Toyo And Nitto Recall Nearly 37,000 Truck And Suv Tires For Potentially Dangerous Tread Separation

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Toyo Tires is recalling 36,919 connected and off-road motortruck and SUV tires owed to a contamination rumor during manufacturing that whitethorn origin nan tread to abruptly separate from nan tire, expanding nan consequence of a crash. It submitted nan callback to nan National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) past week but dealers won't beryllium notified until nan extremity of November. Owners who registered their tires will beryllium notified of nan callback by mail, and Toyo says it will activity pinch independent dealers aliases distributors to get accusation astir owners who did not registry their tires. It's not guaranteed that Toyo will beryllium capable to find each owner's interaction information, truthful it's important for consumers to spot if their tires are included successful this perchance vulnerable recall.

The callback includes 64 different types and sizes of tire, truthful check nan callback notice aliases nan Nitto or Toyo websites to spot if your tires are involved. Different sizes of Nitto Crosstek 2/LT, Dura Grappler, Exo Grappler, Mud Grappler Extreme, Recon Grappler, Ridge Grappler, Terra Grappler G3, and Trail Grappler are included successful nan recall, arsenic good arsenic Toyo Open Country A/T, Open Country H/T, Open Country M/T, and Open Country R/T. Toyo says to look retired for localized accelerated tread wear, accrued noise, vibration, and/or bulging successful nan tread area.

Toyo Tires

Fortunately, Toyo is not alert of immoderate injuries aliases deaths related to this recall, but tread separation is simply a very superior information concern. Though nan callback includes 36,919 tires, Toyo estimates that only 1% of those tires are affected by nan defect. Defective tires were produced connected January 23 and January 24, 2025; Toyo says a mechanical repair was completed connected nan loop manufacturing instrumentality connected January 24, truthful tires produced aft that day should not beryllium affected by nan defect.

Owners tin cheque their ain tires to find if they are affected by nan defect by inspecting nan DOT codification connected nan sidewall. The DOT codification connected Toyo and Nitto Tires should beryllium up to a 13-digit code, and nan past 4 digits denote nan week and twelvemonth that nan tires were manufactured. For example, if nan past 4 digits of nan DOT codification are 0425, that intends nan tires were manufactured successful nan 4th week of 2025. Owners tin besides return their tyre to a Toyo Tire trader to person this inspection performed, and if nan tyre is from nan clip of suspected defects, nan trader will switch nan tyre astatine nary costs for parts aliases labor.