Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. offered exchanges Friday for certain tires sold for use with minivans and small trucks, but insisted the decision is not a recall. Goodyear believes that some of these tires under adverse conditions can have tread separation. It offered to exchange P215/70R14 tires sold under 23 private label names, including Douglas, Kelly, Mohave and Republic, in the United States and Canada.

Goodyear offers to exchange certain small truck, minivan tires

You wouldn’t buy out-dated milk or medicines, and you shouldn’t buy out-dated tires either. This next viewer discovered, in a horrifying way, what all consumers should understand– you need to know when a tire was made before you buy it.

Be safe: Check age of tire before buying

Low-profile tires do not inherently wear out quicker because of their sidewall height. Most do wear out faster, though, because the majority of low-profile tires are high-performance.  Learn more by clicking here:

Will low-profile tires wear out faster than normal height tires?