Tires: bead (LEE)
Tire recall 82T-011. NHTSA received LEE’s report on Jul 29, 1982.
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The short answer
NHTSA received LEE’s report on Jul 29, 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.
THE DEFECT INVOLVED RESULTED FROM A BROKEN DRILL BIT PROTRUDING 0.15 INCH IN THE MOLD WHICH PENETRATED THE CURED TIRES TO THE PLY CORD IN THE SIDEWALL AREA.
TIRES WILL NOT LEAK AIR BUT MOISTURE AND DIRT MAY ENTER THE HOLE AND CAUSE FAILURE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Tires: bead.
What should you do?
THE DEALER WILL REPLACE ALL RECALL TIRES AND MOUNT AND BALANCE REPLACEMENT TIRES FREE OF CHARGE WITHIN 60 DAYS OF NOTIFICATION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: PASSENGER VEHICLES.SYSTEM: TIRES; LARAMIE TEMPRA ALL SEASON, SIZE P195/75RX14.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: TIRE FAILURE WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION COULD CAUSELOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.DOT IDENTIFICATION NOS: JFKALL222 THRU 252.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 454 tires potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- LEE P19575R14NHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by LEE.
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.