Wilderness HT
Firestone Wilderness HT; UTQG, warranty, prices, and OEM vehicle fitments.
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NHTSA-reported issues for firestone wilderness HT
Top issue category: Tires (General)
Most reported: Tires (General) (156) · Tread / Belt (128) · Sidewall (35) · Bead (1) · Spare Tire (1)
What owners described
Sidewall failure appears in 25% of these reports; about 1.7× as often as across all tire complaints. Percentages are shares of the 210 reports filed against the Firestone Wilderness HT across every vehicle it was fitted to that include a written account; a single report can describe more than one problem, so they do not total 100%.
| Reported problem | This subject | All tire complaints | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sidewall failure | 25% | 15% | 1.7× |
| Blowout or sudden deflation | 23% | 20% | 1.1× |
| Tread or belt separation | 21% | 13% | 1.6× |
| Cracking or dry rot | 13% | 9% | 1.4× |
| Loss of control, rollover or collision | 8% | 8% | 1.0× |
| Bubble or bulge in the tire | 5% | 6% | 0.9× |
Mileage at failure
62 of these reports state an odometer reading. The middle report is at 21,433 miles, with 8 in 10 falling between 3,000 and 51,000 miles.
In owners' own words
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA about Firestone Wilderness HT. Reports are published by NHTSA as filed and are lightly cleaned here only to remove intake codes.
PE 00 020/TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: RIGHT FRONT TIRE EXPERIENCED A 50 MPH BLOWOUT ON A 1997 FORD F150; WITH DRIVER AND THREE PASSENGERS. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, P235/75R16, DOT# W2081PT466. NO INJURY REPORTED/FIRESTONE NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.
DRIVING 55MPH & FELT A LOT OF VIBRATIONS FROM VEHICLE & IT WAS GETTING WORSE. STOPPED VEHICLE & CHECKED THE TIRES. NOTICED ALL 4 TIRES WERE CRACKING & SEPARATING WHERE TREAD & SIDEWALL CAME TOGETHER. DROVE HOME & CONTACTED FIRESTONE DEALERS & INFORMED NOTHING CAN BE DONE. WILDERNESS HT P235/70R16 WITH 48,000 MILES. 1999 FORD F150.
PE-00-020; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, 2000, NISSAN FRONTIER, TIRE SIZE P21565R15, DOT NUMBER NOT AVAILABLE, TIRES HAVE 20 THOUSANDS MILES ON THEM. PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR TIRE WENT FLAT. TIRE WAS INSPECTED, AND WAS NOTED THAT THE TIRE HAD BUBBLES FORMING IN THE INSIDE OF THE TIRES. CONSUMER HAS REPLACED TIRES WITH A DIFFERENT BRAND. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.
DRIVING AT 50 MPH, TIRE TREAD BEGAN TO RIP OFF THE TIRE. TIRE IS DISTROYED. NO ACCIDENT BECAUSE I DIDN'T PUT ON MY BRAKES. IF I HAD, I WOULD HAVE ROLLED OVER. TRIED TO HAVE THE TIRES REPLACED. FORD DEALER SENT ME TO A FIRESTONE STORE WHERE THEY REFUSED TO REPLACE THE TIRE.
Complaints are voluntarily submitted to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation and are not verified by NHTSA; they represent owner-reported problems, not proven defects. Counts can be useful as a relative quality signal across comparable tires or vehicles.
Specs
| Brand | Firestone |
|---|---|
| Model | Wilderness HT |
| Season | N/A |
| Type | N/A |
| UTQG treadwear | N/A |
| UTQG traction | N/A |
| UTQG temperature | N/A |
| Mileage warranty | N/A |
| Noise (dB) | N/A |
| Introduced | N/A |
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Firestone wilderness HT: what the numbers tell you
Manufacturer treadwear data for the Wilderness HT is not publicly listed. This is common for OEM-only or track-day tires that don't carry a US treadwear warranty. No mileage warranty is published for this tire, which is typical for performance summer and track-day rubber where the manufacturer doesn't make wear-life claims.
Cabin noise data for this tire is not published by the manufacturer. As a general tire built for the passenger segment, the Wilderness HT is positioned against direct rivals within the same category. Comparing it to a tire in a different category (e.g. summer vs all-season) makes the spec sheet misleading because the design targets are not the same.
The Firestone Wilderness HT has been part of Firestone's catalog since its introduction, and remains a current-production model.
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Last verified 2026-10-07.