2002 Mercury Sable Tires & Wheels Problems

I BOUGHT THESE TIRES AND THEY ONLY HAVE A FEW THOUSAND MILES ON THEM. THEY WERE 60,000 MILES TIRES. WITH MY ALZHEIMER'S HUSBAND UNDER THE CARE OF HOSPICE I WENT TO RUN ERRANDS. I ALSO RECENTLY BOUGHT 2 NEW FRONT TIRES. WHEN PUTTING THEM ON THE TOLD ME THEY LOOKED DRY ROTTED AND TO TAKE THEM BACK. MERCHANTS TIRES HAS MOVED. IT COST MONEY TO DRIVE AROUND TRYING TO FIND WHERE THEY MOVED TO. HOSPICE ONLY GIVES ME 1 HR. TELL ME HOW I AM SUPPOSE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. THREE OF THE STEEL WHEELS HAVE DEVELOPED CRACKS. THIS CONDITIONS CAUSES THE TIRES TO LOSE AIR PRESSURE. A TECHNICIAN FROM THE DEALER CONFIRMED THE FAILURE, BUT REFERRED HIM TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 98,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES ON HER VEHICLE HAVE NO TREAD. THESE TIRES WERE THE ORIGINAL TIRES ON THE VEHICLE (CONTINENTAL, SIZE P215/60R16). THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE HAD A BULGE. THE VEHICLE IS RARELY DRIVEN. THE TIRES WERE ROTATED AT THE SCHEDULED TIME, MOST RECENTLY ON JUNE 1, 2005. THE DOT# WAS NOT CONFIRMED; IT COULD BE FP-3F1213480AA. RECALL # 4512 WAS LISTED IN HER OWNER'S MANUAL, HOWEVER, IT INDICATED THAT IT WAS REPAIRED. THE FUEL SYSTEM AND TIRE PRESSURE WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 18,000.

I DROVE FROM MY HOME TO OXON HILL, MD, A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES AND THE STEERING WAS BUMPY. WHEN I REACHED MY DESTINATION, I DID A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE TIRES AND NOTHING APPEARED UNUSUAL. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES, I RESUMED DRIVING. ABOUT 11 MILES LATER AT EXIT 15 (214/CENTRAL AVENUE EAST) ON 95/495 NORTHBOUND, THE SIDEWALL OF THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. I WAS TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 65 MPH. I PULLED OFF THE INTERSTATE AND LOOKED AT THE TIRE. THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE SIDEWALL AND WAS APPROXIMATELY 3/4 DETACHED. I GOT OFF AT THE 214/CENTRAL AVENUE EAST RAMP AND PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. BY THIS TIME, THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED COMPLETELY FROM THE SIDEWALL. THE TIRE HAD 20,000 MILES ON IT AND WAS A STARFIRE FLITE-LINE IV P21560R16. WE WILL GO BACK TO THE RETAILER WHO SOLD US THE FOUR TIRES AND PLAN TO GET ALL FOUR TIRES REPLACED. *AK

ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 26TH, I WAS DRIVING HOME AND HAD A FLAT ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. I REPLACED THE TIRE. TWO WEEKS LATER ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10 I HAD ANOTHER FLAT (REAR PASSENGER) TIRE. BOTH OF THESE TIRES WERE CONTINENTAL TOURING CONTACT AS P215 S60/16. MY CONCERN IS WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THESE TIRES. I HAVE 2 MORE LEFT. I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM CARMAX IN RICHMOND, VA IN JULY 2005 (2002 MERCURY SABLE LS). CURRENTLY THERE ARE 39,981 MILES ON THE CAR. *JB

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