Ford Explorer and Firestone ATX and Wilderness tires. Tire Failures on Ford SUV's Producing Alarming Number of Crashes, Deaths

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Detroit News Story
Federal regulators are investigating 88 deaths linked to Firestone tires. Venezuelan authorities are pursuing criminal charges against Ford and Bridgestone.

WFAA TV Story
Most of the Firestone ATX, ATX II and Wilderness tires are on Ford Explorers, the industry's top-selling SUV, but the recall will include tires on all brands of vehicles, the source said on condition of anonymity.

Time Story
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) had been hearing complaints about the tires since 1991 but didn't act until last May, when the numbers spiked following an investigative report by TV station KHOU in Houston.

ABC News Story
"There was something rotten in Decatur," Rep Fred Upton, R-Mich., said at a House Commerce consumer protection subcommittee today. Most of the Firestone tires now blamed for killing 101 people between 1992 and 1999 were produced at a plant in Decatur, Ill.