Ohtsu Tires

Ohtsu is recalling about 2,700 vehicles over a problem with the tires.

Campaign
77T025000
Manufacturer
OHTSU
Reported
3 October 1977
Vehicles
2,700
Built between
Not published
Models
9
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.

  • Ohtsu 155SR13
  • Ohtsu 165SR13
  • Ohtsu 165SR15
  • Ohtsu 175SR14
  • Ohtsu 185SR14
  • YURI GR78S15
  • YURI HR78S14
  • YURI HR78S15
  • YURI LR78S15

What the defect is

These tires were originally intended for sale into the agricultural market in south asia and were inadvertently imported into the U.S. Tires fail to meet the high speed requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 109, "new pneumatic tires". Tires may fail if used in highway driving in an overloaded or under-inflated condition.

What gets fixed

DEALER WILL REPLACE INVOLVED TIRES WITHOUT CHARGE WITHIN 60 DAYS OF RECALL NOTIFICATION.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA3 October 1977

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 3 October 1977.

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
OHTSU
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

Vehicle category: farm equipment.system: tires; ohtsu and yuri, sizes 155SR13, 165SR13, 165SR15, 175SR14,185SR14, LR78S15, HR78S15, GR78S15 and HR78S14.CONSEQUENCES of defect: continued use may result in tire failure, rapid loss ofair, loss of vehicle control, and an accident.dot ID numbers: not available.

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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