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Related reports: Snow tires and car/minivan tires
Our companion report on passenger tires covers tires for cars and minivans. Our report on snow tires covers winter tires for cars, trucks and SUVs.
Truck tire recalls
Continental Tire recalled 390,657 light-truck tires because the treads may separate due to uneven wear, vibrations or separated belt edges, The Wall Street Journal reported in March 2011. Most of the Continental ContiTrac and ContiTrac TR tires (size LT275/70R18) came as standard equipment on 2008 and 2009 Ford F-250 and F-350 trucks. About 60,000 were sold as replacement tires. Continental will replace the tires for free. For more information, see Continental Tire's website.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration now has a free electronic recall notification system. Visit SaferCar.gov to sign up for the alerts, which cover cars, child car seats and tires.
Make sense of sizes
If you're confused about the difference between P-metric passenger and LT-metric light-truck tires -- and why some passenger tire lines are suitable for light trucks, but others aren't -- the Canadian website Autos.ca offers an article by Paul Williams called "Advice: Light Truck vs Passenger Car Tires: What You Should Know" to help you sort through the maze. Using the wrong tire can cause safety issues, and it's an easy mistake to make. An Autos.ca associate reports he wound up with the wrong tires on his Ford F350 SuperDuty because of a confusing tire name.
Helpful tire websites
Besides its thorough reports, TireRack.com has an vast amount of objective information on tires. You can search for prices, sizes and other specifications at this site.
Another helpful site is 1010tires.com, which offers discussion forums on tires. This site also has information for Canadian buyers.
Tire brands
Tire manufacturers' websites have detailed specification and sizing information, as well as dealer locator tools.