Defect Description For Recall
Les Schwab Is Recalling Certain Steel-Belted Radial Truck Tires That Les Schwab Retreaded For Their Customers. The Vulcanizing Compound Used During The Retreading May Not Have Been Completely Cured, Resulting In Incomplete Adhesion Of The Tread To Tire Casing. The Potentially Affected Retreaded Tires Were Manufactured At Les Schwab’S Three Retread Facilities During Calendar Weeks 42 Through 50 Of 2017 And Have The Dotr Numbers: Rdnj4217Rs – Rdnj5017Rs, Rnvk4417Rs – Rnvk5017Rs And Rcee4217Rs – Rcee5017Rs.
Make Of Vehicle
LES SCHWAB
Model Of Vehicle
RETREADED TIRES
Year
9999
Recall Campaign Number
18T002000
Component Description
Tires
Effect Of Defect
The Incompletely Cured Vulcanizing Compound Can Result In The Tire Tread Separating From The Tire Casing, Increasing The Risk Of A Crash.
Fix Defect
Les Schwab Will Notify The Customers That Had Their Tires Retreaded, And Will Exchange The Affected Tires For Properly Retreaded Ones, Free Of Charge. The Recall Began April 27, 1018. Owners May Contact Les Schwab At 1-541-447-4136.
Vehicle Manufacturer
Les Schwab
Start Of Manufacture
20171016
End Of Manufacture
20171215
Type Of Vehicle Recall
T
Number Affected
41336
Date Owners Notified
20180427
Initiated By
Mfr
Responsible Manufacturer
Les Schwab
Date Report Received
20180316