Nineteen years after the last one was made, Goodyear has agreed to recall more than 173,000 recreational vehicle tires that the U.S. government says can fail and have killed or injured 95 people since 1998.
Goodyear's G159 tires have been under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The agency began investigating the tires nearly five years ago after a judge ordered the release of Goodyear data that had been sealed under court orders and settlement agreements. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., based in Akron, Ohio, denied that the tires have a safety defect and said Tuesday that few, if any, are still on the road. The company said it's doing the recall to address risks that happen when the tires are underinflated or overloaded on motorhomes.
Goodyear said in government documents that the RV makers who used the tires are no longer in business, so it does not have access to registration data for the RVs with the faulty tires. "Sealing off the documentation that there is a distinct threat to public safety should be against the law," said Brooks, who added that several states have such laws.
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