FTS Tires: Markings

Fts is recalling about 350 vehicles over a problem with the tires. The manufacturer has not provided a description of the consequence as it relates to motor vehicle safety.

Campaign
08T001000
Manufacturer
FOREIGN TIRE SALES, INC
Reported
3 January 2008
Vehicles
350
Built between
Not published
Models
1
Recall type
Tire
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
28 February 2008
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.

  • FTS Direction

What the defect is

Fts is recalling 350 fts chassis container tires with the brand name direction, size 11.22.5. These tires were not branded with the maximum single use load range which fails to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 119, new pneumatic tires.

What could happen

The manufacturer has not provided a description of the consequence as it relates to motor vehicle safety.

What gets fixed

FTS WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND BRING THE TIRES INTO COMPLIANCE BY BRANDING THEM WITH THE REQUIRED INFORMATION. THE RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 28, 2008.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA3 January 2008
  2. Owners notified28 February 2008

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 3 January 2008.

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.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
FOREIGN TIRE SALES, INC
Safety standard
FMVSS 119
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

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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