[DMCForum] Firestone, and Ford..

[Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx>]

All of the stuff I read on the Ford Exploder fiasco
clearly put the blame on *FORD*.

First off, Ford sent out A TSB to the dealers telling
them to lower the tire pressure spec because customers
were complaining that the ride was to harsh (DUH, it
is a TRUCK moron!)

The lower tire pressure was significant in the tires
blowing out.  

Even so, It is a design flaw that the truck would flip
in the event of a tire blow out (or any other
emergency maneuver).

Firestone took the heat for it in order to continue a
profitable relationship with FORD...  Kinda like how
Exxon took the blame for the Valdez, when it was the
harbor master (federal employee) who crashed the boat!

--- therealdmcvegas <dmcvegas@xxxxxxx> wrote:
<SNIP>
> Imagine the fiasco with Firestone tires, when they
> switched out to 
> unskilled workers, who didn't put the proper amounts
> of steel belts 
> into tires. You ended up with tires randomly
> blowing-out, sometimes 
> causing roll-overs, and many deaths. Now imagine
> these same morons 
> (like the one cited in the previous link) are the
> people installing 
> highly pressurized hydrogen tanks into cars...
> 
> In the Firestone fiasco, Ford took the hit, even
> though it really 
> wasn't their fault. Their product, the Ford
> Explorer/Mercury 
> Mountaineer, simply happened to be in the wrong
> place, and the wrong 
> time: Caught between the crossfire of defective
> tires, and unskilled 
> drivers. But still, this really only hurt Ford, and
> not the other 
> makers of SUVs & firestone tires. Imagine if a whole
> industry 
> switched over pressurized hydrogen tanks. One small
> incident like 
> this could cost the industry millions in shaken
> consumer confidence...
> 
> -Robert



            
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