PE00-020;ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FORD, EXPLORER, 1997 TIRE SIZE P235/75R15, DOT W2HL WITH 45,000 MILES. CONSUMER EXPERIENCED RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATION, RESULTING IN BLOWOUT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60-65 MPH . CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL TO SIDE WITHOUT ANY INCIDENT. CONSUMER FELT A SLIGHT VIBRATION AND A THUMP NOISE POSSIBLY A MINUTE BEFORE THE BLOWOUT.*AK