How Ford kept this Deadly Scandal a Secret

[@augur6256]

@3:25 Melted radius rod bushings were the cause of the 91 through 94 Ford Explorer tire separations and rollovers. Ford had a very thin walled PCV line that would soften up and open up a hole in the hose if the vehicle was not properly maintained and the oil changed regularly. This would create an extremely lean condition causing the catalytic converter to get cherry red. The converter was situated about an inch above the rubber radius rod bushing causing it to melt which caused changes to the geometry of the front end, resulting in separating the steel belts causing separation. The drastic changes of front-end angles could make the right wheel turn in violently causing a rollover. Ford knew the problem because they redesigned the bushings as time went on but never had a recall. They also designed a heat shield to protect the bushing.

[@nicholasgreen2864]

Shows a jeep in the thumbnail....

[@Motor-Drive]

Where?!

[@TheMagicMorty]

Grand Cherokee of i say so my self.

[@motionelco]

One of my football coaches died because of those tires .

[@Doctors_TARDIS]

I worked at Uhaul and even a decade later we weren't allowed to rent a trailer to anyone with an Explorer

[@Motor-Drive]

Thats crazy man 🤣 not worth the risk i guess?

[@aaronbrandes7456]

This happened on the 1st generation Explorer and this video is showing current generation Explorers. Also, customers were not paying attention to the recommended tire pressures which did not help the issue. The Ford TTB was only on the 1st generation Explorer then changed to torsion bars and control arms then coil overs on later models.

[@Motor-Drive]

Many cars the customers don't pay attention to the tyre pressure tbh, should've been designed with user error in mind imo.

[@howard7689]

It happened with more than Firestone tires but it only happened on explorers

[@Motor-Drive]

Weird 🤔

[@wihamaki]

It's wild how they had these things travelling and purposely blew tires out, locked tires up, did all sorts of things and couldn't get any problem to happen.

[@Motor-Drive]

Crazy right 😅

[@josephflanagan1070]

Over 40 years have had this issue

[@Motor-Drive]

Shocking.

[@jamesziegler2763]

interesting

[@Motor-Drive]

Thx for watching!

[@paulkile9998]

FYI, it's pronounced DEE-KAY-TER, not DEKA-TUR!

[@Motor-Drive]

Noted!

[@mckou1547]

This is almost certainly an AI channel. The parameters are punched in and videos are produced via algorithm. Look for no human picture, robo-voice, a generalized topic with some kind of article reference, and a small number of followers.

[@davidfreeman2522]

This was all over the news when it was going on

[@Motor-Drive]

Well remembered! ford tried their best to sweep it under the carpet…

[@TorturedPeace]

That first thumbnail photo is of a Jeep upside down… not a Ford.

[@Motor-Drive]

Where?

[@josephflanagan1070]

Fire stone

[@howard7689]

The upside was, being poor in the 90s I was able to get those take offs cheap and since I drove an old square body Chevy never had an issue . It was the geometry Ford refused to fix that caused the problem

[@Motor-Drive]

Interesting…