Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire LLC said Wednesday that it will pay Ford Motor $240 million to settle outstanding issues related to Ford's famous Explorer/Firestone tire safety recall.

Remember the Ford Explorer/Firestone tire debacle from a decade ago? Thousands of the 'utes rolled-over and much of the blame fell on insufficiently inflated tires, costing the Blue Oval billions ...

The Ford Explorer wasn’t the first sport utility ... In the early 2000s, sales took a hit thanks to increased competition and Firestone tire failures, but they’ve been improving with the ...