PE 00 020/TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: LEFT FRONT TIRE EXPERIENCED A TREAD SEPARATION WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH WITH DRIVER/THREE PASSENGERS IN A 1996, FORD EXPLORER WITH AFTERMARKT EQUIPMENT INSTALLED AT 52,000 MILES, P255.70R16, AND DOT# VDCU1PX059. VEHICLE RECEIVED FRONTAL BODY DAMAGES,AND FIRESTONE WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK DUE TO THE BLOWOUT OF THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS WERE SORE FOR WEEKS, THE CONSUMER ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *SLC