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And even though it did test a small number of 15-inch Goodyear tires at low inflation pressures , without failure , almost half of those Goodyear tires were new tires as compared to the Firestone tires tested at those same pressures , 85 percent of which had been designated by Ford as `` old '' because they had been used on vehicles for more than one summer . Second , you're replacing some of these recalled tires with tires manufactured by other companies , other than Firestone , and you have heard some of the conversations we have had regarding this . Electronic Frontier Foundation ( EFF ) staff attorney Fred von Lohmann noted that the primary issue is the longstanding court stance that technology , even if it is assisting in illegal copying , is not itself a source of liability . Electronic Frontier Foundation ( EFF ) staff attorney Fred von Lohmann noted that the primary issue is the longstanding court stance that technology , even if it is assisting in illegal copying or pirating , is not itself a source of liability . As a designer and manufacturer of vehicles for almost 100 years , Ford used its knowledge of vehicle engineering to do an unblinking review of tire-vehicle interaction . You told Mr. Stupak earlier that you had shared information with Firestone since that hearing . One year ago , Ford initiated an almost identical replacement program in Venezuela to replace Firestone tires with other brands . However , nothing in the data that we have analyzed supports recent accusations that the Explorer is behaving atypically among SUVs . Now , if we have a brand and a manufacturer and a brand tire that is defective 124 times versus 5 times , as has been claimed by the majority , then at least tell the American people what the tire is , and the brand name , my father-in-law and others are not out replacing their tires with possibly worse tires which have a worse safety record .