Wheels (Firestone)
Vehicle equipment recall 74E-039. NHTSA received FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER’s report on Nov 8, 1974.
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The short answer
NHTSA received FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER’s report on Nov 8, 1974. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 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 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Wheels.
What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: POSSIBILITY THAT WHEEL DISC MAY CRACK IN SERVICE.FATIGUE CRACKS MAY BEGIN ATWHEEL’S HAND HOLE AND SPREAD FROM ONE HAND HOLE TO THE NEXT UNTIL THE ENTIREDISC FAILS AND SEPARATE FROM THE HUB.(CORRECT BY INSPECTING AND REPLACINGWITH IMPROVED WHEEL).
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 19,500 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Firestone FirestoneNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Which ones, by part or lot: the recall’s report on NHTSA’s site gives them where the maker did; this file gives part numbers only where its maker listed them.
- 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 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 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 20, 2026.