Tires recalled from Ford SUVs

Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2002 | 11:17 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Owners of some Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator models will get free replacement tires in another recall involving tread separations on sport utility vehicles made by Ford Motor Co.

Continental Tire North America is recalling almost 600,000 tires, most of which were sold as original equipment on 106,701 two-wheel drive Expedition and Navigator SUVs from the 2000 and 2001 model years. About 60,000 of the tires were sold as replacements on light trucks.

At least one accident in an Expedition, in which six people were killed, may be related to a tread separation on one of the tires covered by the recall. Continental officials said they have not been able to investigate the tire to see if it caused the accident, and most complaints about the tires are less serious, involving uneven tread wear and tire vibrations.

Tread separations led to the recall of millions of Firestone tires in the past two years that were used primarily on the Ford Explorer.

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