NHTSA Complaint #10294332 — 2002 FORD F-250 SD

WE HAD PURCHASED 4 TBC WILD COUNTRY RADIAL XTX SPORT TIRES WHICH WERE MANUFACTURED DURING A RECENT RECALL PERIOD. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH A NEW SET IN MAY 'O8 THAT WE WERE TOLD WERE MANUFACTURED AFTER THE DATES OF THE RECALL PERIOD. WE JUST NOTICED CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALLS OF THESE NEWER TIRES (WE HAVE APPROX. 34,000 MILES ON THE TIRES). WE ARE NOT CERTAIN WHEN THESE CRACKS MAY HAVE APPEARED, OR AT WHAT MILEAGE. MY WIFE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE TIRE DEALER (LES SCHWAB TIRE CENTER IN REDMOND, OR) THE DEALER SAID THAT THE TIRES HAVE SIDEWALL SEPARATION (WHICH I BELIEVE IS WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE TIRES THAT WERE THE SUBJECT OF THE LAST RECALL), THAT THE CAUSE IS FROM RUNNING THE TIRES UNDER THE RECOMMENDED PRESSURE AND THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO PRORATE THE TIRES. WE HAVE THE TIRE PRESSURE CHECKED EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS WITH AN OIL CHANGE, SO THE TIRES WERE NOT RUNNING UNDER PRESSURE FOR THE ENTIRE TIME WE HAVE HAD THEM, AND OF COURSE WE ARE NOT CERTAIN IF THEY WERE ALL ACTUALLY "UNDER PRESSURE" TODAY, OR WE WERE JUST TOLD THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE HAD ANY OTHER REPORTS OF THIS PROBLEM RE-SURFACING WITH THIS PARTICULAR TIRE. *TR