News By Topic: Product Recalls

Kia to Replace Manifold Catalytic Converter

Sep 15, 2000

Kia today announced a voluntary recall of 1998 Sportage sport- utility vehicles to replace the manifold catalytic converter. ... Continue reading

Victim of Firestone Mishap Urges Public To Replace Wilderness AT Tires

Sep 15, 2000

The survivor of an accident involving a Ford Explorer riding on Firestone tires not part of the nationwide recall urges anyone driving a Ford Explorer with Firestone Wilderness AT tires to replace them - even if that means at their own expense. ... Continue reading

Update: Details of Tire Inspection and Replacement Program

Sep 14, 2000

Bridgestone/Firestone announced the company is providing free inspections at company-owned stores and authorized retailers for any consumers who may be concerned about tires covered in the NHTSA Consumer Advisory dated September 1. ... Continue reading

Tampa Law Firm Sues Bridgestone/Firestone and Ford

Sep 13, 2000

The Tampa, FL law firm of James, Hoyer, Newcomer, and Smiljanich, P.A. has filed a class-action lawsuit seeking redress for customers who have purchased 15- and 16-inch Firestone Radial ATX, ATX II, and Wilderness AT tires either separately or as part of a new vehicle. This is a press release. ... Continue reading

Integrated Technology Group Assists in Recall

Sep 13, 2000

Integrated Technology Group, announces its scrap tire division, SafeTire Disposal Corp., has entered into an Agreement with the Arlington Texas Firestone distribution center to assist them in proper disposal of the recalled tires they receive. ... Continue reading

Bridgestone/Firestone Testifies Before Senate Commerce Committee

Sep 12, 2000

In strongly-worded language, an official of Bridgestone/ Firestone, Inc. told the Senate Commerce Committee that the company was taking full responsibility for the failures that led to the recall of an estimated 6.5 million tires. ... Continue reading

Shutdown Continues at Three Ford Truck Plants To Support Firestone Recall Effort

Sep 8, 2000

Ford Motor Company is extending the temporary shutdown another week at its St. Louis, Twin Cities and Edison Assembly Plants in a continuing effort to divert 15" tires from vehicle production to customers impacted by the Firestone recall ... Continue reading

U.S. Transportation Secretary on Bridgestone/Firestone Recall

Sep 7, 2000

We at the U.S. Department of Transportation have further strengthened our efforts to alert consumers expeditiously about the status of our safety defect investigation and to work with tire and vehicle manufacturers to better protect the public. ... Continue reading

Evenflo and Transport Canada Announce Car Seat Safety Alert

Sep 1, 2000

Evenflo Canada and Transport Canada are notifying purchasers of approximately 500 Secure Advantage V child car seats that the seats inadvertently displayed an incorrect rear-facing maximum weight rating on the advertising card. ... Continue reading

NHTSA Publishes List of July Recalls

Aug 30, 2000

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a list of auto safety recalls announced in July 2000 and urged consumers to have the problems fixed promptly. ... Continue reading

Firestone CEO Ordered to Testify in Case Involving Two Deaths

Aug 28, 2000

Texas District Judge John Pope ordered Bridgestone/Firestone to present its CEO for a deposition in a case brought on behalf of the families who were killed in May 1999 while travelling in a Ford Explorer equipped with now-recalled Firestone ATX tires. ... Continue reading

Firestone Reaching One Million Mark in Drive to Replace Recalled Tires

Aug 28, 2000

Bridgestone/Firestone and other tire retailers will pass the 1 million tire mark in the drive to replace recalled Wilderness AT tires in size P235/75R15, Radial ATX, and Radial ATX II tires in the same size. ... Continue reading

Ford's Response to Comments on the Firestone Tread Separation

Aug 28, 2000

The following statement is attributable to Helen Petrauskas, Ford vice president - Environmental and Safety Engineering: ... Continue reading

Venezuela Considering Criminal Charges Against Ford, Firestone

Aug 28, 2000

Venezuela may be considering criminal charges for involuntary manslaughter against both Firestone and Ford for their mishandling of tire failures and Ford Explorer rollover ] problems. ... Continue reading

Advocates and Owners Urge Companies to Stop Finger Pointing

Aug 25, 2000

Safety advocates and a group of Ford-Firestone owners have written to Ford CEO Jacques Nasser and Bridgestone/Firestone President Matatoshi Ono urging that they "abandon their strategy of secrecy and finger pointing." ... Continue reading