Recall 01V065000: Tire Defect

Vehicle Description: Passenger vehicles equipped with Firestone Firehawk GTA-02 , size P205/55R16 89H tires. The recalled tires are identified by DOT serial # W2 T2 VF3 XXX or W2 T2 VF3 XXXX; where XXX may be 289, 299, 309, 319, 329, 339, 349, 359, 369, 379, 389, 399, 409, 419, 429, 439, 449, 459, 469, 479, 489, 499, 509, 519, 529, 010, 020, 030, 040, 050, 060, 070, 080, 090, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 170, and where XXXX may be 1800, 1900, 2000, 2100, 2200, 2300, 2400, 2500, 2600, 2700, 2800, 2900, 3000, 3100, 3200, 3300, 3400, 3500, 3600, 3700, 3800, 3900, 4000, 4100, 4200, 4300, 4400, and 4500. With increasing mileage, the tires may develop shoulder area cracking. Continueduse of a tire with this condition may lead to exposure of the belt edge. Under these circumstances, a belt edge separation is posible, which could resultin in the loss of tire pressure. Bridgestone/Firestone will replace the tires which were installed as original equipment on these Altima vehicles. Firestone is conducting the owner notification and remedy for this campaign. Owner notification is expected to begin during March 2001. Owners who taketheir vehicles to an authorized Firestone dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact Firestone at 1-800-465-1904. Also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Auto Safety Hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).