Ford Explorer Rollover and Firestone Tire Recall from Car ...
The failure of Firestone and Bridgestone tires and the tendency of the Ford Explorer to Rollover have been well documented. As of 6 December, there have been 148 reported deaths and over 500 serious injuries.
ROCKCRAWLER.com - Ford/Firestone Fiasco
The vehicle must also be investigated. The very same Wilderness AT tire performs very differently on the Ford Explorer than it does on the Ford Ranger. At the same time similar Wilderness AT tires mounted on non-Ford vehicles perform at virtually flawless levels. In addition, published reports show that tread separations leading to rollovers and other accidents continue, no matter what brand tire is fitted on the vehicle. An investigation conducted by Dr.
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Seatbelts are of limited value in rollovers if the vehicle suffers extensive roof crush as most domestic and non- European imports will. This is the real problem in the Ford Explorer - Firestone tire story. While there are about 101 deaths currently associated with Explorer tire failures over the past several years, there were 10,000 deaths in highway rollover accidents last year alone and most of these preventable. Over 50% of all deaths in SUV accidents involve rollovers; the current Explorer problems are only the tip of the iceberg. Ford's proclamations that the problem lies with the tires and not the vehicle is just propaganda.
Online NewsHour: Rough Road- September 6, 2000
KWAME HOLMAN: There could be no question about he focus of this Capitol Hill hearing today: Tires. Members of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation wanted answers to a central question: Why are there 88 traffic deaths, 250 injuries and 1,400 consumer complaints involving primarily Ford Explorer utility vehicles equipped with certain types of Firestone tires? Among those called on to provide the answers were executives from both companies and the head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration or NHTSA.
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The article goes on to try to show there may be a discrepancy of people's numbers, "A Washington Post analysis of national and Florida crash statistics shows, however, that the Ford Explorer has a higher rate of tire-related accidents than other sport-utility vehicles, even when the popular SUV is equipped with Goodyear tires. In an allusion to some sort of slur against Ford, James Fell, who retired last year as chief of research at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said the findings give "an indication that there may be a factor with the Ford Explorer beyond the tire issue.
Public Citizen Firestone Tire Defect and Ford Explorer Rollovers ...
The Ford Explorer was first offered for sale in March 1990. Numerous Ford internal documents show the company engineers recommended changes to the vehicle design after it rolled over in company tests prior to introduction, but other than a few minor changes, the suspension and track width were not changed because this would have delayed the introduction date by as much as ten months. Instead, Ford, which sets the specifications for the manufacture of its tires, decided to remove air from the tires, lowering the recommended psi to 26. It appears Ford never fully tested the tires at this level. The Ford Explorer and its sister vehicles with Firestone tires were sold across the globe. In 1998, Ford and Firestone exchanged correspondence and had discussions about tire failures in Middle Eastern, Asian and South American countries. Tires were tested and analyzed.
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