Recall for 477 Dunlop RoadSmart III tyres
Dunlop RoadSmart III tyres affected by the recall can be identified by a DOT number starting with 1DK8B 6F1M and ending with 3423, 3523, 3623, 4623 or 4723 (Images: EU Commission, Goodyear)
Goodyear has recalled 477 potentially defective Dunlop motorcycle tyres. In a notification published by the European Commission, the tyre maker shares that the size 120/70ZR17 M/C (58W) Dunlop RoadSmart III tyres, which Goodyear manufactured between 21 August and 10 September 2023 and also between 13 and 26 November 2023, may contain a “manufacturing defect” that “could lead to a tread separation.”
The applicable EC-type approval/model is E4 75R-0010007. Additional information published by the Kraftfahrt Bundesamt (Federal Motor Transport Authority) in Germany, where Goodyear sold 117 of the 477 affected tyres, states that the DOT codes for the tyres in question are: 1DK8B 6F1M 3423, 1DK8B 6F1M 3523, 1DK8B 6F1M 3623, 1DK8B 6F1M 4623 and 1DK8B 6F1M 4723.
Goodyear made the Dunlop RoadSmart III tyres in its factory in Montluçon, France, which following the company’s acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber and closure of the latter’s Melksham plant in the UK, it has earmarked as a competence centre for motorcycle tyre production.
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