FORD vs. FIRESTONE

摘要

Firestone was aware of tire flaws back in 1998, according to documents obtained by Newsweek. And on the car front, Bill Ford Jr. says his company's taken 'a heck of a hit.' It was supposed to be a mission of mercy. Victor Rodriguez piled the family into his Ford Explorer over Labor Day weekend to visit a sick aunt at a Laredo, Texas, hospital. But as Rodriguez cruised down Interstate 35, he was startled by a thump and looked back to see the tread shredding off a Firestone Wilderness AT tire on his Explorer.