Tires: tread/belt (Atlas)
Tire recall 82T-017. NHTSA received FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER’s report on Dec 28, 1982.
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The short answer
NHTSA received FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER’s report on Dec 28, 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.
CERTAIN TIRES DO NOT CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 109, “NEW PNEUMATIC TIRES”, DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION WHILE IN SERVICE AND SUBSEQUENT 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 notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: PASSENGER VEHICLES.SYSTEM: TIRES; ATLAS CUSHIONAIRE BELTED, SIZE P215/75B15.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: CONTINUED VEHICLE OPERATION UNDER THIS CONDITION CANRESULT IN A POSSIBLE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.NOTE: IF A DIFFERENCE IN RIDE CHARACTERISTICS, SUCH AS A THUMPING SOUND ISNOTICED, THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY AND THE TIRE CONTAINING THEBULGE SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM SERVICE.DOT IDENTIFICATION N0S: HYHFAEJ3362.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 30 tires potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Atlas P21575B15Built from Sep 1, 1982 to Sep 1, 1982
Who is recalling it?
- Made by FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER.
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.