Continental Contiprocontact, model year 9999. Filed by Continental Tire the Americas, LLC. and reported to NHTSA on 17 July 2015. 4,884 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Continental Tire the Americas, LLC (CTA) is recalling certain ContiProContact tires, size 225/45R17 91H, manufactured February 22, 2015, to May 16, 2015. Due to a manufacturing error, these aftermarket replacement tires may leak air from the bead area.
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 15T014 cover?
- Continental Contiprocontact.
- What is wrong with them?
- Continental Tire the Americas, LLC (CTA) is recalling certain ContiProContact tires, size 225/45R17 91H, manufactured February 22, 2015, to May 16, 2015. Due to a manufacturing error, these aftermarket replacement tires may leak air from the bead area.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A loss of air pressure may result in sudden tire failure and increase the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. CTA will notify owners, and dealers will replace the affected tires, free of charge. The recall began on July 31, 2015. Owners may contact CTA customer service at 1-888-799-2168.
- 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: “A loss of air pressure may result in sudden tire failure and increase the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 15T014 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Continental Tire the Americas, LLC. |
| System at fault | Tires:Bead |
| Reported to NHTSA | 17 July 2015 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | CONTINENTAL CONTIPROCONTACT |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A loss of air pressure may result in sudden tire failure and increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
CTA will notify owners, and dealers will replace the affected tires, free of charge. The recall began on July 31, 2015. Owners may contact CTA customer service at 1-888-799-2168.
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 15T014, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/15t014/
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.
Other Continental notices we hold
- 25T013: General Tire Altimax RT45 tires, size 235/60R18
- 15T012: ContiProContact tires, size P205/65R15 95T Extra Load, manufactured February 8, 2015, to February 14, 2015, sold as aftermarket replacement tires
- 14T012: ProContact GX SSR MOE tires, size 225/45R18 95H XL, manufactured June 22, 2014, to July 28, 2014, used for front axle fitment on 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class
All 4 Continental campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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 15T014 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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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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