Tires: tread/belt (General)
Tire recall 88T-007. NHTSA received GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER CO.’s report on Apr 14, 1988.
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The short answer
NHTSA received GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER CO.’s report on Apr 14, 1988. 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?
IF INFLATION PRESSURE IS NOT REDUCED FROM LOW SPEEDOPERATION WHEN IN HIGHWAY SERVICE TREAD SEPARATION WILL OCCUR, CAUSING COMPLETETIRE FAILURE.
TREAD SEPARATION DUE TO HIGH INFLATION PRESSURE WHEN USED AT SLOW SPEED AND NOT REDUCED FOR HIGHWAY SERVICE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Tires: tread/belt.
What should you do?
REPLACEMENT TIRES WILL BE INSTALLED AT NO COST WITHIN 90 DAYS FROM RECEIPT OF NOTIFICATION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS.DOT IDENTIFICATION: LRJ 14.00 24 AB4B7KI 013 526, LRL 14.00 24 AB4B4NH 013 526,LRN 14.00 24 AB4B4WH 013 527, LRJ 14.00 20 AB2W7PB 013 526, LRL 14.00 20 AB2W7PC013 526, LRJ 14.00 20 AD2W7PB 017 327, LRL 14.00 20 AD2W7PC 017 327.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 12,700 tires potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- General 140020Built from Dec 1, 1983 to Dec 1, 1987
- General 140024Built from Dec 1, 1983 to Dec 1, 1987
Who is recalling it?
- Made by GENERAL 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.