| NHTSA Record Id: 3159 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: COOPER |
| Recalled Component Id: 000014718000102948000000302 |
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| Model Name: DISCOVERER A/T |
Model Year: 9999 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 02T001000 |
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| Component Name: TIRES:SIDEWALL |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Aug, 26 2001 |
End date of Manufacturing: Sep, 01 2001 |
| Report For : T |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 484 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Feb, 05 2002 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. |
Report Received Date: Jan, 28 2002 |
| Record Creation date : Feb, 08 2002 |
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| Defect Summary : Tire description: cooper discovery a/t tires, size p215/75r15 produced by copper tire & rubber co., between august 26 and september 1, 2001. some of these tires were producted with a small pinhole in the upper sidewall of the dot serial side of the tire. tires with this hole will leak when the tire is mounted on a wheel and inflated. |
Consequence Summary: Should the air loss not be detected, the loss of the inflating air might result in loss of control, possibly resulting in a vehicle crash. |
| Corrective Summary : Cooper is notifying its customers to have their tires replaced free of charge. owner notification is expected to begin owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact cooper's customer relations at 800-854-6288. also, customers can contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
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