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By Staff and wire reports
POSTED: 05:24 p.m. EDT, Jun 30, 2009
Bridgestone Corp., the world's largest tire maker by sales, disclosed Tuesday it is recalling 127,183 Firestone-brand tires sold in the U.S. because a faulty tread could separate and cause an accident.
Bridgestone, based in Tokyo and the parent of Bridgestone Firestone operations that employ about 900 in Akron, extended an October recall to additional production weeks for Firestone FR380 tires, according to a letter posted on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Web site. The size P235/75R15 tires were produced in 2007 and 2008 in Costa Rica, Bridgestone said in the letter.
The tires are primarily used on light trucks, pickups and sport utility vehicles, said Dan MacDonald, a company spokesman.
There have been no reported incident or injury claims from the tires, the company said. The recall was expected to begin Monday. Tires will be replaced free until Oct. 31.
A message left at Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC in Nashville, Tenn., wasn't immediately returned.
A 2000 Bridgestone recall involved 6.5 million tires, mostly on Ford Motor Co. Explorers, that were linked to at least 271 highway deaths from tread separations. The recall was the biggest in the U.S. for tires and led to a battle between Ford and Firestone over responsibility for the deaths.
The Costa Rica tires were made at a San Jose plant in 2007 and 2008, Bridgestone said.
The company said the tires ''were produced with insufficient tread base gauge and continued use of these tires may lead to vibration and groove cracking. Extended use could potentially lead to tread distortion or tread separation and possible loss of control.''
Bridgestone said the earlier recall ''covered approximately 135,000 Firestone FR380 tires in size P235/75 R15.''
Bridgestone said consumers with questions may call 800-465-1904 and that recall information is available online at http://www.firestonetire.com under ''Current Recall Campaigns.''
Bridgestone Corp., the world's largest tire maker by sales, disclosed Tuesday it is recalling 127,183 Firestone-brand tires sold in the U.S. because a faulty tread could separate and cause an accident.
Bridgestone, based in Tokyo and the parent of Bridgestone Firestone operations that employ about 900 in Akron, extended an October recall to additional production weeks for Firestone FR380 tires, according to a letter posted on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Web site. The size P235/75R15 tires were produced in 2007 and 2008 in Costa Rica, Bridgestone said in the letter.
The tires are primarily used on light trucks, pickups and sport utility vehicles, said Dan MacDonald, a company spokesman.
There have been no reported incident or injury claims from the tires, the company said. The recall was expected to begin Monday. Tires will be replaced free until Oct. 31.
A message left at Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC in Nashville, Tenn., wasn't immediately returned.
A 2000 Bridgestone recall involved 6.5 million tires, mostly on Ford Motor Co. Explorers, that were linked to at least 271 highway deaths from tread separations. The recall was the biggest in the U.S. for tires and led to a battle between Ford and Firestone over responsibility for the deaths.
The Costa Rica tires were made at a San Jose plant in 2007 and 2008, Bridgestone said.
The company said the tires ''were produced with insufficient tread base gauge and continued use of these tires may lead to vibration and groove cracking. Extended use could potentially lead to tread distortion or tread separation and possible loss of control.''
Bridgestone said the earlier recall ''covered approximately 135,000 Firestone FR380 tires in size P235/75 R15.''
Bridgestone said consumers with questions may call 800-465-1904 and that recall information is available online at http://www.firestonetire.com under ''Current Recall Campaigns.''
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Akron, OH
Posted 05:34 PM, 06/30/2009
Didn't these clowns learn anything from the Firestone 500 tire fiasco in the late 70's? Apparently not!
Canton, OH
Posted 06:06 PM, 06/30/2009
C'Mon, Firestone, YOUR BETTER THAN THAT !!! C'MON. . .
Akron, OH
Posted 06:09 PM, 06/30/2009
faulty tires . . . . that's what killed firestone
Akron, OH
Posted 06:57 PM, 06/30/2009
Go Go Goodyear!
south of Akron, NO
Posted 09:15 PM, 06/30/2009
Yankeescot - my family all worked for Firestone at that time, and we had many a "recalled" tire on our cars..got them cheap from Firestone, and we never had a problem! And we traveled a lot at that time to Florida and back, several times a year. Not one blowout or flat tire. I love Firestone products - always have, always will. (I have them on two of my three vehicles right now, and one of them is an SUV!)
Akron, OH
Posted 09:35 PM, 06/30/2009
I used to work at Firestone as a chemist. You can be sure that this was the result of a cost cutting measure that went too far.
Posted 12:04 AM, 07/01/2009
I agree with paul, the do to many a "study" to see where corners can be cut, especially in Latin American plants
akron, oh
Posted 03:13 PM, 07/01/2009
C'Mon, Firestone, YOUR BETTER THAN THAT !!! C'MON. . .
Apparently not.
