Kumho recall – US recycler claims no wrongdoing
Following Kumho Tire USA’s second recall of thousands of tyres in the US, Liberty Tire Recycling released a statement claiming it was unaware the tyres it received from Kumho had previously been recalled in August 2012 and were slated for destruction. “We were not made aware of any NHTSA safety recall that applied to these tyres when we received them last summer,” the company said, adding that the tyres were “not properly incapacitated by Kumho and were not under a 'destroy-only' contractual agreement.”
Kumho and Liberty Tire Recycling have been working with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to locate thousands of recalled tyres sold to wholesalers in Texas, New York, North Carolina and Puerto Rico. Kumho originally recalled the SOLUS KH25 passenger car tyres, which were produced in Vietman, last year due to sidewall cracking that could lead to a loss of air. Nearly 12,000 of the recalled tyres were sent to Liberty, with three holes drilled in the tread to ensure the tyres’ destruction. Instead, Liberty returned 7,875 recalled tyres to the marketplace.
Liberty has informed Kumho Tire USA that of the 11,922 tyres it received, 9,612 were in its possession or had been destroyed prior to 30 April 2013. The tyre maker’s vice-president of quality and service, C.H. Kim, shares that on date, 2,310 tyres sold to customers had still not been recovered.
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