Firestone Gr7015 Recalls

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NHTSA Campaign Number: 80T011000
Manufacturer: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Manufactured Begin Date: June 1st, 1976
Manufactured End Date: June 1st, 1978
Date of Owner Notification: July 28th, 1980

Defect Summary:
TIRES MAY BE SUBJECT TO FAILURE DURING VEHICLE OPERATION.

Corrective Summary:
TIRES WILL BE REPLACED, MOUNTED AND BALANCED WITHIN 60 DAYS OF RECALL NOTIFICATION. TIRES PURCHASED PRIOR TO JUNE 1, 1977 MAY BE RETURNED FOR A HALF-PRICE REFUND, WITHIN THE 60 DAY LIMIT.

Recall Notes:
VEHICLE CATEGORY: PASSENGER VEHICLES.SYSTEM: TIRES; FIRESTONE STEEL BELTED RADIAL 500 (5 RIB AND 7 RIB), FIRESTONETPC, UNION RADIAL STEEL, KM RADIAL 40, WARD"S GRAPPLER II, ATLAS GOLDENAIRE IIAND NATIONAL STEEL BELTED RADIAL, SIZES BR70-13, GR70-15, BR78-13, 195/70R13,CR70-13, CR78-14, DR78-14, ER78-14, FR78-14, FR78-15, GR70-15, GR78-14,GR78-15, HR78-14, HR78-15, JR78-14, JR78-15, LR78-15, AND NR78-15.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: CONTINUED USE COULD RESULT IN RAPID LOSS OF AIR FROMTIRE WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, AND AN ACCIDENT.NOTE: POTENTIAL FOR TIRE FAILURE MAY BE INDICATED BY THE APPEARANCE OF A BULGEIN THE TREAD AREA OR BY A THUMPING SOUND OR ROUGHNESS IN THE RIDE.DOT ID NUMBERS: VD017 THROUGH 526, VC186 THROUGH 526, VE186 THROUGH 436, VJ097THROUGH 436, VK186 THROUGH 526, VL186 THROUGH 476, VN186 THROUGH 526, WH097THROUGH 266, W2186 THROUGH 436.

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NHTSA Campaign Number: 74T017000
Manufacturer: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.

Recall Notes:
POSSIBILITY THAT TIRE MAY HAVE UNDERCURED CONDITION CAUSED BY AN EQUIPMENTMALFUNCTION.IF THIS CONDITION EXISTS IT CAN CAUSE LOCA- LIZED OVERHEATING ANDCONSEQUENT TREAD CHUNKING AND/OR SEPARATION, WITH A RAPID LOSS OF AIR.A RAPIDLOSS OF AIR AT HIGH SPEED COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLES.(CORRECT BY INSPECTING AND REPLACING TIRE WHERE NECESSARY).