Les Schwab: tire recalls
NHTSA lists 3 tire recall campaigns for Les Schwab. NHTSA received the reports from 2018 to 2021. The campaigns have 496,093 units in total. The newest campaign is 21T002000. NHTSA received the report on 19 Feb 2021.
The defect, the consequence and the remedy on this page are the summaries in the NHTSA recall file. The file names the manufacturer that filed each recall report.
NHTSA recall file through .
Recall campaigns
3 campaigns, newest first. 496,093 units in total.
21T002000Received . 430,298 units.
Tires / Sidewall
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. (Cooper Tire) is recalling certain Discoverer, Evolution, Courser, Deegan, Adventurer, Hercules, Back Country, Multi-Mile Wild Country and Big O brand tires. The tires may develop a bulge or separation in the sidewall.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
A sidewall separation may cause the tire to rapidly deflate, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Cooper Tire will notify owners, and dealers will replace affected tires, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin March 25, 2021. Owners may contact Cooper Tire customer service at 1-800-854-6288. Cooper Tire's number for this recall is 178.
Products named: Cooper Discoverer AT3 4S; Mastercraft Courser HSX Tour; Pep Boys Adventurer H/T; TBC Multi-Mile Wild Country XTX Sport 4S; Les Schwab Back Country QS4 All Terrain; Les Schwab Back Country QS3 Touring HT; Big O Bigfoot A/S; Mickey Thompson Deegan 38 All-Terrain; Cooper Discoverer RTX; Mastercraft Courser AXT2; Big O At/T Big Foot; Hercules Terra Trac A/T II, and 5 more.
Report filed by Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.. Manufacturer campaign number 178. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
19T005000Received . 24,459 units.
Tires / Sidewall
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. (Cooper Tire) is recalling certain size 235/65R18 Cooper Discoverer SRX, Evolution H/T, Discoverer HTP, Adventurer H/T CUV, Big O Big Foot A/S, Les Schwab Back Country QS3 Touring HT, and Mastercraft Courser HSX Tour tires. The tires may have been improperly manufactured with a ply cord distortion. For a full list of the Tire Identification Numbers (TIN) visit: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2019/RCLRPT-19T005-5639.pdf
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
The distortion may cause parting of the lower sidewall compounds extending to the cord material, increasing the risk of tire failure and a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Cooper Tire has notified owners, and dealers will replace the tires, free of charge. The recall began June 14, 2019. Owners may contact Cooper Tire customer service at 1-800-854-6288. Cooper Tire's number for this recall is 172.
Products named: Big O Big Foot A/S; Les Schwab Back Country QS3 Touring HT; Cooper Discover SRX; Mastercraft Courser HSX Tour; Cooper Evolution H/T; Cooper Adventurer H/T Cuv; Cooper Discoverer HTP.
Report filed by Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.. Manufacturer campaign number 172. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
18T002000Received . 41,336 units.
Tires
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Les Schwab is recalling certain steel-belted radial truck tires that Les Schwab retreaded for their customers. The vulcanizing compound used during the retreading may not have been completely cured, resulting in incomplete adhesion of the tread to tire casing. The potentially affected retreaded tires were manufactured at Les Schwab's three retread facilities during calendar weeks 42 through 50 of 2017 and have the DOTR numbers: RDNJ4217RS - RDNJ5017RS, RNVK4417RS - RNVK5017RS and RCEE4217RS - RCEE5017RS.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
The incompletely cured vulcanizing compound can result in the tire tread separating from the tire casing, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Les Schwab will notify the customers that had their tires retreaded, and will exchange the affected tires for properly retreaded ones, free of charge. The recall began April 27, 1018. Owners may contact Les Schwab at 1-541-447-4136.
Products named: Les Schwab Retreaded Tires.
Report filed by Les Schwab. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Counts
| Component | Campaigns |
|---|---|
| Sidewall | 2 |
| Tires | 1 |
Products in the campaigns
The product names in the NHTSA file.
- Back Country QS3 Touring HT2
- Back Country QS4 All Terrain1
- Retreaded Tires1
Official channels
- NHTSA recall lookupNHTSA shows the recalls of a child seat, a tire or equipment by brand and model.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Les Schwab: tire recalls. https://recallregister.com/equipment/tires/les-schwab/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
Manufacturers in the recall file: Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.; Les Schwab.
The brand is the make that NHTSA records for the campaign. A campaign that names 2 brands is on the page of each brand. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Les Schwab products do the campaigns name?
- The NHTSA records have 3 product names for these campaigns. The name in the most campaigns is:
Back Country QS3 Touring HT
- How many units does a Les Schwab tire campaign have?
- The median Les Schwab campaign has 41,336 units. The median of all 788 tire campaigns is 1,205 units.
- Which component do the Les Schwab campaigns name most often?
- Sidewall, in 2 campaigns. The component is the first component in the NHTSA record of a campaign.