Drive a Ford Pickup Truck? Check Your Tires: Major Recall of Bad Tires on Ford Trucks

Continental Tire has voluntarily recalled over 390,000 tires that are currently being driven on Ford F-250 and Ford F-350 trucks (model years 2008 and 2009) because the tire manufacturer has discovered these light truck tires can experience "...uneven wear, vibration or particularly under conditions of overloading or under inflation in high ambient temperature usage, separation between the belt edges potentially leading to a tread separation."

Big fancy language for letting us know that the tires are dangerous and could cause a pickup truck to crash.

The company, Continental Tire the Americas ("CTA"), will undertake the chore of notifying truck owners of the problem and the company is also voluntarily going to replace the bad tires - free of charge.

Which sounds so generous of them, until you consider this is mitigating their potential damage, should they become responsible for a tragic accident due to their faulty product.

The tires that are being recalled are as follows:

Tire Name: Continental ContiTrac TR Size: LT275/70R18 125/122S Load range: E Outline White Letters DOT Serial Numbers: P515 46U0 1807 through P515 46U0 2308

Tire Name: Continental ContiTrac TR
Size: LT275/70R18 125/122S Load Range :E
Black sidewall
DOT Serial Numbers: P515 46XB 2607 through P515 46XB 2408

Tire Name: Continental ContiTrac
Size: LT275/70R18 125/122S Load Range: E
Black sidewall
DOT Serial Numbers: P515 46YB 4307 through P515 46YB 3708

This Is a Serious Situation For Owners and Operator of Ford Trucks

As LeftLaneNews has already pointed out, it was a similar beginning for Ford Motor Company several years ago when the Firestone tires it placed on its vehicles started to go bad, causing serious accidents across the country.

Moreover, according to LeftLaneNews, these bad CTA tires have already been involved in 100 property damage claims over the defective tires with five claims of personal injury being reported to the tire company. Also, Continental and the NHTSA are also reportedly investigating a 2009 crash where these tires were on a Ford F-250 pickup truck involved in a fatal rollover accident.

Miami, check those Ford truck tires against the product details above -- and get them off your vehicle asap. You don't want to be involved in an accident due to a product known to be defective.

By Bryant Esquenazi on March 22, 2011 1:25 PM