Yokohama Avid Touring S, model year 9999. Filed by Yokohama Tire Corporation and reported to NHTSA on 2 October 2012. 10,669 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Yokohama Tire Corporation (Yokohama) is recalling certain AVID Touring S tires, size 215/65R16 98T SL, produced between February 2009 and April 2009. The tires may have been produced with an irregular geometry in the casing turn up area above the tire bead in the lower sidewall. This irregular geometry may lead to a …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 12T025 cover?
- Yokohama Avid Touring S.
- What is wrong with them?
- Yokohama Tire Corporation (Yokohama) is recalling certain AVID Touring S tires, size 215/65R16 98T SL, produced between February 2009 and April 2009. The tires may have been produced with an irregular geometry in the casing turn up area above the tire bead in the lower sidewall.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Rapid air loss while the vehicle is in use may result in a tire failure that could cause a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Yokohama will notify owners, and dealers will replace the tires free of charge. The safety recall BEGAN ON October 26, 2012. Owners may contact Yokohama at 1-888-589-3348.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
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: “Rapid air loss while the vehicle is in use may result in a tire failure that could cause a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 12T025 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | YOKOHAMA TIRE CORPORATION |
| System at fault | Tires:Sidewall |
| Reported to NHTSA | 2 October 2012 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | YOKOHAMA AVID TOURING S |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Rapid air loss while the vehicle is in use may result in a tire failure that could cause a crash.
The remedy
Yokohama will notify owners, and dealers will replace the tires free of charge. The safety recall BEGAN ON October 26, 2012. Owners may contact Yokohama at 1-888-589-3348.
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
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CarsMultiverse, recall 12T025, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/12t025/
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.
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Other Yokohama notices we hold
- 23T005: 504C, size 11R22
- 18T016: Yokohama RY023 tires, size 295/75R22
- 13T009: 7.50R16 RY215 tires manufactured January 1, 2006, through August 1, 2011
All 4 Yokohama campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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- Defect summary
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414a7f15 - Remedy
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