Tyre Recall Due To Inflation Error?

Automotive safety experts in the USA have said that “erroneous inflation recommendations from Ford” may have played a part in the recent recall of nearly 600,000 Continental tyres, fitted as OE on Ford Expeditions and Lincoln Navigators. Rear tyres should have been inflated to 33 p.s.

i., but Ford recommended 30 p.s.

i. It has not been determined whether or not low pressure contributed to the current recall, but some observers pointed to the difference in recommended pressures by Ford and Bridgestone/Firestone as a factor in the spate of accidents involving Explorer SUVs and Firestone tyres..