Tires: tread/belt (Goodyear)
Tire recall 79T-003. NHTSA received GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO’s report on Jan 26, 1979.
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The short answer
NHTSA received GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO’s report on Jan 26, 1979. 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.
THESE TIRES ARE SUBJECT TO SEPARATION AT THE BELT EDGES BETWEEN THE TOP BELT AND THE TREAD.
THIS CONDITION COULD RESULT IN UNEVEN TREADWEAR; SINCE TIRES MAY BE USED IN HIGH SPEED POLICE PURSUITS, A POTENTIAL SAFETY PROBLEM IS PRESENT.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Tires: tread/belt.
What should you do?
THE DEALER WILL REPLACE THE RECALL TIRES WITHOUT CHARGE WITHIN 60 DAYS FROM DATE OF NOTIFICATION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY.SYSTEM: TIRES; POLICE SPECIAL FLEXTEN, SIZE P205/70R14.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: CONTINUED OPERATION COULD RESULT IN RAPID LOSS OF AIRFROM THE TIRE, LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.DOT ID NUMBERS: MAKE982368 THRU MAKE982408.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 474 tires potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Goodyear P20570R14NHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by GOODYEAR 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
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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.