What year(s) explorers had this problem w/ rolling over when having a tire blowout in the rear?

I'm pretty sure it was none of them. I had six Firestone blowouts and I couldn't get mine to roll. :fire:

hahah... I remember some car testing company doing a show and they put training wheels on an explorer and,, took it up to 65mph and blew the rear tire,,, and it lost control and would have flipped w/o the trainers on! hmmm

http://www.explorerexpress.com/press/CD-200010.html

They refering to the gen2. Blowout is usually the front tire, that give that problem.
They may have used and rpg to take the rear tire out in the test. Not a fare test.

Though I would not want my front tire to blow on any vehicle I drive.

I usually drive 70+mph.

hahah... I remember some car testing company doing a show and they put training wheels on an explorer and,, took it up to 65mph and blew the rear tire,,, and it lost control and would have flipped w/o the trainers on! hmmm
I remember Car And Driver doing a blowout test and the test driver took his hands off the wheel ans still able to keep it under control

edit: i shoulda clicked sections link
i always thought that the most likely tire to blow out was the right rear?

Yeah. By personal experience with the Firestones was four rears and two fronts. One front was on I-5 going 65-70ish. Tread seperated.. but I couldn't roll the SOB over!! :D

So you are telling me that I dont have to fret that much?! :thumbsup: I have always wanted to see how fast the truck can go. :yelexp:

By the 4th tire going I was scared to death to drive the I-5. I would go from LA to Chico every weekend. And instead of having the side mirrors angled back at the cars, I had them down so I could see my rear tires. Seriously. The slighest odd feeling or motion the truck would make would scare me. But then I got my BFG ATs.. holy cow is was like God tickling my tummy.

But yeah.. if you have good quality tires that feel safe. I'd take them up to about 72mph or so. :D

But yeah.. if you have good quality tires that feel safe. I'd take them up to about 72mph or so. :D

or if youre feeling adventurous, maybe 74

I was doing 75mph this past friday and only when I was making my exit I found that I need new bearings for the left front.

Since we drive just a bit faster in Europe my normal everyday speed is 75mph. But I also drive 90 and sometimes over 100mph without any problem (besides the fuelbill).

I had a right front seperate on my '92 at about 80mph. Had no problem controlling it. The tread did do a lot of damage to the fender though.

Only some tires have treads that seperate upon a blowout right? I never had a blowout before in any car/truck I ever drove. I always walked to it & had flats.

hahah... I remember some car testing company doing a show and they put training wheels on an explorer and,, took it up to 65mph and blew the rear tire,,, and it lost control and would have flipped w/o the trainers on! hmmm
funny, i remember Car & Driver doing the same test and,, took it up to 70mph and nothing happened,, it didnt lose control and it didnt even flip. must have been the training wheels on the one you saw that made it go out of control.

HAHAH Probably right! Training wheels were prob. long enough to cause a different reaction to the blow out! Actually glad to hear it all seems safer than some made it out to sound.

in my 94 xlt have gotten it way up over 85 even tho it says 85 as top speed the truck still excellerates past that for quiet awhile ive hit radar at 94mph

hahah... I remember some car testing company doing a show and they put training wheels on an explorer and,, took it up to 65mph and blew the rear tire,,, and it lost control and would have flipped w/o the trainers on! hmmm

Wrong truck. That was Consumer Report's test of the 96+ Isuzu Trooper.

I remember seeing the test where they blew out the rear tire on an X, I think it was a first gen and the driver side rear.

the tire blowouts only resulted in rollover when the driver overcorrected for the sudden change. if you gradually adjust yourself while dropping speed then you won't roll over. simple as that.

I have a neighbor that works for Firestone. His job is to investigate tire "defects" of any kind. He was involved in 5 Explorer/Firestone rollover investigations. He said that in all cases the rollover was a result of driver error. He said that the blowout was caused by the driver leaving the roadway and then cutting the tire when making a sudden merge back onto the blacktop causing the tread to separate. The resulting overcorrection then setup a severe fishtailing action that results in a rollover.

Take it for what you want, but this is straight from the mouth of a Firestone tech involved in the investigations.

Lost one of the Original Firestone ATX's on the driver's rear. Just slowed down from 65mph and pulled to a stop no rollover. It's the overcorrection at 80MPH which flips them. People just forget that the EXPLORER IS A TRUCK AND NEEDS TO BE DRIVEN LIKE ONE. sorry for shouting but people drive these things like sports cars and wonder why bad things happen to them.

Good thing happen in this case for us because there is a new X in the salvage yard to pick parts from