Firestone Champion Fuel Fighter, model year 9999. Filed by Bridgestone/Firestone North America Tire and reported to NHTSA on 20 April 2016. 8 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Bridgestone/Firestone North America Tire (Bridgestone) is recalling certain Firestone FR710 tires, size 205/65R16, and Champion Fuel Fighter tires, sizes 205/65R15 and 205/70R15, manufactured March 27, 2016, to April 9, 2016. These replacement passenger car tires may have been manufactured with inconsistent rubber …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 16T005 cover?
- Firestone Champion Fuel Fighter.
- What is wrong with them?
- Bridgestone/Firestone North America Tire (Bridgestone) is recalling certain Firestone FR710 tires, size 205/65R16, and Champion Fuel Fighter tires, sizes 205/65R15 and 205/70R15, manufactured March 27, 2016, to April 9, 2016.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A tread separation increases the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- All the affected tires have been contained and destroyed, therefore, an owner notification letter will not be issued for this campaign. All affected tires were returned to BATO on May 5, 2016. Owners may contact Bridgestone customer service at 1-800-847-3272.
- 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 tread separation increases the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 16T005 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Bridgestone/Firestone North America Tire |
| System at fault | Tires |
| Reported to NHTSA | 20 April 2016 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | FIRESTONE CHAMPION FUEL FIGHTER |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A tread separation increases the risk of a crash.
The remedy
All the affected tires have been contained and destroyed, therefore, an owner notification letter will not be issued for this campaign. All affected tires were returned to BATO on May 5, 2016. Owners may contact Bridgestone customer service at 1-800-847-3272.
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 16T005, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16t005/
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 Bridgestone notices we hold
- 22T002: Firestone Transforce HT, size LT275/70R18 with DOT code VN15TH71821and Transforce AT, size LT275/70R18 with DOT code VN15TR91821
- 13T011: Firestone HP3000 315/80R22
All 3 Bridgestone campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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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 16T005 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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d48ecd2d - 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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