I have Generals on my 99 Taurus wagon. Two tires went 80.000. The other two are still going at 86,000. One new tire went flat and was destroyed a couple weeks after I bought it. Without a road hazard warranty, the tire dealer would do nothing for me.]
>2. If one other than 17" fails, If you call General, they say "Call Ford" >
>3. Ford tells you to see Dealer, Service manager
> said "I can't do anything", and didnt even examine tire.
>
>
>So the point of all this is Ford doesn't want to know.
>
>I should think Ford'd say to me: "It's probably not our fault,
>but given that these are General Grabber AWs, and given the grief tire
>problems have caused us, lets have one of our experts look at it so we
>know for sure." But no, Ford has learned ZERO from its Firestone >experience.
>
>About half of all Escapes have this Tire that Ford doesn't want to know
>if its problematic, and some Ford apologists in this group don't either. >
>P.S. The final word is the Ford/Firestone was: It's all Ford's fault: >
> 1. Ford went to Firestone and said: "We want a lighter cheaper tire",
> and Ford accepted Firestone not putting Nylon wrap on steel > belts.
>
> 2. As the 2002 redesign of the Explorer demonstrated, a vehicle
> should not be so prone to flip over because of a blowout.