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Hundreds of thousands of tires could lose air pressure or fail prematurely.(Recalls & Safety Alerts)(Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. recalls 288,000 tires)
Cooper Tire & Rubber is recalling 288,000 tires, sold as aftermarket replacements, because they could lose air pressure or come apart, resulting in a possible crash.
In three separate recalls, the firm said it would replace the following tire brands and models, made since 2004:
* 183,602 Cooper Discoverer S/T, Cooper Dean Mud Terrain Radial SXT, Cooper Durango Radial XTR, and Cooper Mastercraft Courser C/T; Mickey Thompson Dick Cepek Radial F-C II;TBC Corp. Mesa C/T;Transamerican Auto Parts Pro Comp Xtreme A/T; and Treadways Corp. Tempra Trailcutter Radial RT. The suspect light-truck tires were made Feb. 1, 2004, through Jan. 21, 2006. All but the Pro Comp Xtreme involve tires in size LT285/75R16. The affected Pro Comp Xtreme is size 38.50 x 14.50R20LT. The problem: They might not have enough rubber, which could lead to cracking and, perhaps, failure.
* 101,582 Cooper Trendsetter SE, Cooper Mastercraft A/S IV, Cooper Starfire Flite-Line IV, and Cooper Dean Alpha 365 A/S passenger car tires made Nov. 21, 2004, through July 30, 2005. The affected tires came in ...
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...Cooper's medium truck radial production. Hangzhou Zhongce will make a single entry-level line in six sizes in the Cooper, Mastercraft, Dean and Starfire brands, Cooper said, using Cooper specifications and quality standards specifically for the North...
- Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
- Reference information from: International Directory of Company Histories January 1, 1998 700+ words
...manufacture of replacement tires. Its products are marketed through independent dealers and distributors under four brands, Cooper, Mastercraft, Starfire, and, since March 1997, Cooper-Avon. The company also makes tires for several private label marketers...
- Findlay, Ohio-Based Cooper Tire to Up Chinese Production of Low-Priced Models.
- Newspaper article from: Blade (Toledo, OH) February 25, 2004 700+ words
...medium truck tires for the Fortune 500 firm, will supply about 1 million entry-level radial tires a year under the Cooper, Mastercraft, Dean, and Starfire brands, the Findlay tiremaker announced yesterday. The first Hangzhou-made passenger tires will...
- Cooper Tire & Rubber.(Contracts, Licenses)
- Magazine article from: Rubber World March 1, 2004 700+ words
...passenger radial tires (annualized) to Cooper for sale in the U.S. market. The Hangzbou passenger production consists of one entry-level line in six sizes under the proprietary brand names Cooper, Mastercraft, Dean and Starfire.
