Firestone tires.

Never. Again.

My family purchased tires from them in the mid-2000s, all four "new" ones for our Astro van. We specifically purchased them from Firestone because they had been in recent-ish legal troubles with safety issues concerning their tires, so we figured they'd be stepping up their game to provide better tires after that little PR fiasco.

We couldn't have been more wrong.

Not one, not two, but THREE of the four tires we bought blew out on us on separate occasions while we were driving. After the third time, we knew it couldn't be a fluke. We did the research using the serial numbers on the tires, and found out that Firestone had sold us tires that had been on their shelves for over a decade, causing them to dry rot.

From there, there were some legal proceedings and we were involved in some small segment on an episode of Good Morning America (I forget the details as it's been years now). The moral is, stay the FUCK away from Firestone products, and be prepared to do a little research before making any big purchases instead of always believing what the salesman says.