Tire Warnings & Recalls
According to the National Highway Traffic & Safety Administration (NHTSA) tens of millions of tires have been recalled in recent years. Defective tires include models made by Bridgestone-Firestone, Goodyear, and Cooper. Defectively designed or manufactured tires may suddenly lose their tread or explode (blow-out) causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle, resulting in a collision or accident. The NHTSA has reported at least 200 deaths and more than 700 injuries linked to accidents involving Firestone tires and Ford Explorers. The NHTSA requires tire makers to recall and or replace defective.
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Tuesday, 29 March 2011 02:11 | Written by Tire Blowout Attorney |
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Continental Tires will replace these recalled tires free of charge. For more information regarding this recall, call Continental at 1-888-799-2168 or the NHTSA's Vehicle Safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 Last Updated (Tuesday, 29 March 2011 03:21) |
According to a recent NHTSA report, Continental Tires is recalling 390,657 tires before the end of this month due to tread separation issues. Many of these recalled tires were originally installed in 2008-2009 Ford F-250 and F-350 vehicles. According to this report, these tires have also experienced uneven wear, too much vibration, and under inflation in ambient temperatures.|
Tuesday, 15 February 2011 21:35 | Written by Tire Recall Lawyer |
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February 15, 2011 Toyo is recalling 4, 891 certain year models Versado CUV P245/55 R19, 103T, Versado CUV P235/55 R20 102T, Versado CUV P235/55 R18 100V
Friday, 21 January 2011 19:16 | Written by Tire Blowout Attorney |
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January 2011
Seven other individuals were injured during the crash. Last Updated (Friday, 18 February 2011 00:33)
Sunday, 28 March 2004 00:00 | Written by Tire Recall Lawyer |
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In August 2000, Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. (Firestone) announced the recall of 6.5 million tires, reportedly linked with fatal accidents. Most of the accidents involved Ford Explorer sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) equipped with the defective tires. With the initial recall, Firestone announced that the treads on its 15-inch radial ATX, ATX II and Wilderness AT tires were prone to separating and peeling off. Some experts have suggested that many of the accidents involving the Ford SUVs are at least partially due to the result of design flaws in the SUV vehicles which make the SUVs unreasonably unstable and susceptible to rollovers, especially in the event of a tire blowout or tire tread separation. Ford has denied claims that the accidents involving their Explorer SUVs are due to design defects and maintains that Firestone tires are the sole cause of the accidents. Of the 194 rollovers in the statistics that the NHTSA has compiled, at least 166 involved Explorers and according to the NHTSA, the Ford Explorer was the model in at least 79 of the 88 total fatalities about which the agency has gathered information. Last Updated (Thursday, 17 February 2011 22:29)
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The Nevada Supreme Court has, once again, rejected Goodyear's attempts to overturn a $32.2 million defective tire verdict, which was levied against the tire company after three individuals, Andres Torres, Evangelina Tapia, and Frank Enriquez, were killed in a 2004 Utah 15 passenger van crash. The case was filed by three surviving family members of the individuals killed, who claim that the fatal auto accident was caused by a tire blowout, which forced the vehicle to overturn on route I-70.