>...the tire issue turned out to be primarily a Ford problem, in that the >Explorer suspension >was inherently unstable...
Not so. The Explorer suspension was not unique to the vehicle. >...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. The tire size was consistent with other similar vehicles. The specified inflation pressure was within the recommendations of Firestone. There were several other factors involved - Firestone made a change to the internal construction of the tire used which made it less robust & tire inflation was not monitored by the owner/drivers. The tire failures were mainly blow outs, resulting in loss of control by the operator & subsequent roll over if not controlled properly. > Essentially, they chose to kill their customers.... Yep, that's the goal of most companies.... >...and blame Firestone rather than fix their shitty vehicles. That explains why it has been the best selling SUV in its class. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Ford claims ownership of images > > ----- 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. > > William Robb -- 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.
