Thanks, for the info, Roger; for anyone concerned about Diamondback
tires, they're made in Taiwan , not China.
Neil Vedder
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- From: "Jan & Roger van Hoy" <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 22:46:58 -0700
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> (From TrailerLife Magazine website)
>
> July
2007
>
> The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) has ordered a
> U.S. tire importer to recall as many as 450,000
tires sold under at least
> four brand names that it bought from a Chinese
manufacturer and sold to U.S.
> distributors. Foreign Tire Sales (FTS) of
Union, New Jersey, said tires it
> imported from China's Hangzhou Zhongce
Rubber Company may suffer from sudden
> tread separation failures.
>
> NHTSA officials have ordered the company to recall as many as 450,000
tires.
> FTS said an unknown number of the light-truck
radial tires it imported since
> 2002 from China were made without
a safety feature, called a gum strip,
> which helps bind the belts of a
tire to each other. The tires were sold
> under at least four brand names
-- Westlake, Compass, Telluride and YKS --
> in sizes LT235/75R-15;
LT225/75R-16; LT235/85R-16; LT245/75R-16;
> LT265/75R-16; and LT31x10.5-15
-- sizes popular with trailerists, and SUV
> and pickup owners.
>
> FTS said it sold Hangzhou tires to these distributors: Tireco,
Compton,
> California; Strategic Import Supply, Wayzata, Minnesota; Omni
United USA
> Inc., Jacksonville, Florida; Orteck International Inc. of
Gaithersburg,
> Maryland; K&D Tire Wholesalers LLC, Carlsbad,
California; and Robinson Tire
> in Laurel, Mississippi.
>
>
FTS claims it does not have the money to pay for a recall, and no
>
arrangements are in place yet for replacement tires, but consumers
should
> contact the stores they bought them from for further information.
>
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