Tires: tread/belt (Cooper)
Tire recall 86T-006. NHTSA received COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO.’s report on Aug 6, 1986.
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The short answer
NHTSA received COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO.’s report on Aug 6, 1986. 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.
SURVEILLANCE TESTING SHOWS TIRES MAY DEVELOP SEPARATION IN THE TREAD AREA.
CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: IF IGNORED THE SEPARATION MAY CONTINUE AND CAUSE LINER TO TEAR AND LOSE THE INFLATING AIR.
LOSS OF AIR MIGHT RESULT IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL WITH POSSIBLE VEHICLE CRASH.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Tires: tread/belt.
What should you do?
REPLACE TIRES WITHIN 60 DAYS FROM DATE OF NOTIFICATION WITHOUT COST TO THE CONSUMER. DOT IDENTIFICATION: UP3TCK8256, UP3TCK8276.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: TRUCKS. SYSTEM: 11.22.5/12PR LOAD RANGE F.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 56 tires potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Cooper 1122512PRBuilt from Jun 1, 1986 to Jul 1, 1986
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.