Tires: tread/belt (Firestone)
Tire recall 84T-005. NHTSA received FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER’s report on May 29, 1984.
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The short answer
NHTSA received FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER’s report on May 29, 1984. 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.
TIRES FAILED TO MEET THE ENDURANCE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 109, NEW PNEUMATIC TIRES.
TIRES MAY DEVELOP PLY SEPARATION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Tires: tread/belt.
What should you do?
REPLACEMENT, WITHIN 60 DAYS OF NOTIFICATION, AT NO COST TO OWNER.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: PASSENGER VEHICLES; SOME 1984 GENERAL MOTORS VEHICLES.SYSTEM: TIRES; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT SPARE, FIRESTONE TEMPA 2+1 NYLON DIAGONALTUBELESS BLACK, T125/70D15.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: CONTINUED USE OF THESE TIRES MAY LEAD TO A SUDDEN LOSSOF AIR. A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT COULD RESULT.DOT ID NUMBER: VCPYH9K513, VCPYH9K523, VCPYH9K014, VCPYH9K054, VCPYH9K064,VCPYH9K074.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 55,954 tires potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Firestone T12570D15Built from Dec 1, 1983 to Feb 1, 1984
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.