Tires: tread/belt (Dunlop)
Tire recall 82T-006. NHTSA received DUNLOP TIRE & RUBBER CORP’s report on Mar 17, 1982.
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The short answer
NHTSA received DUNLOP TIRE & RUBBER CORP’s report on Mar 17, 1982. 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.
DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS, LOCAL AREAS OF ENTRAPPED AIR AT THE TIRE TREAD CENTERLINE AND BETWEEN THE TREAD AND THE TOP PLY WERE PRESENT IN SOME TIRES.
THIS CONDITION COULD LEAD TO TIRE FAILURE.
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 ALL RECALL TIRES AND WILL MOUNT AND BALANCE REPLACEMENT TIRES AT NO COST TO THE CUSTOMER WITHIN 60 DAYS OF NOTIFICATION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: TRUCKS.SYSTEM: TIRES; TRIPLE TRACTION TUBELESS AND REMINGTON UNIVERSAL TRACTION, SIZE9.50-16.5LT.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: THIS CONDITION MAY CAUSE TREAD SEPARATION AND MAY BEDETECTED BY TIRE THUMP OR VIBRATION. IF THESE WARNINGS ARE NOT HEEDED, THENTREAD LOSS AND SUDDEN DEFLATION COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND ANACCIDENT.NOTE: MAINTAINING PROPER LOAD AND INFLATION PRESSURE AND KEEPING VEHICLE SPEEDWITHIN LEGAL LIMITS (55 MPH) WILL GREATLY REDUCE THE CHANCE OF TREAD LOSS ORFAILURE.DOT IDENTIFICATION N0S: DAXL882471, -81 AND DAXL936471.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 1,480 tires potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Dunlop 950165LTNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by DUNLOP TIRE & RUBBER CORP.
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.