Saturday, September 23, 2000
Cooper Tire may be probed
Ford revises tire pressure recommendations
From Enquirer news sources
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. will now recommend that Ford Explorer owners inflate their tires to 30 pounds per square inch after Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. criticized the automaker in Congressional testimony for setting the pressure too low.
The automaker released a letter Friday saying the company's testimony “has caused confusion among our customers.”
The move came after a Bridgestone/Firestone executive told Congress Thursday that the 26 psi level Ford recommends for Ex plorers is lower than what Bridgestone/Firestone suggests and makes the popular sport utility vehicle less safe.
Meanwhile, the nation's traffic safety agency said on Thursday that it was considering opening an investigation of a second tire maker — the Cooper Tire & Rubber Co of Findlay, Ohio. Sue Bailey, head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said her office had recently become aware of lawsuits charging that dozens of deaths and serious injuries had been caused by premature tread separations on tires by Cooper, the world's fourth-largest tire maker.
Cooper released a statement on Thursday strongly denying that the company's tires were defective.
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