Dunlop Tires: Markings

Dunlop is recalling about 700 vehicles over a problem with the tires. The customer may not realize that the numbers on the sidewall are the DOT serial numbers.

Campaign
04T022000
Manufacturer
GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
Reported
15 December 2004
Vehicles
700
Built between
Not published
Models
1
Recall type
Tire
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
15 February 2005
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.

  • Dunlop Winter Sport M3

What the defect is

Certain dunlop winter sport M3, size 255/40R19 100V. These tires were cured without the required "DOT" stamp. The subject tires fail to comply with federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 109, new pneumatic tires.

What could happen

The customer may not realize that the numbers on the sidewall are the DOT serial numbers.

What gets fixed

GOODYEAR WILL NOTIFY ITS CUSTOMERS AND REPLACE THE TIRES WITH COMPLIANT TIRES FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN FEBRUARY 15, 2005.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA15 December 2004
  2. Owners notified15 February 2005

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 15 December 2004.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners who do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact goodyear at 1-800-321-2136.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
Safety standard
FMVSS 109
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Also, customers can contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

Same component

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