Tires: bead (Falls, Hercules and AMOCO and 3 more)
Tire recall 72T-009. NHTSA received COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO.’s report on Oct 12, 1972.
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The short answer
NHTSA received COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO.’s report on Oct 12, 1972. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 28, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The notice gives no hazard in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Tires: bead.
What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: POSSIBILITY THAT TIRES MAY HAVE A POTENTIALLY DEFECTIVE BEAD CONDITION. IFCONDTION EXISTS, BEAD MAY UNSEAT IN SOME TIRES DURING MOUNTING OR OPERATION ANDCAUSE SUDDEN LOSS OF AIR.(CORRECT BY INSPECTING AND REPLACING WHERENECESSARY.)
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 25,000 tires potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- Falls 82514NHTSA gives no dates made
- Falls 65013NHTSA gives no dates made
- Hercules 77514NHTSA gives no dates made
- Amoco F7814NHTSA gives no dates made
- Falls 950165NHTSA gives no dates made
- Falls 875165NHTSA gives no dates made
- Hercules 950165NHTSA gives no dates made
- Falls G7815NHTSA gives no dates made
- Cooper G7815NHTSA gives no dates made
- Atlas 70015NHTSA gives no dates made
- Hercules 70015NHTSA gives no dates made
- Falls 70015NHTSA gives no dates made
- Hercules G7815NHTSA gives no dates made
- Cooper 110022NHTSA gives no dates made
- Atlas 10165NHTSA gives no dates made
- Dean G7815NHTSA gives no dates made
- Atlas 100020NHTSA gives no dates made
- Dean 100020NHTSA gives no dates made
- Hercules 100020NHTSA gives no dates made
- Falls 75016NHTSA gives no dates made
- Hercules B7814NHTSA gives no dates made
- Atlas G7814NHTSA gives no dates made
- Falls B7814NHTSA gives no dates made
- Cooper E7814NHTSA gives no dates made
- Atlas E7814NHTSA gives no dates made
- Amoco E7814NHTSA gives no dates made
- Hercules F7814NHTSA gives no dates made
- Falls 100020NHTSA gives no dates made
- Cooper B7814NHTSA gives no dates made
- Cooper 100020NHTSA gives no dates made
- Hercules 875165NHTSA gives no dates made
- Hercules E7814NHTSA gives no dates made
- Hercules H7815NHTSA gives no dates made
- Cooper G7814NHTSA gives no dates made
- Dean 950165NHTSA gives no dates made
- Cooper 73514NHTSA gives no dates made
- Cooper 75016NHTSA gives no dates made
- Hercules 75016NHTSA gives no dates made
- Atlas 75016NHTSA gives no dates made
- Cooper 75020NHTSA gives no dates made
- Cooper 800165NHTSA gives no dates made
- Cooper 82514NHTSA gives no dates made
- Cooper 100022NHTSA gives no dates made
- Cooper 7001458NHTSA gives no dates made
- Cooper 70015NHTSA gives no dates made
- Atlas E7815NHTSA gives no dates made
- Hercules C7814NHTSA gives no dates made
- Amoco G7814NHTSA gives no dates made
- Hercules G7814NHTSA gives no dates made
- Falls G7814NHTSA gives no dates made
- Amoco F7815NHTSA gives no dates made
- Atlas F7814NHTSA gives no dates made
- Hercules L7815NHTSA gives no dates made
- Cooper 82520NHTSA gives no dates made
- Hercules 82514NHTSA gives no dates made
- Hercules 800165NHTSA gives no dates made
- Dean 875165NHTSA gives no dates made
- Atlas G7815NHTSA gives no dates made
- Amoco G7815NHTSA gives no dates made
- Cooper F7814NHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Which tires, by their DOT codes: the range is in the recall’s report on NHTSA’s site, not in this file. Check the code on your tire’s sidewall against it.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 28, 2026.