Avon Cobra Chrome, model year 9999. Filed by Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Europe Ltd. and reported to NHTSA on 5 November 2019. 163 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Europe Ltd. (Cooper Europe) is recalling certain Avon Cobra Chrome motorcycle tires, size 240/50R16, manufactured April 8, 2018 through June 1, 2019 (DOT date codes 1418-2119). The innerliner gauge may be too thin, possibly resulting in a rapid deflation of the tire.
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: 174. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 19T009 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 19T009 cover?
- Avon Cobra Chrome.
- What is wrong with them?
- Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Europe Ltd. (Cooper Europe) is recalling certain Avon Cobra Chrome motorcycle tires, size 240/50R16, manufactured April 8, 2018 through June 1, 2019 (DOT date codes 1418-2119). The innerliner gauge may be too thin, possibly resulting in a rapid deflation of the tire.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Rapid tire deflation can reduce vehicle control and increase the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Cooper Europe will notify owners, and dealers will replace the tires, free of charge. The recall began November 18, 2019. Owners may contact Cooper Tire customer service at 1-800-854-6288 or email tyrerecall@coopertire.com. Cooper Tire's number for this recall is 174.
- 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 174, 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: “Rapid tire deflation can reduce vehicle control and increase the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 19T009 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Europe Ltd. |
| System at fault | Tires |
| Reported to NHTSA | 5 November 2019 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | AVON COBRA CHROME |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Rapid tire deflation can reduce vehicle control and increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Cooper Europe will notify owners, and dealers will replace the tires, free of charge. The recall began November 18, 2019. Owners may contact Cooper Tire customer service at 1-800-854-6288 or email tyrerecall@coopertire.com. Cooper Tire's number for this recall is 174.
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 19T009, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/19t009/
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 19T009 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
0e2fd630 - Consequence
b34a5e93 - 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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