Michelin North America is recalling more than 77,000 bus tires because retreads can blow out. In a required safety defect filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Michelin told NHTSA that one injury is alleged from the tires that were produced from 2005 through 2011 in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Both original equipment and aftermarket bus tires – either new or retreaded – are affected. These tires have a casing that may experience a loss of integrity https://www.dentavacation.com/ambien/ and, in some cases, have “rapid air loss.”
The potentially defective bus tires are XZU3 LRJ, size 305/85R22.5, XZU2 LRJ, size12R22.5, and XM505 LRJ, size 305/85R22.5. Michelin said it would provide information to customers on how to obtain replacement tires.
The safety recall is expected to begin about 30 April 2012. Owners may also contact NHTSA’s vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 or go to http://www.safercar.gov.
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn.
He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe.
Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap.
AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks.
Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.
