- Vehicles
- 2,900
- Built between
- Not published
- Models
- 2
- Recall type
- Tire
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- Not yet
- 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.
- Firestone H7814
- Firestone L7815
Timeline
- Recall reported to NHTSA24 May 1976
No owner-notification date has been published yet. Manufacturers normally write to registered owners within 60 days of reporting a recall.
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 24 May 1976.
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
- FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER
- Safety standard
- FMVSS 109
- 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
Deluxe champion sup-r-belt (4+2) load range d tubless rayon fiberglass BELTEDL78-15.POSSIBILITY that tires fail to conform to federal motor vehiclesafetystandard NO.109.THIS nonconformance may exhibit chafing of the tire in rimflange area on extended mileage.continued usage can result in chafing throughto the bead causing a possible rapid loss of air and possible loss of control.(correct by replacing tires at no charge within 60 days from date ofnotification).dot ident L78-15 H78-14 H78-15 VHV3C1U086 VEMBDDA016 VJVXC1J086VHV3C1U096 VEMBDDA026 VJVXC1J096 VHV3C1U106 VEMBDDA036 VJVXC1J106 VHV3C1U116VEMBDDA046 VJVXC1J116 VHV3C1U126 VEMBDDA056 VJVXC1J126 VEMBDDA076 VEMBDDA086VEMBDDA096.
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.