Explorer Roll Overs w/ Tire Blowouts...

[N7XME]

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.

 

[91-Exploder]

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