Investigation · Closed
LTR TIRES HANGZHOU ZHONGCE RUBBER CO. LT
Manufacturer: Foreign Tire Sales, Inc.
This investigation led to a recall
NHTSA links this probe to recall campaign 07T003000.
Campaign 07T003000 predates our recall archive — check NHTSA.gov for details.
What NHTSA is examining
This pursuit is being pulled forward for public view and replaces eq 07-002. Tires imported by foreign tire sales (fts) that were fabricated by hangzhou zhongce rubber co. Ltd (hzr) in china have been declared, by fts, to contain a safety-related defect (nhtsa recall no. 07t-003).light truck radial tires carrying the westlake, compass and yks brands in the following sizes and models with a phase ii build date range (shown as the last four digits in the dot number) of 0404 (fourth week of 2004) through 0206 (second week of 2006), are involved.sizemodeldot no.lt235/75r-15 cr861, cr857 7dt5fts...lt235/85r-16 cr860, cr861, cr8577dt2fts...lt245/75r-16 cr860, cr861, cr857 7dt3fts...lt265/75r-16 cr860, cr861, cr857 7dt4fts...lt31x10.5 r-15 cr857, cr861 7dt6fts... Phase I tires, with a build date range of job 1 through 0404, contained a c-shaped belt-edge (gum) strip.phase iii tires, build date range 0306 through current production, reportedly incorporate belt-edge wedges and nylon edge strips in an effort to meet the more stringent high-speed test included in fmvss 139.at this time, no decision has been made that a safety-related defect exists in either phase I or phase iii tires.gum strips are a common, but not mandatory, component used to slow the separation of belts to beyond the useful life of the tire.for phase ii, hzr eliminated the c-shaped gum strips present in phase I tires, allegedly without informing fts of this change.when fts discovered the change, it decided that…
Vehicles under investigation
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation records, updated daily. An investigation is not a determination that a defect exists; many probes close without a recall.