Ford's Imploding Tire
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Ford's Imploding Tire
Picture this: it’s 1997. You’re driving along the highway in the same sporty American car owned by every other Target-shopping baby boomer soccer mom. It’s the start of the SUV craze, and the Ford Explorer you’re casually steering is the talk of the town. In fact, it’s trusted so much that even the police use them.
Suddenly, you travel past a crushed-up wreck. A tire is in pieces on the shoulder with an emergency vehicle protecting other drivers from the hazard. The driver clearly lost control and rolled a long way off the road and into the embankment. You wonder if the poor souls inside survived.
And then you realize that the car in question is the same as yours: a Ford Explorer.
What does that make you think in that eerily quiet moment? What does it make you feel? Can this car be trusted? Or might it be hiding a serious and potentially deadly defect?
Welcome to M3R.GTS7. This week, we’re diving headlong into the automotive scandal that rocked the world in the late 90s and early 2000s.
In today's video we look at Ford's Imploding Tire
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My dad had an Eddie Bauer edition explorer and Ford refused to recall the tires, so he just sold it back to the dealership and went with a gmc.
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Pretty basic: I ran firestones on my 1991 Ford Explorer at 36PSI. Did that for years. I had a guy driving an '96 explorer Sport lose a rear tire literally spin a 360 loop coming at me and a buddy in his truck on a 2 lane highway. Tires were under inflated. Dude needed a change of shorts. I've watched a H2 hummer on I-65 pass me going 80-85 MPH and lose a rear tire. Somehow the driver managed to spin 2 times, and come with the rear bumper tapping the median barrier. First thing he did was get out and check his kids. His tires were low on air. Rear tire was lower than the rest and let go. I'm old school...I check my tires on average 1-2 times a month. No different than checking oil and transmission fluids. Too many people just treat a vehicle as an appliance. With that said...I miss my '91 explorer sport. It was a great full frame SUV with decent 4x4 capabilities. That's the kicker. Too many people drove these SUV's like it was a sports car.
@@eliteman7685 don't forget about overloading. I remember reading an article back in the 90's, about how most SUVs were overweight. Whether payload or towing. Personally I always put D or E tires on my trucks, because I have been overweight with everything I've owned. Hence why I would never buy a newer truck. Nothing is overbuilt anymore. I don't feel safe maxing out the weight on a new truck, but I always went over on the older trucks. ( '88 K1500, 83 f150, 88 K5, '96 Ram).
Look up Westlake trailer tires. I had five on my new trailer. Two per axle and a spare. Three have had tread separation and failure. A quick search showed tons of RV users calling them "Ticking China Bombs". I bet we don't investigate these...
The tire pressure placard states 26 psi. No way any vehicle, especially that size can run less than 32 psi. That's why the tires were blowing up, especially in parts that had high speed limits. Low pressure plus heat=bad things happen.
Even my '83 f-150 for example. Original tires were p235/75r15. Same as a s10 blazer. For the "factory" tires, you must subtract 9% of the actual gvwr to avoid overloading the tire.
My friend's 2007 f150 is realistically a light duty 3/4 ton based on the 6600 gvwr. That truck should run D range tires. A same MY f-150 with the 7700 runs E range tires from the factory.
Moral of the story, is common sense over what the owners manual says.
Never ran less than 36PSI on my '84 or my '79 F series. 235/75R15's and 265/75R15's. Same for all the 70's Ford cars I drove over the years with 235's. Always ran around 36PSI.
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