Sure Fire Distributing Tires: Tread/Belt

Sure Fire Distributing is recalling about 3,571 vehicles over a problem with the tires.

Campaign
81T012000
Manufacturer
CARLISLE TIRE & RUBBER CO
Reported
14 September 1981
Vehicles
3,571
Built between
Not published
Models
1
Recall type
Tire
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
8 September 1981
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.

  • Sure Fire Distributing MT9016T

What the defect is

Tires may develop a condition called tread chunking wherein pieces of the tread material may separate from the tire during use.

What gets fixed

TIRES WILL BE REPLACED WITHOUT CHARGE WITHIN 60 DAYS OF RECALL NOTIFICATION.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA14 September 1981
  2. Owners notified8 September 1981

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 14 September 1981.

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
CARLISLE 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: motorcycles.system: tires; sure fire tour grip, size MT90-16T.CONSEQUENCES of defect: tread chunking could lead to rapid loss of air from thetire, loss of vehicle control and an accident.note: owner may be alerted to tread chunking by a vibration during vehicleoperation.dot ID numbers: UU63SB3B240 through 340 and UU63SB3B031 through 201.

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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