/html/autox/2000-08/msg00106.html (9,856 bytes)

3. RE: Firestone SUV Tires Major Failures (score: 1)
Author: "Linnhoff, Eric" <elinnhoff@smmc.saint-lukes.org>
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 14:43:26 -0500
It's all a big Japanese conspiracy. Their little plan to take over the US through an invasion by their Canadian branch (betcha didn't know _that_)failed miserably so now they're pissed off and are go
/html/autox/2000-08/msg00107.html (8,338 bytes)

4. RE: Firestone SUV Tires Major Failures (score: 1)
Author: "Bruce Haden" <Bhaden@ucsd.edu>
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 12:54:54 -0700
Ford did issue a tech bulletin when the Explorers first came out telling dealers and tire dealers not to put any tires other than light truck all-terrain style tires on them, as the vehicle wasn't de
/html/autox/2000-08/msg00110.html (8,604 bytes)

5. RE: Firestone SUV Tires Major Failures (score: 1)
Author: "Richard Atkins" <buzz@indiana.net>
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 15:14:52 -0500
Seems reasonable to me. They make tires too damn good, in the old days (yes I am old) if a tire had low tire pressure you could tell by looking at it now you can have 15# in a SUV tire and not be abl
/html/autox/2000-08/msg00112.html (9,288 bytes)

6. Re: Firestone SUV Tires Major Failures (score: 1)
Author: "Glenn Duensing" <rebel128@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 13:04:29 -0700
Well all I have to say is, Firestone does it again 8^0. A few years back their "721" tire would come apart on cars. Glenn catastrophic sizes, firestone, tires. how possibility more
/html/autox/2000-08/msg00113.html (10,630 bytes)

7. RE: Firestone SUV Tires Major Failures (score: 1)
Author: "John Gross" <jogross3@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 20:44:54 GMT
The scary thing is that the front tires on my dad's Ram 2500 diesel look like they're almost flat and they have 55 lbs in them! _______________________________________________________________________
/html/autox/2000-08/msg00116.html (9,005 bytes)

8. Re: Firestone SUV Tires Major Failures (score: 1)
Author: Mari L Clements <mrndr2@juno.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 17:17:21 -0400
No. Once before you load up the car. Once when you roll the car off the trailer at the event. Once right before your heat starts. Once after each spin (got up to 50# in the rear after my imitation o
/html/autox/2000-08/msg00118.html (8,527 bytes)

9. Re: Firestone SUV Tires Major Failures (score: 1)
Author: Mari L Clements <mrndr2@juno.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 17:19:36 -0400
On Thu, 03 Aug 2000 20:44:54 GMT "John Gross" <jogross3@hotmail.com> You know how much that front end weighs? ( : mlc '91 MR2 NA '96 Dodge 2500 Cummins Turbo Diesel (that has to be weighed for PA reg
/html/autox/2000-08/msg00119.html (6,922 bytes)

10. RE: Firestone SUV Tires Major Failures (score: 1)
Author: "Linnhoff, Eric" <elinnhoff@smmc.saint-lukes.org>
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 16:24:07 -0500
I meant besides at an autocross event. :^P Eric Linnhoff in KC 1998 Dodge Neon R/T eric10mm@qni.com "To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself." Francis Crawford --Original Message-- No. Once
/html/autox/2000-08/msg00120.html (8,711 bytes)

11. RE: Firestone SUV Tires Major Failures (score: 1)
Author: "Jeff Lloyd" <Jeff@cyberconceptz.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 20:14:18 -0400
Der Webmeister Bill O sez: What's your source for those numbers? MSNBC News USA Today says... tires. While I don't want to say there isn't a problem with the tires, I wonder how many of those inciden
/html/autox/2000-08/msg00124.html (8,955 bytes)

12. Re: Firestone SUV Tires Major Failures (score: 1)
Author: Rob Foley <RobertJFoley@compuserve.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 21:12:54 -0400
Out of lurk-dom for a rare post. I got one of them Exploder family truckster/tow vehicles. Complete with 5 of those suspect 235/75-15 Wilderness AT's. The truck has about 17,000 miles on it. I check
/html/autox/2000-08/msg00128.html (9,297 bytes)

13. Re: Firestone SUV Tires Major Failures (score: 1)
Author: HAVOCDEAN@aol.com
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 02:32:14 EDT
Hi all, I have 35k on my 99 GMC 4x4 riding on 265-75-16 Firestone all terrains. I run them at the recommended 35psi and torture the crap out of them. So far so good. I've only had them to 98mph cause
/html/autox/2000-08/msg00138.html (8,136 bytes)

14. Re: Firestone SUV Tires Major Failures (score: 1)
Author: "Charles R. Schultz" <n2pua4@peoplepc.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 05:12:32 -0500
Bzzzt, wrong answer! Actually the 721's replaced the defective 500's. I'd already thrown out my defective 500's when the free replacement program was announced. -- -- -- Chuck Schultz/ Mailto:n2pua4@
/html/autox/2000-08/msg00140.html (8,801 bytes)

15. RE: Firestone SUV Tires Major Failures (score: 1)
Author: "Bruce Haden" <Bhaden@ucsd.edu>
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 08:18:43 -0700
I just saw in USA Today this morning that Sears is going to stop selling these tires. It's all a big Japanese conspiracy. Their little plan to take over the US through an invasion by their Canadian b
/html/autox/2000-08/msg00154.html (8,775 bytes)

16. Re: Firestone SUV Tires Major Failures (score: 1)
Author: Craig Blome <cblome@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 15:21:29 -0700 (PDT)
I would normally dismiss this as the media crying wolf, but it got a mention in Automotive News in the May 22 issue. There were 30+ accidents reported involving four deaths at that point. It was enou
/html/autox/2000-08/msg00166.html (9,568 bytes)

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