The Ford-Firestone dispute blew up in August 2000 and is still going strong. In response to claims that their 15-inch Wilderness AT, radial ATX and ATX II tire treads were separating from the tire ...

Key developments in the Firestone tire case: May 2, 2000: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opens an investigation into Firestone tires that may experience tread separation. At that ...

Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire has agreed to pay $240 million to Ford Motor Co. to settle claims related to the tiremaker's 2000 recall of defective tires, Bridgestone Firestone said ...

DETROIT — Federal regulators concluded for the first time Thursday that certain Firestone tires are defective and prone to shred at high speeds and temperatures and ordered 3.5 million of them ...

Nashville, TN - One-hundred and twenty-five years is a long time. Think of what the world was like in 1900 compared to today? Hard to imagine a company could adapt and survive during that time period, ...

Guy started riding motorcycles aged 21 and bought a Kawasaki ZX-6R the day after passing his road test. He was a sportbike enthusiast for many years until, in 2010, the Long Way Round television ...

Bridgestone/Firestone has updated three of its most popular tires: the Bridgestone Turanza with Serenity Plus grand touring all-season tire; Firestone's Destination LE2 light truck/SUV highway ...

Tires are often compared to shoes because they serve as the sole contact points between a vehicle or person and the ground. Like shoes, tires are made in different designs and materials for specific ...

For two years, I’ve had Firestone Firehawk Indy 500 summer tires installed on my own personal vehicle. The value-per-dollar proposition these tires offered intrigued me, as I am squarely in their ...