Firestone Transforce LT Blowout

[PFTX_5.3]

I had a blowout today at 33k miles. I was pulling an unloaded trailer at 75mph. Has anyone else had blowouts for seemingly no reason with these tires? I tow a lot with this truck and would like to hear from others if this was just a fluke or if this is common with these tires.

[CamGTP]

Honestly with the millions of tires produced every year for so many different vehicles, things do just happen to tires sometimes. Also it's always possible that even if you don't think you ever hit anything, objects that are really hard to see can be sticking up in the pavement and cut the sidewall of a tire as a vehicle passes, causing a failure. I haven't heard anything specific to those tires recently. A few years back the Goodyear tire failures were posted a few times on here.

 

I've worked in the tire business for 15+ years now, kinda see it from every tire brand out there. If there is legitimate concerns with batches of tires, they do send out recalls and have stop sales when it happens. The LT tires are under more stress with higher tire pressures, checking for sidewall damage, and ripples or bubbles should be done more often. Exactly why pre-trip inspections are required for Class A/B trucking and anything DOT related.

[KARNUT]

We had problems with Firestone tires in the 70s and their Sears branded tires made by Firestone. They had another run of issues in the 90s and 2000s. We stay away from the brand. 

[diyer2]

i would be putting new tires on. 

[Pryme]

The stock tires which I’ve used multiple times of diff trucks the Michelin ltx at2 is a great all around tire. Get those. 
I haven’t had Firestone since my 2000 ranger which had recalled firestones replaced. 

[PFTX_5.3]

4 hours ago, KARNUT said:

We had problems with Firestone tires in the 70s and their Sears branded tires made by Firestone. They had another run of issues in the 90s and 2000s. We stay away from the brand. 

I would never buy a set of Firestone's, but that's what GM decided to put on from the factory

[ManyCamaroz]

My company truck (RAM 2500) came new with Firestone Transforce tires and they were okay at first but after about 20k the traction declined, especially on wet roads. Because it was a company truck I had to run them and ended up getting 60k out of them and I really despised them the last 35k. I had a set of Cooper Discoverer AT3 and they were good but started getting loud at about 50k. I got 60k out of them. Now I have Cooper Stronghold AT and I like the AT3's better as the Stronghold's are louder than the AT3's.

 

It's about time to put some on my Duramax and likely go with the Michelin Defender.

Edited November 16, 2025 by ManyCamaroz