I wonder if that store manager keeps up on the latest tire news....
Recent reports indicate that the Goodyears and Generals that they are using
to replace the recalled Firestones have UP TO SIX TIMES the failure rate of
the Firestones. Go figure...
-- -- Peter Poon Jr <ptare99@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:20010716154048.15764.qmail@web13805.mail.yahoo.com... > I don't know if this is an isolated incident but this > is what happened this weekend. My girlfriend's Ford > Ranger had a flat tire (Firestones, but NOT Wilderness > AT's or ATX). So we get some Fix A Flat instead of > taking the spare off. We drive down to America's Tire > Company and drop off the truck. We come back about an > hour later expecting to have the tired patched and > they tell us the store manager had decided that his > store would not service Firestone tires! They were > afraid of liability due the the Firestone recall. > They didn't patch the tire, they only aired it up. > Now they never asked us what kind of tires were on the > truck, nor was there any sign on the storefront to > warn customers that the store would not service > Firestone tires. We were considerate enough to let > them know that Fix A Flat had been put into the tire > but that didn't seem to bother them. > > So we are directed to the nearest Firestone dealer who > did patch the tire. He was also happy that he was > told about the Fix A Flat stuff as it can be dangerous > when working a tire with that stuff in there. > > Have any of you with Firestone tires had similar > experiences? > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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