- Vehicles
- 6,993
- Built between
- Not published
- Models
- 14
- Recall type
- Tire
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 7 June 2022
- Repaired
- 1%
- Unrepaired
- 6,892
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.
- Falken GI338
- Falken RI130EC
- Falken RI150EC
- Falken RI151S
- Sumitomo ST528
- Sumitomo ST709SE
- Sumitomo ST710SE
- Sumitomo ST719SE
- Sumitomo ST778+SE
- Sumitomo ST788SE
- Sumitomo ST900
- Sumitomo ST908N
- Sumitomo ST938
- Sumitomo ST948SE
Repair progress
6,892 of 6,993 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q1 2024.
1% repaired — 92 of 6,993 reported
- Owners not reachable
- 9
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
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (Sumitomo) is recalling certain Sumitomo and Falken tires. Please refer to the recall report for specific tire information. A deformation may occur in the tires near the bead, which could result in bead separation. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 119, "New Pneumatic Tires-Other Than Passenger Cars."
What could happen
Tire bead separation can increase the risk of a crash.
What gets fixed
Sumitomo will notify owners and replace the affected tires, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on June 7, 2022.
Timeline
- Recall reported to NHTSA6 May 2022
- Owners notified7 June 2022
- Latest repair reportQ1 2024 — 1% 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 6 May 2022.
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 Sumitomo customer service at 1-800-845-8378.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- 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
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.nhtsa.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.