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Ford Mustang Sidewall Problems

19
Owner complaint records in our dataset
9
Years with records
1999–2016
Stored years

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 19 stored complaint records:

  • 1 indicate a crash
  • 0 indicate injury
  • 0 indicate fire

Complaints by year

What appears in the records

  • tire blew · 9 records
  • rear tire · 8 records
  • goodyear eagle · 5 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi4
60–100k mi4
30–60k mi1
100–150k mi1

Complaint evidence

Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.

  • July 8, 2019 · 90,000 miles

    Sidewall · Tires

    I had a massive tire blowout (outer sidewall) on the highway today, did not hit anything, driving around 65mph, tires are about 2 years old and only run in the summer on a 2007 ford mustang, tires have about 10,000 miles on them, car is well maintained all equipment including tpms working. Tires are achilles atr sport 235/50 r18 101v, tire that blew had dot 5kss va24. I have plenty of pictures as documentation,…

    ODI 11230648

    2007 records in this system

  • November 10, 2016 · 7,431 miles

    Sidewall · Tires

    Goodyear eagle f1 asymmetric all season tire blew out while driving down winchester road in temecula, ca at 45 mph around 6:45pm. There was a loud pop, followed by the tps warning that the rear passenger tire had 1 psi of air left. The car was brought to a stop on the side of the road immediately. After being towed from the side of the road and it was discovered upon inspection that the inner side wall had failed.

    ODI 10925676

    2016 records in this system

  • May 16, 2016 · 4,800 miles

    Sidewall · Tires

    On a monday morning, i get in my car to go to work and the vehicle's warning sensors start to go off indicating that my left rear tire has only 15 psi. Now, only the night before, i was driving around with no problems on my tires so this leads me to believe i must have picked up something on my way home like a nail or a screw. I took the car to the nearest tire shop and when they inspected the tire they indicated…

    ODI 10865365

    2015 records in this system

  • November 17, 2010 · 64,000 miles

    Sidewall · Tires

    Tl* the contact owns a 2002 ford mustang with federal super steele tires, line size 245/45 r17. The contact stated that the front driver side and rear passenger side tires split along the sidewall. Within 4,000 miles the same failure occurred on the front passenger and rear driver side tires. The manufacturer replaced the tires every time the failure occurred yet the contact stated that the tires were replaced with…

    ODI 10369365

    2002 records in this system

  • August 24, 2010 · 20,693 miles

    Sidewall · Tires

    On 24 august my front right tire blew out as if it were a retread (i still have the tire. It's not a retread, it just came apart like one. The car just passed a safety inspection at woodbridge va malloy lincoln on 31 july. I bought the car on 5 august and the tire blew out on 24 august. Thank god i was driving slowly in a residential area and stopped right away, because i could have easily been killed along with…

    ODI 10358461

    2008 records in this system

  • June 11, 2010 · 69,000 miles

    Sidewall · Tires

    2 tires with sidewall stress issues in a period of 10 months 12,000 miles i spoke to the tire company who advised me that i "probably hit a curb or pot hole which caused a knot on the side of the tire", which did not happen. I had rapid deflation while traveling down the road on the first incident. Good luck had the tire on the rear of the vehicle and lose of control was minimal. The second, i was able to detect…

    ODI 10367110

    2008 records in this system

  • April 22, 2010 · 96,000 miles

    Sidewall · Tires

    I have goodyear eagle ls tires on my 2002 ford mustang that keep blowing out on the inside and shredding the tire. In 3 years i have purchased 4 tires and had another blowout last night that shreds the inside of the tire. I had just had this tire checked on the 8th of april and the tire was fine. *tr

    ODI 10327052

    2002 records in this system

  • March 10, 2009

    Sidewall

    Tl*the contact owns a 2003 ford mustang. The vehicle has sumitomo htrzii tires, size 315/35/r17. The tires were purchased in march of 2009. While driving 5 mph and attempting to make a left turn, the contact struck a rounded curb. This caused a large slit in the sidewall of the tires. The damage was inexplicable based on the nature of the impact. Several tire dealers stated that they have seen this type of failure…

    Crash reported

    ODI 10261541

    2003 records in this system