- Vehicles
- 542
- Built between
- Aug 2024 – Aug 2024
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Tire
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 25 August 2025
- Repaired
- 1%
- Unrepaired
- 521
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between August 2024 and August 2024. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- General Tire Altimax RT45Built August 2024 to August 2024
Repair progress
521 of 542 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q2 2026.
1% repaired — 7 of 542 reported
- Owners not reachable
- 14
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
Continental Tire the Americas, LLC (CTA) is recalling certain General Tire Altimax RT45 tires, size 235/60R18. The tires may have been overcured during manufacturing.
What could happen
Overcured tires may experience tread separation or break at the sidewall, causing a sudden loss of air and increasing the risk of a crash.
What gets fixed
Dealers will replace tires, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 25, 2025.
Parts involved
- TireArticle # 1557776TIRE
Part numbers are as filed by the manufacturer and are listed for reference. Your dealer will confirm the correct part for your vehicle.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtAugust 2024 to August 2024
- Recall reported to NHTSA15 July 2025
- Owners notified25 August 2025
- Latest repair reportQ2 2026 — 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 15 July 2025.
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 CTA customer service at 1-888-799-2168.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- Continental Tire the Americas, LLC
- 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.
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.