Bridgestone Firestone Tire Recall

July 1, 2009

Tire Brand Name / Tire Line / Tire Size:     Production Dates:
    FIRESTONE / FR380 / P235/75R15     SEP 09, 2007 – JUL 02, 2008
Manufacturer: BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE NORTH AMERICA TIRE Mfr’s Report Date: JUN 25, 2009
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 09T007000 N/A NHTSA Action Number: N/A
Component: TIRES:TREAD/BELT
Potential Number of Units Affected: 127183
Summary: BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS TIRE OPERATIONS, LLC (BATO) IS RECALLING 127,183 FIRESTONE FR380 TIRES, SIZE P235/75R15, MANUFACTURED FROM SEPTEMBER 9, 2007 THROUGH JULY 2, 2008. THESE TIRES WERE PRODUCED WITH INSUFFICIENT TREAD BASE GAUGE.
Consequence: CONTINUED USE OF THE SUBJECT TIRES MAY LEAD TO VIBRATION AND GROOVE CRACKING. EXTENDED USE COULD LEAD TO TREAD DISTORTION OR TREAD SEPARATION AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.
Remedy: BATO WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE AFFECTED TIRES FREE OF CHARGE. BATO WILL ALSO MOUNT AND BALANCE THE REPLACEMENT TIRES, ALL AT NO CHARGE OR EXPENSE TO THE OWNER. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON OR ABOUT JUNE 29, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BATO TOLL-FREE AT 1-800-465-1904 OR VISIT THEIR WEBSITE AT WWW.FIRESTONETIRE.COM.
Notes: OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION’S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV .

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One Response to “Bridgestone Firestone Tire Recall”

  1. ken papocchia on July 2nd, 2009 3:40 am

    I have the same problem with a set of firestone firehawk gt bl p225/60r16 tires. The first Firestone store(state st. Binghamton N.Y. told me the cracking was caused from car washes, my wife goes to the car wash at the most 4 times a year. They offered me a discount on another set of tires. I Then Called customer care and they had me bring the car back to the Vestal, N.Y. store for evaluation, there they told me that the cracks were stress cracks. When they had it on the lift they couldn’t identify the cracks I had to show them. Again I was offered a discount. They will only replace the tires with proof of rotation of wich one was done there and the other one was done at another garage of wich I have receipts for.This is my second set of tires in 2 years the first set had about 15,000 miles on them and this set has about 14,000 miles on them. I feel that firestone just wants to rip off the public.

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