Avon Cobra Av72, model year 9999. Filed by Max-Trac Tire Co., Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 11 May 2010. 64 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Max-trac, dba avon motorcycle tyres, is recalling certain avon cobra av72 motorcycles tires, size 240/50r16 84v, produced from october 11 through november 7, 2009. these tires fail to comply with federal motor vehicle safety standard no 119, "new pneumatic tires for motor vehicles with a gvwr of more than 4,536 …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Avon's own number for this recall: 153. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 10T014 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 10T014 cover?
- Avon Cobra Av72.
- What is wrong with them?
- MAX-TRAC, DBA AVON MOTORCYCLE TYRES, IS RECALLING CERTAIN AVON COBRA AV72 MOTORCYCLES TIRES, SIZE 240/50R16 84V, PRODUCED FROM OCTOBER 11 THROUGH NOVEMBER 7, 2009.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- SHOULD THIS OCCUR, THE TREAD MAY SEPARATE FROM THE TIRE CASING INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. AVON MOTORCYCLE TYRES WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE TIRES FREE OF CHARGE, INCLUDING MOUNTING AND BALANCING. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ONMAY 17, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT AVON MOTORCYCLE TYRES NORTH AMERICA AT 1-800-624-7470, OPTION 5.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Avon calls this recall 153, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “SHOULD THIS OCCUR, THE TREAD MAY SEPARATE FROM THE TIRE CASING INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 10T014 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | MAX-TRAC TIRE CO., INC. |
| System at fault | Tires:Tread/Belt |
| Reported to NHTSA | 11 May 2010 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | AVON COBRA AV72 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
SHOULD THIS OCCUR, THE TREAD MAY SEPARATE FROM THE TIRE CASING INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH.
The remedy
AVON MOTORCYCLE TYRES WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE TIRES FREE OF CHARGE, INCLUDING MOUNTING AND BALANCING. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ONMAY 17, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT AVON MOTORCYCLE TYRES NORTH AMERICA AT 1-800-624-7470, OPTION 5.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 455 notices in the record whose component field names tires. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 34 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 10T014, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/10t014/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 10T014 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
23a149dc - Consequence
1fd914ed - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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