IMO, while the tread sep. issue from aged tires is real, I feel like they've way overblown the consequences. Most of the accidents are happening because of inexperienced/incorrect reactions to the event. I had a complete tread sep. on our '92 Aerostar van here at work and it simply got noisy and rough. I eased it to the side of the interstate and changed it... No harm done.

This is similar to the Ford Explorer roll over issue due to blow outs. Road and Track or some other car mag. tested an Explorer and basically had to TRY to make it swerve before it would roll from the blowout. A tread sep. isn't even a blow out.

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-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250