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NHTSA recall 99E007000 · Equipment

Tires

Reported Mar 23, 199932,000,000 vehicles affectedPENNZOIL-QUAKER STATE COMPANY

The defect

Equipment description: fix-a-flat tire inflator products produced, distributed and sold since april 1994. the products involved are fix-a-flat cone top (S457, 12 oz.); fix-a-flat (S455, 16OZ.); super fix-a-flat (S277, 20 oz.); and big wheel fix-a-flat (S278, 26OZ.). the possibility exists that automotive tires can explode when subjected to extreme heat by welding on, or applying a flame to, the wheel rim with the tire still on the rim after using this product.

The risk

Personal injury could occur.

The remedy

Consumers are to return the old products and receive reformulated products.

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Vehicles in this recall

Notes

Owner notification began february 18, 1999.owners who return these products and do not receive the free reformulated product within a reasonable time should contact pennzoil-quaker state at 1-800-532-5000.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).