Otani Tires: Tread/Belt

Otani is recalling about 138 vehicles over a problem with the tires. Cracks in the tread can lead to tread separation and a sudden loss of air pressure, increasing the risk of a crash.

Campaign
20T019000
Manufacturer
Foreign Tire Sales, Inc
Reported
4 November 2020
Vehicles
138
Built between
Not published
Models
1
Recall type
Tire
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
30 November 2020
Repaired
22%
Unrepaired
78

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.

  • Otani OH-306

Repair progress

78 of 138 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q3 2022.

22% repaired — 30 of 138 reported

Scrapped or exported
30

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

Foreign Tire Sales, Inc (Foreign Tire) is recalling certain Otani OH-306 425/65R-22.5 commercial truck tires with DOT code 0320. Due to a manufacturing defect, the tread may crack.

What could happen

Cracks in the tread can lead to tread separation and a sudden loss of air pressure, increasing the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

Foreign Tire will notify owners and dealers will reimburse the customer for the affected tires. The manufacturer has not yet provided a schedule for recall notification.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA4 November 2020
  2. Owners notified30 November 2020
  3. Latest repair reportQ3 2022 — 22% 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 4 November 2020.

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 Foreign Tire customer service at 1-908-687-0559.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
Foreign Tire Sales, Inc
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.

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