Firestone Tires: Tread/Belt

Firestone is recalling about 210 vehicles over a problem with the tires.

Campaign
79T017000
Manufacturer
FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER
Reported
17 April 1979
Vehicles
210
Built between
Not published
Models
1
Recall type
Tire
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
17 April 1979
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 100020

What the defect is

There may be contamination under the tread belts in the involved tires. Continued use may result in a separation between the belts and body of the tire in the tread area.

What gets fixed

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

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA17 April 1979
  2. Owners notified17 April 1979

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 17 April 1979.

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: trucks.system: tires; longhauler nylon, size 10.00X20.CONSEQUENCES of defect: tire may lose air suddenly, which may cause a loss ofvehicle control and an accident.dot ID numbers: VD2J898308 thru 348.

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

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