- Vehicles
- 79
- Built between
- Mar 2015 – Apr 2015
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Tire
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 14 June 2016
- Repaired
- 23%
- Unrepaired
- 61
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between March 2015 and April 2015. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- Pirelli Pzero TrofeoBuilt March 2015 to April 2015
Repair progress
61 of 79 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q3 2017.
23% repaired — 18 of 79 reported
Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.
What the defect is
Pirelli Tire LLC (Pirelli) is recalling certain P Zero Trofeo tires sizes, 225/50ZR15 91Y, manufactured from April 1, 2015, through April 7, 2015, and 245/45ZR16 94Y manufactured from March 21, 2015, through March 26, 2015. The affected tires may not be marked with a date code. As such, these tires fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 139, "New Pneumatic Radial Tires for Light Vehicles."
What could happen
A missing date code could render the tire difficult to identify in the event of a safety-related issue, possibly causing them not to be removed from service. This will increase the risk of crash.
What gets fixed
Pirelli will notify owners, and dealers will replace the tires missing the date code, free of charge. The recall began on June 14, 2016.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtMarch 2015 to April 2015
- Recall reported to NHTSA27 April 2016
- Owners notified14 June 2016
- Latest repair reportQ3 2017 — 23% repaired
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 27 April 2016.
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 Pirelli customer service at 1-800-747-3554.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- Pirelli Tire LLC
- Safety standard
- FMVSS 139
- 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
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to 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.