Bridgestone R192 Safety Recall Campaign

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC (BATO) announced today it is initiating a safety recall of 4,097 Bridgestone R192 275/70R22.5 Load Range J (18 ply) tires used primarily on intra-city transit buses in the U.S. and Canada.

The R192 features a sidewall wear indicator (dimple) that is used to monitor sidewall wear. The specified depth of the subject tires’ dimples may result in exposed body ply cord. Over time, this condition could result in the deterioration of the body ply cord, creating the potential for air loss at the location of the dimple.  At this time we are not aware of any incidents of air loss related to this condition.

BATO will immediately begin replacing tires in its mileage sales program, and fully expects that by July 10, 2010 a sufficient quantity of tires will be available at regional locations to replace all the recalled tires. Further, BATO anticipates all of the recalled tires will be replaced by July 31, 2010.

For any questions related to this recall, customers can contact their BATO Mileage Sales representative or call 1-800-342-6453, extension 0.