20070626 Chinese tires face recall

Chinese tires face recall

June 26, 2007

And many are getting tired of recalls of Chinese goods and products…

Ya know, a recall here and a recall there and it is beginning to look like a pattern is developing here. And at some point, inquiring minds wonder when the constant importation of defective products from China may not the occasional mistake and when it may be necessary to view this expanding phenomenon as a threat to our safety and national security…

Just wondering…

Chinese tires face recall

CNN Money

About 450,000 tires are missing an important safety feature; U.S. safety officials reportedly want importer to issue full recall.

June 26 2007: 5:05 AM EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- A New Jersey importer of Chinese-made automobile tires has asked the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for help in recalling about 450,000 of the light truck tires because they lack an important safety feature, lawyers said.

The tires, made by Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co., have an insufficient or missing gum strip, a safety feature that helps prevent the tires from separating, the lawyers and a consumers' group said in a statement. The group, Safety Research & Strategies, is urging retailers and wholesalers to stop selling the tires.

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