Vehicle Recall

Cooper Tires: Tread/Belt

Cooper is recalling about 33,208 vehicles over a problem with the tires. Loss of air could result in loss of steering controlwith potential for a crash.

Campaign
89T006000
Manufacturer
COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Reported
28 September 1989
Vehicles
33,208
Built between
Jun 1989 – Jun 1989
Models
23
Recall type
Tire
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
21 September 1989
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between June 1989 and June 1989. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • Cooper 17570R13Built June 1989 to June 1989
  • Cooper P16580R13Built June 1989 to June 1989
  • Cooper P2057514Built June 1989 to June 1989
  • Cooper P20575R14Built June 1989 to June 1989
  • Cooper P20575R15Built June 1989 to June 1989
  • Cooper P22575R15Built June 1989 to June 1989
  • Cooper P23575R15Built June 1989 to June 1989
  • Falls 17570R13Built June 1989 to June 1989
  • Falls P16580R13Built June 1989 to June 1989
  • Falls P22575R15Built June 1989 to June 1989
  • Hercules 165R13Built June 1989 to June 1989
  • Hercules 17570R15Built June 1989 to June 1989
  • Hercules P20575R15Built June 1989 to June 1989
  • Hercules P23575R15Built June 1989 to June 1989
  • Laramie P16580R13Built June 1989 to June 1989
  • Laramie P20575R14Built June 1989 to June 1989
  • Laramie P20575R15Built June 1989 to June 1989
  • Laramie P23575R15Built June 1989 to June 1989
  • Mastercraft P22575R15Built June 1989 to June 1989
  • Pep Boys P20575R14Built June 1989 to June 1989
  • Pep Boys P20575R15Built June 1989 to June 1989
  • Pep Boys P22575R15Built June 1989 to June 1989
  • Pep Boys P23575R15Built June 1989 to June 1989

What the defect is

Tires may develop a separation between plies during service as a result of lower adhesion due to ply coat stock that was off- specification.

What could happen

Loss of air could result in loss of steering controlwith potential for a crash.

What gets fixed

TIRES WILL BE REPLACED AT NO COST TO CONSUMERS WITHIN 60 DAYS FROM DATE OF NOTIFICATION. DOT IDENTIFICATION: COOPER: U9__CNA259, THRU U9__CNA269; U9__CTC259 THRU U9__CTC269, U9__CMZ259 THRU U9__CMZ269. U9__BNH259 THRU U9__BNH269, U9__BW9259 THRU U9__BW9269. LARAMIE: U9__BWK259 THRU U9__BWH269. MASTERCRAFT: U9HHFDN259 THRU U9HHFDN269 FALLS: U9HHFBW259 THRU U9HHFBW269; U9__FDF259 THRU U9FDF269; U9FHFBX259. HERCULES: U9HLHK9259 THRU U9HLHK9269; U9__HK6259 THRU U9__HK6259; U9__HLF259 THRU U9__HLF269; PEP BOYS: U9__BW1259 THRU U0__BW1269; U9__BT5259 THRU U9__BT5269.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJune 1989 to June 1989
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA28 September 1989
  3. Owners notified21 September 1989

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 28 September 1989.

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
COOPER 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

System: tires, cooper; all season tread, trendsetter, monogram, sportsmaster,starfire fliteline, starfire vantage ii. Mastercraft: custom.falls: roadmaster, roadmaster iv, metric. Hercules: osrii, mri, 325 metric.laramie: tempra. Pep boys: cornell 2001, cornell 900.VEHICLE category:passenger vehicles.

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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