Tires: tread/belt (Eldorado)
Tire recall 79T-010. NHTSA received COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO.’s report on Feb 16, 1979.
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 COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO.’s report on Feb 16, 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.
THE INVOLVED TIRES FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 109,”NEW PNEUMATIC TIRES”.
THESE TIRES MAY DEVELOP CRACKS IN THE TREAD GROOVES.
THIS COULD EVENTUALLY CAUSE THE PLY CORDS TO BREAK AND THE TUBELESS INNER LINER TO TEAR AND LOSE AIR.
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 RECALL TIRES 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: PASSENGER VEHICLES.SYSTEM: TIRES; GOLDEN FURY, SIZE H78X14.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: LOSS OF AIR COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROLAND A POSSIBLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT AND PERSONAL INJURY.DOT ID NUMBERS: UTMBEAH418 AND UTMBEAH428.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 234 tires potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Eldorado H7814NHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by COOPER 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.