GM financial woes have begun

NinerBikes wrote:

dodge guy wrote:
Had my 95 Explorer for over 150k miles and it never tipped over! probably millions on the road that are still "wheels down"! As for the Pinto, again many that were rear ended that never exploded.

Yeah, well, my GF had a 1996 Eddie Bauer V8 AWD Explorer, and her's did flip... on a well crowned 2 lane highway in the desert, north of Mojave, CA. She had Firestone tires on the car, and it's my belief that Ford bought cheap tires, and then underinflated the truck tires to make the cars drive and ride softer and smoother, more like a sedan, instead of like the truck, and truck chassis that the Explorer was based on. Hers was totaled at 37k miles. Those are the facts. I blame it solely on Ford, they serviced and aired the tires the whole life of that car, Galpin Ford. Only people to ever work on that car.

Ford bought a cheap, but adequate Firestone tire, then underinflated it, per instructions from corporate when they got complaints about women with Explorers that rode too harsh, too much like a truck. Tires overheated, and failed near the tread /sidewall juncture and delaminated explosively.

Sorry to hear that, but I still say the Explorer was a safe vehicle. if it weren`t, I wouldn`t have had my wife and 2 kids in the car from newborns on! I still miss it.