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Thursday July 26, 2012 BFGoodrich and Uniroyal tires announced a voluntary safety recall of approximately 841,000 BFGoodrich Commercial T/A A/S and Uniroyal Laredo HDH tires typically found on commercial light trucks and full sized heavy-duty vans in the U.S., Canada and Mexico today. Approximately 799,900 of these tires were sold in the U.S. No deaths or injuries have been reported in connection with the recalled tires This recall, which has been reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), is being taken because a small number of the tires being recalled experienced tread loss and/or rapid air loss resulting from tread belt separation. This condition may increase the risk of a vehicle crash. The customer return rate for these conditions was 0.017 percent, which equates to about 143 tires. “We deeply apologize for the inconvenience to customers and dealers,” said Mike Wischhusen, technical director.  “It’s our responsibility to put safety first in this matter – as we do in every aspect of our business – and voluntarily recalling these tires is the right thing to do.” The affected tires, all sold as replacement tires, were manufactured at the BFG3 (Tuscaloosa) and BFG4 (Ft. Wayne) facilities beginning in April 2010 and are no longer being produced.

These are the tires affected.

 LT 235/85 R16 120Q LRE BFGoodrich Commercial T/A A/S BF0R JD11 - - - - 1310 to 2912

LT 245/75 R16 120Q LRE BFGoodrich Commercial T/A A/S BE11 JD11 - - - -1310 to 0312

             BF11 JD11 - - - -  1311 to 5211

LT 235/85 R16 120Q LRE Uniroyal Laredo HD/H BF0R JDUU - - - - 1310 to 2912

LT 245/75 R16 120Q LRE Uniroyal Laredo HD/H BE11  JDUU - - - -1310 to 0312

BF11 JDUU------1311 to 5211

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