Thursday, March 28

Goodyear was aware of faulty RV tires in 2002 but did nothing: NHTSA


Goodyear's failure to act on its tire tread problem is similar to that of General Motors, which covered up an ignition switch defect that caused crashes, deaths and injuries, said David Kurtz, the attorney in the Arizona case who notified NHTSA of the tire failures.

DETROIT — Federal investigators say Goodyear knew that some of its recreational vehicle tires could fail and cause severe crashes, yet it didn’t recall them for as many as 20 years.

Goodyear wouldn’t recall the tires even as late as March of this year, despite investigators finding that their failure caused crashes that killed eight people and injured 69 others from 1998 through 2009.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration made the allegations against Akron, Ohio-based Goodyear in a Feb. 22 letter sent to the company seeking a recall of 22.5-inch-diameter G159 tires.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. responded to the agency in a March 8 letter refusing to do a recall, but later it decided to conduct one, according to NHTSA documents.

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