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March 17, 2007
COOPER TIRE FAILURES ALLEGED IN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
According to a television investigative report at News 4 WOAI in San Antonio, “A design flaw in a popular brand of tires sold all across San Antonio and the country is being linked to hundreds of deadly accidents and injuries… Cooper Tires are sold under many different brand names and have been blamed in lawsuits for 218 deaths and hundreds of serious injuries. Many tire experts say that Cooper Tires would not have failed if they had a belt wedge along the shoulder to help prevent the tread from coming off while driving. The wedge only costs pennies, but Cooper is the only major tire maker that does not use it."
Cooper responded that "uses sophisticated engineering techniques that meet or exceed every applicable governmental standard. A wedge is simply one way, not the only way, to place rubber between the belts of a tire. Cooper uses many different mechanisms to reach the desired result; insuring there is an adequate amount of rubber between the belts at the belt edges."
Posted by MVHAP at March 17, 2007 01:49 PM