Mick Lee

Mick Lee

Mick Lee is a Chicago radio personality and the Program Director of WLIT, 93.9 LITE FM. Originally from upstate NY, Mick wanted to be a radio DJ as a...Full Bio

 

New Recall on over 440K Tires with Dangerous Defect

The NTSA has issued a two recalls on around 442,000 tires made by Cooper but sold under several brand and store names.

The tires have sidewall defects that could cause the tire to completely tear apart. Over 430,000 tires have the potential to tear up meaning serious or even deadly risk for over 100,000 vehicles currently on the road.

Cooper Tire isn't contacting those who own the tires until March 25th. I know you don't want to risk anything by waiting for an official recall that's 3 weeks away, so please call Cooper Tire customer service at 1-800-854-6288 (note recall number 178) if you have you own the following tires:

Big O Bigfoot

Cooper Discoverer

Cooper Evolution

Discount Tire Discoverer

Hercules Terra Trac

Les Schwab Back Country QS3 Touring

Les Schwab Back Country QS4 All Terrain

Mastercraft Courser

Mickey Deegan 38

Pep Boys Adventurer

TBC Multi-Mile Wide Country XTX Sport

Cooper says that the tires will be replaced by a dealer, free of charge.

But, wait there's more. If you own any of the 12,000 Cooper CS5 Grand Touring or Mastercraft LSR Grand Touring tires, call a dealership for inspection and potential replacement.

More details here are.


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