Just received a letter from Firestone offering replacement on Wilderness AT. My never on the ground spare is subject. I want it replaced with the Michelin LTX M/S which I had put on there during the first recall. The local Firestone people will replace only with Firestone/Bridgestone product. Anyone have this experience and get something other than a Firestone product as a replacement? TIA, RJ
Latest tire re-call
Oct 17, 2006
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What do you care if it is only for your never-on-the-ground spare?
Alan
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It's not that I think stupidity should be punishable by death. I just think we should take the warning labels off of everything and let the problem take care of itself.
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Some time back at a routine service call the dealer offered to replace the Firestone spare with a Michelin Cross-Terrain and did so as part of the 2nd phase of the recall, within months of the original. I had already gotten Michelin LTX-MS tires for all the others. The Cross-Terrain tire has never moved since.
I was surprised to get that letter on the recall! Who didn't know about that way back when it happened?
=Vic= Bear Gap, PA
RJ, My local Ford dealer replaced my Firestone spare with a Michelin LTX M/S to match the other four LTX tires that I also received at the dealership as part of the recall.
Good Luck!
RJ, My local Ford dealer replaced my Firestone spare with a Michelin LTX M/S to match the other four LTX tires that I also received at the dealership as part of the recall.
Good Luck!
Actually I remember reading recently that someone had a fatality/blow out (in CA?) after putting on their Wilderness AT spare after having a flat. Firestone is trying to get all the tires as I guess a lot of them are still out there.
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