9999 YOKOHAMA AVID TOURING S Recall
- Campaign:
- 12T025000 on 10/04/2012
- Component:
- Tires:sidewall
- Manufactured:
- 02/14/2009 - 04/17/2009
- Affected:
- 10,669
- Defect:
- Yokohama tire corporation (yokohama) is recalling certain avid touring s tires, size 215/65r16 98t sl, produced between february 2009 and april 2009. the tires may have been produced with an irregular geometry in the casing turn up area above the tire bead in the lower sidewall. this irregular geometry may lead to a lower sidewall crack resulting in a rapid loss of tire inflation.
- Consequence:
- Rapid air loss while the vehicle is in use may result in a tire failure that could cause a crash.
- Correction:
- Yokohama will notify owners, and dealers will replace the tires free of charge. the safety recall began on october 26, 2012. owners may contact yokohama at 1-888-589-3348.
- Notes:
- Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
9999 YOKOHAMA AVID TOURING S TSBs (3)
- Bulletin:
- AVID10-2012
- Component:
- 190000 tires
- Summary:
- Summary to be provided on a future date.
- Bulletin:
- Yokohama Recall
- Component:
- 190000 tires
- Summary:
- Yokohama tire corporation is initiating a voluntary recall of certain yokohama avid touring-s tires manufactures in 2009. these tires possess a manufacturing anomaly which may result in a crack or separation in the lower sidewall.
- Bulletin:
- Yokohama Recall
- Component:
- 190000 tires
- Summary:
- Yokohama tire corporation is initiating a voluntary recall of certain yokohama avid touring-s tires built with a specific dot sequence numbers.
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