Cooper Tires: Tread/Belt

Cooper is recalling about 684 vehicles over a problem with the tires. The miscompounded base can result in poor adhesion of thetread base to the carcass and tread separation could result, causing tireblowout and loss of vehicle control.

Campaign
91T012000
Manufacturer
COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Reported
15 October 1991
Vehicles
684
Built between
Not published
Models
11
Recall type
Tire
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
11 October 1991
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.

  • Cooper 7145
  • Cooper 75016LT
  • Cooper 800165LT
  • Cooper 875165LT
  • Courser 65016LT
  • Courser 70015LT
  • Courser 75016LT
  • Falls Mastercraft 75016LT
  • Super Road Service 800165LT
  • Super Road Service 875165LT
  • Super Road Service 9225

What the defect is

An unauthorized and unnamed material was introduced into the truck tire base stock, and tires were built and cured with the miscompounded truck tread base material.

What could happen

The miscompounded base can result in poor adhesion of thetread base to the carcass and tread separation could result, causing tireblowout and loss of vehicle control.

What gets fixed

REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE TIRES.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA15 October 1991
  2. Owners notified11 October 1991

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 15 October 1991.

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.tire description: light truck and motorhome tires made between september 29 andoctober 5, 1991 (serial week 391) with tuber ID markings AT2, AT3, CT2, or ET2.DOT identification: UPWYCY3391, UPWYCT6391, UPWYCB8391, UPWYCB2391, UPXJCB8391,UPXKCB8391, UP7TCFD391, UPNVBUD391, UPWTTU8391, UPWYBUE391, UPWYFDM391,UPXJBCH391, UPXKBCH391, UP3LBCJ391, UPWYHDH391, UPXJHDH391M, UPXKHDH391,UPWYHLC391, UPWYEHJ391M, UPXKEEE391, UPWYDCW391.NOTE: the cooper tire and rubber company is the manufacturer of these tires andthey have notified this agency that all affected tires have been recovered andaccounted for prior to sale to the public.

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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