Tires: bead (Goodyear)
Tire recall 85T-002. NHTSA received GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO’s report on Feb 25, 1985.
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The short answer
NHTSA received GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO’s report on Feb 25, 1985. 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.
AN IRREGULAR DISTRIBUTION OF RUBBER GAGE IN THE BEAD AREA THAT MAY IN TIME CAUSE AN ABNORMAL STRESS CRACK TO PROPAGATE THROUGH THE RUBBER TO THE PLY CORDS.
CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: THE CRACK THROUGH THE RUBBER TO THE PLY CORDS MAY EVENTUALLY BREAK OUT ON THE OUTER SURFACE AND COULD RESULT IN SUDDEN LOSS OF AIR AND VEHICLE CRASH COULD OCCUR WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Tires: bead.
What should you do?
REPLACE DEFECTIVE TIRE WITH NEW ONE AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER WITHIN 60 DAYS FROM DATE OF NOTIFICATION. DOT IDENTIFICATION: MM12950492 TO 512, MM12P50013 TO 063.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: TRUCK AND BUS TIRES.SYSTEM: GOODYEAR 8R19.5 WRANGLER RADIAL RIB.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 6,000 tires potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Goodyear 8R195Built from Dec 1, 1982 to Feb 1, 1983
Who is recalling it?
- Made by GOODYEAR 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.