(From TrailerLife Magazine website)
July 2007
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has ordered a
U.S. tire importer to recall as many as 450,000 tires sold under at least
four brand names that it bought from a Chinese manufacturer and sold to U.S.
distributors. Foreign Tire Sales (FTS) of Union, New Jersey, said tires it
imported from China's Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Company may suffer from sudden
tread separation failures.
NHTSA officials have ordered the company to recall as many as 450,000 tires.
FTS said an unknown number of the light-truck radial tires it imported since
2002 from China were made without a safety feature, called a gum strip,
which helps bind the belts of a tire to each other. The tires were sold
under at least four brand names -- Westlake, Compass, Telluride and YKS --
in sizes LT235/75R-15; LT225/75R-16; LT235/85R-16; LT245/75R-16;
LT265/75R-16; and LT31x10.5-15 -- sizes popular with trailerists, and SUV
and pickup owners.
FTS said it sold Hangzhou tires to these distributors: Tireco, Compton,
California; Strategic Import Supply, Wayzata, Minnesota; Omni United USA
Inc., Jacksonville, Florida; Orteck International Inc. of Gaithersburg,
Maryland; K&D Tire Wholesalers LLC, Carlsbad, California; and Robinson Tire
in Laurel, Mississippi.
FTS claims it does not have the money to pay for a recall, and no
arrangements are in place yet for replacement tires, but consumers should
contact the stores they bought them from for further information.
Chinese tire recall
- RSorak 71Westy
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Chinese tire recall
Take care,
Rick
Stock 1600 w/dual Solex 34's and header. mildly ported heads and EMPI elephant's feet. SVDA W/pertronix. 73 Thing has been sold. BTW I am a pro wrench have been fixing cars for living for over 30 yrs.
Rick
Stock 1600 w/dual Solex 34's and header. mildly ported heads and EMPI elephant's feet. SVDA W/pertronix. 73 Thing has been sold. BTW I am a pro wrench have been fixing cars for living for over 30 yrs.
- Amskeptic
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Re: Chinese tire recall
We already have this posted in the suspension forum sticky "Belatedly Discovered Junk". But yours is more thorough. So please take your post here and copy or repost it in the belated junk thread, and I will delete this tomorrow. Thanks for keeping your eyes peeled for this sort of information and posting it.RSorak 71Westy wrote:
tires imported from China's Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Company may suffer from sudden tread separation failures.
Westlake, Compass, Telluride and YKS --
in sizes LT235/75R-15; LT225/75R-16; LT235/85R-16; LT245/75R-16;
LT265/75R-16; and LT31x10.5-15 -- sizes popular with trailerists, and SUV
and pickup owners.
FTS said it sold Hangzhou tires to these distributors: Tireco, Compton,
California; Strategic Import Supply, Wayzata, Minnesota; Omni United USA
Inc., Jacksonville, Florida; Orteck International Inc. of Gaithersburg,
Maryland; K&D Tire Wholesalers LLC, Carlsbad, California; and Robinson Tire
in Laurel, Mississippi.
FTS claims it does not have the money to pay for a recall, and no
arrangements are in place yet for replacement tires, but consumers should
contact the stores they bought them from for further information.
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles