Les Schwab Retreaded Tires, model year 9999. Filed by Les Schwab and reported to NHTSA on 16 March 2018. 41,336 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Les Schwab is recalling certain steel-belted radial truck tires that Les Schwab retreaded for their customers. The vulcanizing compound used during the retreading may not have been completely cured, resulting in incomplete adhesion of the tread to tire casing. The potentially affected retreaded tires were manufactured …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 18T002 cover?
- Les Schwab Retreaded Tires.
- What is wrong with them?
- Les Schwab is recalling certain steel-belted radial truck tires that Les Schwab retreaded for their customers. The vulcanizing compound used during the retreading may not have been completely cured, resulting in incomplete adhesion of the tread to tire casing.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- The incompletely cured vulcanizing compound can result in the tire tread separating from the tire casing, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Les Schwab will notify the customers that had their tires retreaded, and will exchange the affected tires for properly retreaded ones, free of charge. The recall began April 27, 1018. Owners may contact Les Schwab at 1-541-447-4136.
- 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: “The incompletely cured vulcanizing compound can result in the tire tread separating from the tire casing, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 18T002 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Les Schwab |
| System at fault | Tires |
| Reported to NHTSA | 16 March 2018 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | LES SCHWAB RETREADED TIRES |
What the notice says today
The consequence
The incompletely cured vulcanizing compound can result in the tire tread separating from the tire casing, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Les Schwab will notify the customers that had their tires retreaded, and will exchange the affected tires for properly retreaded ones, free of charge. The recall began April 27, 1018. Owners may contact Les Schwab at 1-541-447-4136.
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.
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CarsMultiverse, recall 18T002, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18t002/
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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