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6/24/2006 3:09:00 AM | Rehoboth man leads fight against dangerous tires 
=(0) A consumer advocate and families of crash victims have petitioned the NHTSA to investigate the effectiveness of the recall of Firestone ATX and Wilderness AT tires. Twenty million tires were recalled in 2000 and 2001 due to a defect that led to "tread separation" and serious accidents. Eight million of those recalled tires are still in circul...
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6/14/2006 10:41:00 AM | NHTSA Again Looking at Steeltex Line =(0) The NHTSA will take another look at Firestone Steeltex Tires, specifically, the R4S, R4SII and A/T tire models made between 1999 and 2005. A California attorney, Joseph Lisoni, has been campaigning for a recall of Steeltex Tires, saying they have caused 57 deaths and 161 injuries, however the NHTSA has examined the tires previously and found n...
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6/7/2006 3:35:00 PM | Firestone Recalls "Destination" Passenger Tires =(0) Firestone will be replacing its Destination A P265/75R16 passenger tires produced between January 29 and February 4, 2006 because a machine tool was not set up properly causing a potential defect in those tires. The flaw could lead to tread separation, rapid air loss and crash. The recall was ordered by the National Highway Traffic Safety...
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5/10/2006 3:08:00 AM | Firestone tire line targeted for recall =(0) A fifth petition to recall a discontinued line of Firestone Steeltex tires has been filed by a California law firm. Lisoni & Lisoni is asking the NHTSA to recall 30 million of the tires, still in use. Firestone voluntarily recalled almost a half million of these tires in 2004. Accusations of incompetence and wrongdoing are flying be...
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3/14/2006 7:59:00 AM | Jury Settlement Brings Attention To Old Tires =(0) Ford Motor Company and Mazda have been found guilty by a Texas jury of neglecting to warn consumers about the dangers of older tires. In the first case of its kind, Rose Munoz was awarded $29 million for tire failure. Never before had a lawsuit against an automaker failing to warn buyers about the hazards of aged tires been victorious. The lawsuit...
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3/3/2006 3:33:00 AM | Ford said risky tires were OK for SUV =(0) Ford test results submitted into evidence in a Mississippi Ford Explorer lawsuit show that the Ford Explorer was just as likely to rollover with Goodyear, Michelin, Continental and other tire manufacturers as it was with Bridgestone Firestone tires. This may support hundreds of additional lawsuits filed against Ford across the country that blame th...
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