More than 100 lawsuits have been filed nationwide involving the Ford Explorers, Firestone tires and highway fatalities, mostly from rollover crashes.
Customers affected by the recall have options.
The options include trading in their recalled tires at Broome's shop, the only authorized Firestore dealer in Putnam County, and receiving a refund from Firestone in four to six weeks. Broome said he had already replaced about 50 tires since the recall began. We haven't had any problems with any of the tires. Once a recalled tire is removed from a vehicle, Broome said, his workers drill a hole in the tire's sidewall so it is forever useless. Norm Sawl, owner of Sawl's Auto Service, who sells Firestone tires, but is not an authorized dealer said his business has not been effected by the recall.