Tires (Safemark)
Tire recall 77T-008. NHTSA received GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER CO.’s report on Mar 14, 1977.
Watch and the shortlist are kept with a free account, on every device. Your watch list. NHTSA’s own record is on nhtsa.gov.
The short answer
NHTSA received GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER CO.’s report on Mar 14, 1977. 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.
THE INVOLVED TIRES MAY NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 119, “NEW PNEUMATIC TIRES FOR VEHICLES OTHER THAN PASSENGER CARS”.
SEPARATIONS MAY DEVELOP WITHIN THE COMPONENTS OF THE TIRE.
CONTINUED USE MAY RESULT IN TIRE FAILURE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Tires.
What should you do?
THE INVOLVED TIRES WILL BE REPLACED WITHOUT CHARGE, WITHIN 60 DAYS OF RECALL NOTIFICATION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: TRUCKS.SYSTEM: TIRES; SAFEMARK NYLON TUBELESS, SIZE 7.00-15.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: TIRE FAILURE MAY LEAD TO RAPID LOSS OF AIR FROM TIRE,LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, AND AN ACCIDENT.NOTE: PRIOR TO REPLACEMENT, OWNER IS ADVISED TO MAINTAIN PROPER INFLATIONPRESSURES AND AVOID VEHICLE OVERLOADING.DOT ID NUMBER: ABNV67L456.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 176 tires potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Safemark 70015NHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER CO..
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 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
-
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.