Owner-reported complaints naming the tire or wheel system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Ford Escort submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD ESCORT. THE VEHICLE HAS COOPER MASTERCRAFT A/S IV TIRES, SIZE P20565R15 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, WHEN THE TIRES ARE COLD, THEY BECOME BUMPY AND CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO RIDE ROUGHLY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED. THE VIN, PURCHASE DATE, ENGINE SIZE, DOT NUMBER, AND NUMBER OF CYLINDERS WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 4,000.
ALL FOUR OF THE TIRES WERE REPLACED, DUE TO THE TREAD SEPARATING. *JB ALL FOUR OF THE TIRES ON VEHICLE WERE REPLACED, DUE TO THE TREAD SEPARATING. *MR
VEHICLE WAS HIT WHILE PARKED IN THE FRONT LEFT TIRE WHICH SHOVED VEHICLE INTO THE CURB. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO BODY SHOP. DID FRONT END ALIGNMENT, AND REPLACED TIRE. YEAR LATER WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, FRONT LEFT TIRE STARTED SMOKING. TOOK BACK TO DEALER TO BE RECHECKED. ALSO, TIRE WAS WORN ON INSIDE. CONSUMER STATED DEALER CALLED TIRE COMPANY TO FIX TIRE, AND DEALER WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE.*AK
WHILE DRIVING THE RIGHT FRONT BRIDGESTONE (TURANZA P175-65R14 81T) THE BELT HAD BROKEN IN THE TIRE CAUSING A FLAT TIRE WHICH CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO BECOME HARD TO HANDLE. NLM
GOODYEAR TIRES BLEW OUT. (2ND VEHICLE ON 514699)
EXCESSIVEAND UNEVEN TIRE WEAR. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE HAS IRREGULAR STEERING CONTROL AND ROUGH RIDING, INAPPROPIATE TIRE WEAR. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE CAN NOT BE ALIGNED PROPERLY DUE TO THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL ASSEMBLY DESIGN WHICH IS CAUSING IRREGULAR STEERING AND TIRE WEAR. *SLC
BUBBLE ON SIDEWALL OF GOODYEAR TIRE,
REPLACED GOODYEAR TIRE. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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