- Vehicles
- 438
- Built between
- Until Jan 1978
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Tire
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- Not yet
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between an unspecified date and January 1978. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- Multi-Mile 120015Built unknown to January 1978
What the defect is
The involved tires may have insufficient rubber tread area. Tread separation could occur and result in tread chunking and rapid air loss.
What gets fixed
THE DEALER WILL INSTALL REPLACEMENT TIRES FREE OF CHARGE WITHIN 60 DAYS OF NOTIFICATION.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtunknown to January 1978
- Recall reported to NHTSA1 August 1978
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 1 August 1978.
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
- 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: school buses.system: tires; grand prix 4-WHEEL rvt, size 12-15.CONSEQUENCES of defect: loss of air during vehicle operation could cause lossof vehicle control and an accident.note: a visible bulge in the tread area or vehicle vibration are indications oftread separation.dot ID numbers: VHAPP24128 thru -148.
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.