Tires: tread/belt (Cooper)
Tire recall 85T-019. NHTSA received COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO.’s report on Dec 16, 1985.
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The short answer
NHTSA received COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO.’s report on Dec 16, 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.
FAILURE TO MEET REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 109 HIGH SPEED COMPLIANCE TESTING.
CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: TIRES MAY DEVELOP TREAD SEPARATION IN THE SHOULDER AREA.
THIS CONDITION COULD LEAD TO LOSS OF AIR AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Tires: tread/belt.
What should you do?
REPLACE TIRE WITH NEW ONE WITHIN 60 DAYS FROM DATE OF NOTIFICATION. DOT IDENTIFICATION: UPHHJAU435.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY:PASSENGER CARS.SYSTEM:TIRES, P225/75D15 4PR LOAD RANGE B.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 90 tires potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Cooper P22575D15Built from Oct 1, 1985 to Nov 1, 1985
Who is recalling it?
- Made by COOPER 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.