- Vehicles
- 1,273
- Built between
- Apr 1986 – Apr 1986
- Models
- 2
- 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 April 1986 and April 1986. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- Reynolds 75016Built April 1986 to April 1986
- Summit 75016Built April 1986 to April 1986
What the defect is
Failed to meet requirement of FMVSS #109, "tire strength test." the test requires tire tread to be subjected to 3/4" diameter cylindrical steel plunger being forced into the tread at the rate of two inches per minute. Consequence of defect: if a tire failure occurs while vehicle is being operated upon the highway, a crash may occur because of the difficulty in controlling the vehicle.
What gets fixed
TIRES WILL BE REPLACED AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER WITHIN 60 DAYS FROM DATE OF NOTIFICATION. DOT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: ABW487A166, ABW487A176, ABW470J166, AND ABW470J176.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtApril 1986 to April 1986
- Recall reported to NHTSA13 June 1986
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 13 June 1986.
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.
- 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: light trucks. System: 750-16 traction tubeless lrd.
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.