William Robb wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Waller" > Subject: Re: Ford claims ownership of images > > >>> Quick! Somebody go roll-over an Explorer, >> Just make sure it has Firestone tires on... > > I read in Popular Mechanics and I believe Car and Driver that the tire issue > turned out to be primarily a Ford problem, in that the Explorer suspension > was inherently unstable, so they chose a small tire and listed dangerously > low inflation pressures in the manual to drop the center of gravity so as to > stabilize the vehicle rather than re-engineer the suspension and fix their > own screw up. > > Essentially, they chose to kill their customers and blame Firestone rather > than fix their shitty vehicles. > That is essentially correct. They also had some complaints about road noise from customers who bought Exploders with those tires. Ford's "fix" was to drop the pressure below Firestone's recommendation. Two birds and all that crap.
Chrysler apparently paid attention to all the hoopla. When the Liberty first hit the street it had a similar stability problem. The initial batch was recalled and they were lowered a small amount. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
