A wonky tire mounting machine may have torn the beads on certain Nissan truck tires, compromising their structural integrity car auto cars
Nissan has discovered that a tire mounter used for the 2023 Frontier and Titan pickup trucks may have damaged their tires during installation, leading to six cases of rapid tire deflation.
Nissan was first made aware of the potential issue in March when a vehicle transporter noted that the front right tire of a Nissan Titan Pro-4X completely deflated. It conducted a yard audit of vehicles in its possession and found one Frontier and four Titan XDs with flat tires. All of the flat tires were broken down for investigation, and Nissan asked its dealers to put a hold on selling 723 vehicles it thought might be affected. It eventually discovered that a tire mounter boot that had recently been replaced on one of its lines as part of routine maintenance was the wrong shape.That meant that the boot was making contact with the inner bead of the tires in a way that wasn’t intended.
Naturally, that poses a safety risk for drivers, since a sudden flat tire can lead to reduced control and increase the risk of an accident occurring. Fortunately,
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