Pro Competition Tire Tires: Tread/Belt

Pro Competition Tire is recalling about 104 vehicles over a problem with the tires. Loss of air may cause the driver to lose steering control, possibly resulting in a vehicle crash.

Campaign
06T009000
Manufacturer
PRO COMPETITION TIRE COMPANY
Reported
14 March 2006
Vehicles
104
Built between
Feb 2004 – Jan 2006
Models
1
Recall type
Tire
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
Not yet
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between February 2004 and January 2006. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • Pro Competition Tire PRO Comp Xtreme A/TBuilt February 2004 to January 2006

What the defect is

Certain pro competition pro comp xtreme a/t tires, size 38.5X14.50R20LT, manufactured between february 1, 2004, and january 21, 2006. These tires may not have adequate rubber coverage of the belt edge due to low tread gauge in the shoulder slot area of the tire. When this condition exists, it may eventually cause cracking at the base of the shoulder slots resulting in exposed belt wire which could lead to accelerated belt degradation, which could result in a separation. If the separation is not detected, continued use may cause the ply cords to break and the tubeless liner to tear and lose the inflating air.

What could happen

Loss of air may cause the driver to lose steering control, possibly resulting in a vehicle crash.

What gets fixed

PRO COMPETITION WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE TIRES FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING MARCH 2006.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtFebruary 2004 to January 2006
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA14 March 2006

No owner-notification date has been published yet. Manufacturers normally write to registered owners within 60 days of reporting a recall.

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 14 March 2006.

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 may contact pro competition at 866-232-0665.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
145
Recalling manufacturer
PRO COMPETITION TIRE COMPANY
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

Pro competition's recall no. 145.CUSTOMERS may 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.

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.

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