Other wheel or tire problem on the 1999 Ford Taurus
1 crash 1 of the 23 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
Only 6 reports for this mode came with an odometer reading, which is too few for percentiles to mean anything. The page is here because someone linked to it; treat the figures as anecdotes, and see the full report for this year instead.
When other wheel or tire problem gets reported
There are 23 reports of other wheel or tire problem on the 1999 Ford Taurus, 6 with a mileage attached. That is too few to place the failure on the odometer with any confidence.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 60,000 miles. It is the 13th most-reported problem on this model year.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | 67,000 miles | — | — |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 1 a crash is mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $200–$1,500 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 15 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2005, at a median of 10,000 miles, and latest on the 1998 at 130,000 miles.
By volume the 2000 carries the most reports, with 36; the 1999 has 23. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
The consumer noticed cracks on all four tires. The front tires had major cracks all over the surface of the sidewall, while the two rear tires had fine cracks on the surface of the sidewall. *mr *cb *nlm
I was travelling south on I-15 at 11:00 at night going down from the el cajon summit when I thought there was a strange wobbling every time I used the brakes. I heard a terrible thud and thought I saw a piece of tire fly by the passenger side. I pulled to the shoulder and looked at all the tires, but they were all still inflated so I started the car again and eased down the shoulder, but the noise was still there. Upon closer examination of the tires, I found that the tread separated completely from the tire, causing extensive damage to the wheel well. It also caused a vacuum hose to come apart from it's connection, which I suspect is linked to the AC. Aaa was called to change the tire, and I have the receipt. The next day I had a new tire put on as well as replaced another tire that was in need. They checked the remaining general tire and said it was in good condition. The next morning I headed home at 5:00 in the morning. I was eastbound on I-91 a mile and a half from the I-15 connection when the exact same thing happened to the rear driver side tire. Again the wheel well was completely destroyed and the rear fender to my car…
4/27/2006, I had a vibration in my steering wheel noted primarily at low speeds. I had my brakes done and general maintenance but vibration was still present. Went to tire shop who evaluated passenger side rear tire which was separating. I had cooper touring tires on the vehicle approx 1 1/2 years old. I had the tire replaced and the other tires inspected and balanced. Vibration was no longer present. 5/21/06 driving east on I-10 began feeling a steering vibration. I was nearing tucson and planned to exit to the nearest tire shop, vibration increased. I took inventory of vehicles around me noting a truck pulling a boat and made a decision that I did not want to be by the boat if anything happened. I made lane change and shortly after tire made a big bang and I spun 360 degrees on the freeway, spinning rearward into the median. I did avoid hitting trees, other vehicles and being struck by on-coming traffic. I am a driving instructor and have had skid car training. This was the most horrendous event ever in my driving career. Vehicle did sustain damage. Police assisted in getting me out of the vehicle ( I use a wheelchair and drive…
Also reported on the 1999 Ford Taurus
Strut, shock or spring failure
Other speed control problem
Other suspension problem
Steering rack, gear or tie rod failure
Other powertrain problem
Other engine problem
How far this goes
This page is kept out of search results because 23 reports is not enough to publish percentiles from. It stays reachable because somebody looking at this exact car would rather see the reports than be told there are none.
Complaints are voluntary, so 23 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other wheel or tire problem happen on the 1999 Ford Taurus?
Across 6 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 65,000 miles. A quarter were filed before — and a quarter after —. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other wheel or tire problem on the 1999 Ford Taurus?
23 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.2 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed