this is "safety critical" and affects every vehicle
if you bought tires since august 2006 and got new stems... beware:
WASHINGTON (June 12, 2008) — Tech International Inc., a Johnstown, Ohio-based importer of tire valve stems, is voluntarily recalling 6 million TR413 valve stems made by Chinese firm Shanghai Baolong Industries Co. Ltd. between July and November 2006.
The rubber portion of the valve stems may crack and allow air loss, leading to tire failure, Tech International told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Tech International will replace for free all defective valve stems and also all tires that show any damage related to defective valve stems. However, the company told NHTSA that it doesn’t know the identity of the valves’ end-users and has no way of knowing when any of the valves it sells were made.
As many as 30 million defective Chinese valve stems, and possibly more, could have come into the U.S. beginning in August 2006, according to Sean Kane, president of Safety Research & Strategies Inc., a Rehoboth, Mass.-based auto safety advocacy group with close ties to plaintiffs’ attorneys.
The only way to tell if you have the recalled stems, Mr. Kane said, is to have the tires dismounted and checked inside. If you have cracking around the valve stems, however, you should have your tires checked anyway, he said.
“If you bought tires during this time frame, you really ought to be checking your valve stems,” he said
if you bought tires since august 2006 and got new stems... beware:
WASHINGTON (June 12, 2008) — Tech International Inc., a Johnstown, Ohio-based importer of tire valve stems, is voluntarily recalling 6 million TR413 valve stems made by Chinese firm Shanghai Baolong Industries Co. Ltd. between July and November 2006.
The rubber portion of the valve stems may crack and allow air loss, leading to tire failure, Tech International told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Tech International will replace for free all defective valve stems and also all tires that show any damage related to defective valve stems. However, the company told NHTSA that it doesn’t know the identity of the valves’ end-users and has no way of knowing when any of the valves it sells were made.
As many as 30 million defective Chinese valve stems, and possibly more, could have come into the U.S. beginning in August 2006, according to Sean Kane, president of Safety Research & Strategies Inc., a Rehoboth, Mass.-based auto safety advocacy group with close ties to plaintiffs’ attorneys.
The only way to tell if you have the recalled stems, Mr. Kane said, is to have the tires dismounted and checked inside. If you have cracking around the valve stems, however, you should have your tires checked anyway, he said.
“If you bought tires during this time frame, you really ought to be checking your valve stems,” he said
(wanted to keep the chrome stems) Who new it would be good
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