Recaalled Firestones being altered & SOLD as new!
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Recaalled Firestones being altered & SOLD as new!
I just saw on the news that some of the recalled Firestone & Wildernes AT's are being sold as "different" brand tires!
Seems some entepreneur has sanded off the letters, GLUED other letters on & are selling the defective tires as new tires! A lawyer in Alabama found the problem & has sent out the alert. The "brand" I saw on TV was Cobra - never heard of it but evidently it's selling!
The DOT ratings or numbers are supposed to be cut out so the tires can't be resold & it's not being done, at least in this instance. Nice, huh?
I just thought this was worth mentioning in case you know anyone who MAY buy off brand tires because the price is right. Pass this along so we don't have any more fatalities & so people don't get ripped off! Thanks!
Seems some entepreneur has sanded off the letters, GLUED other letters on & are selling the defective tires as new tires! A lawyer in Alabama found the problem & has sent out the alert. The "brand" I saw on TV was Cobra - never heard of it but evidently it's selling!
The DOT ratings or numbers are supposed to be cut out so the tires can't be resold & it's not being done, at least in this instance. Nice, huh?
I just thought this was worth mentioning in case you know anyone who MAY buy off brand tires because the price is right. Pass this along so we don't have any more fatalities & so people don't get ripped off! Thanks!
