CONSUMER WAS DRIVING A 1997 FORD EXPLORER. REAR PASSENGER'S TIRE STARTED MAKING A LOUD FLAPPING NOISE. TIRE BLEW OUT AND PULLED VEHICLE HARD TO THE RIGHT, ACROSS A 3- LANE HIGHWAY. NO DAMAGES TO VEHICLE. TIRES WERE THE ORIGINAL ONES, TIRE SIZE P235/75R15, AND DOT# NOT AVAILABLE. APPROXIMATE MILEAGE 107336. FIRESTONE SAID THEY WOULD MAKE NOTE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK FIRESTONE THINKS THE TIRE PROBLEM OCCURE ONLY IN THE SOUTH. *YH