Ford_News
03-21-2011, 04:12 PM
Filed under: Truck (http://www.autoblog.com/category/trucks/), Recalls (http://www.autoblog.com/category/recalls-tsbs/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/)
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Due to some apparently shoddy rubber, Continental and Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford/) are recalling 2008-2009 F-250 and F-350 (http://www.autoblog.com/model/super+duty) pickup trucks equipped with certain tires. The issue lies with nearly 400,000 Continental (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/continental+tires) tires that are susceptible to uneven wear and, in certain situations, can experience tread belt separation. If that occurs, the risk of an accident will rise substantially.
This recall (http://www.autoblog.com/category/recalls-tsbs/) affects trucks built from May 6th, 2007 through September 20th, 2008. Approximately 390,657 units are faulty and the specific tires in question are:
Continental Contitrac LT275/70R18 125/122S (outline white letters, black sidewall)
Continental Contitrac TR BSW LT275/70R18 125/122S (black sidewall)
Continental Contitrac TR OWL LT275/70R18 125/122S
Click past the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/21/report-continental-recalling-nearly-400-000-tires-used-on-ford/#continued) to read the full NHTSA (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/nhtsa) bulletin. And yes, we clearly are all reminded that this isn't the first foray (http://www.autoblog.com/2006/07/21/firestone-renews-radial-tire-recall-effort/) Ford has had with not-so-great tires...
[Source: NHTSA (http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/recalls/results.cfm?rcl_id=11T002&searchtype=quicksearch&summary=true) via Consumer Reports (http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2011/03/recall-continental-tires-uneven-wear-belt-separation-risks-ford-trucks.html)]Continue reading Report: Continental recalling nearly 400,000 tires used on Ford F-Series pickups (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/21/report-continental-recalling-nearly-400-000-tires-used-on-ford/)
Report: Continental recalling nearly 400,000 tires used on Ford F-Series pickups (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/21/report-continental-recalling-nearly-400-000-tires-used-on-ford/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Due to some apparently shoddy rubber, Continental and Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford/) are recalling 2008-2009 F-250 and F-350 (http://www.autoblog.com/model/super+duty) pickup trucks equipped with certain tires. The issue lies with nearly 400,000 Continental (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/continental+tires) tires that are susceptible to uneven wear and, in certain situations, can experience tread belt separation. If that occurs, the risk of an accident will rise substantially.
This recall (http://www.autoblog.com/category/recalls-tsbs/) affects trucks built from May 6th, 2007 through September 20th, 2008. Approximately 390,657 units are faulty and the specific tires in question are:
Continental Contitrac LT275/70R18 125/122S (outline white letters, black sidewall)
Continental Contitrac TR BSW LT275/70R18 125/122S (black sidewall)
Continental Contitrac TR OWL LT275/70R18 125/122S
Click past the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/21/report-continental-recalling-nearly-400-000-tires-used-on-ford/#continued) to read the full NHTSA (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/nhtsa) bulletin. And yes, we clearly are all reminded that this isn't the first foray (http://www.autoblog.com/2006/07/21/firestone-renews-radial-tire-recall-effort/) Ford has had with not-so-great tires...
[Source: NHTSA (http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/recalls/results.cfm?rcl_id=11T002&searchtype=quicksearch&summary=true) via Consumer Reports (http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2011/03/recall-continental-tires-uneven-wear-belt-separation-risks-ford-trucks.html)]Continue reading Report: Continental recalling nearly 400,000 tires used on Ford F-Series pickups (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/21/report-continental-recalling-nearly-400-000-tires-used-on-ford/)
Report: Continental recalling nearly 400,000 tires used on Ford F-Series pickups (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/21/report-continental-recalling-nearly-400-000-tires-used-on-ford/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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