Tires: markings (Cooper)
Tire recall 80T-016. NHTSA received COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO.’s report on Aug 25, 1980.
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The short answer
NHTSA received COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO.’s report on Aug 25, 1980. 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.
TUBE-TYPE TIRES WERE INCORRECTLY STAMPED AS TUBELESS.
SHOULD THESE TIRES BE PLACED IN OPERATION, SEPARATION IN THE TREAD AREA AS WELL AS BULGING MAY OCCUR.
CONTINUED USE MAY CAUSE THE PLY CORDS TO BREAK, CAUSING A LOSS AIR.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Tires: markings.
What should you do?
TIRES WILL BE REPLACED WITHOUT CHARGE TO OWNER 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: LIGHT TRUCKS.SYSTEM: TIRES; SUPER ROAD SERVICE RADIAL LT, SIZE 7.5OR16LT.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: LOSS OF AIR FROM THE TIRE MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLECONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.NOTE: TREAD SEPARATION MAY BE INDICATED BY A THUMPING VIBRATION DURING VEHICLEOPERATION. AVOID DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS UNTIL TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED.DOT ID NUMBERS: UPWYCJ2240, 2250, 2280, AND 2290.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 264 tires potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Cooper 750R16LTNHTSA 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
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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.