General Tires: Tube

General is recalling about 8,480 vehicles over a problem with the tires.

Campaign
77T028000
Manufacturer
GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Reported
19 October 1977
Vehicles
8,480
Built between
Not published
Models
3
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.

  • General 1000R20B
  • General 1000R22B
  • General 750R16B

What the defect is

The involved tires may contain a faulty splice which may result in air loss.

What gets fixed

DEALER WILL REPLACE ALL INVOLVED RADIAL TUBES, INCLUDING DISMOUNTING AND REMOUNTING, FREE OF CHARGE, WITHIN 90 DAYS OF RECALL NOTIFICATION.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA19 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 19 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
GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER CO.
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: trucks.system: tires; general radial truck tube, sizes 7.50R16B, 10.00R20B, AND10.00R22B.CONSEQUENCES of defect: loss of air could lead to loss of vehicle control andan 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.

Same component

Same brand