Quoted from "Consumer Affairs" Oct 04 2004

BFGoodrich Tire Recall



September 30, 2004
BFGoodrich is recalling 46,000 tires carrying the BFGoodrich, Uniroyal, Liberator, Medalist, Phantom and Prospector brands. The company said they do not perform to company standards.

There have been no accidents or injuries reported and no property damage claims filed but the company said there may be similar performance issues with up to 3,500 tires, representing six tire brands. All recalled tires will be replaced free of charge.

The recalled tires have Department of Transportation tire identification numbers which begin with DOT BF and end with the last four digits 1504 or 1604. The DOT codes are found on the inner or outer sidewall of the tire just above the wheel rim and are printed in small type. There are no issues with tires manufactured outside of these DOT weeks.

Consumers should call BFGoodrich Tires at 1-877-788-8899 or Uniroyal Tire at 1-877-458-5878 or go to their tire dealer for a free inspection and replacement.

 

See, everyone should have bought the Revos

 

wow thanks for the info. I'll check mine out when I get home.

 

I think the 04 maybe the year code, anyone know for sure? Mine end with 02 and they were bought in 2002.

 

why? the people whose tires are in this get new ones. haha.

 

I didnt think of that, you win

 

Well gotta go check mine now. Hopefully I can pull some brand new tires out of this deal

 

New tires maybe??? Sounds fun for me! Gotta go look now. Thanks for keeping us posted Swede!

 

Here is the link to the BFG site showing the sizes and types of the tires recalled. There is also a description of the DOT numbers and what they mean at the page.

 

Thanks, they were made the 15th and 16th week of 2004.

 

?#@@$$%^$

 

Damn..I was hoping for new tires.....

 

Me too... I did find out one of my tires is 4 months newer than all the others on my truck though

 

Yeah i'm outta luck too, oh well.

 

yup the newer series dot numbers are the week number of the year and the year.... like 15/16 week of 2004 was near the end of april 2004

the older dot codes, only had 3 numbers... some of those tires are still on the road today, but not too common to see anymore

 

To quote Keiser "?#@@$$%^$ "

 

Damn, I just got the wrong size tires. MY BFGs havent seen more than 2 months before I bought another set of rims and tires.

 

DAMN IT!!!

My dot codes are 0304 for the front 2 and 0204 for the rears. Mine do tend to vibrate strangely on the highway. Here I just attributed it to the idiots at sams not knowing how to operate the balancing machine for crap.....

Maybe I should be a bit more anal and have them work on my tires a bit more........maybe get some new ones anyhow?