Zenith: tire recalls

NHTSA lists 3 tire recall campaigns for Zenith. NHTSA received the reports from 1974 to 1978. The campaigns have 14,511,636 units in total. The newest campaign is 78T031000. NHTSA received the report on 11 Dec 1978.

NHTSA recall lookup

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 30 Sep 2026.

Recall campaigns

3 campaigns, newest first. 14,511,636 units in total.

78T031000Received 11 Dec 1978. 14,500,000 units.
Tires
Defect, in the NHTSA record
The involved tires may fail in service without prior warning.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealer will install replacement tires that will be mounted and balanced free of charge within 60 days of recall notification.
Products named: Atlas ER7814; Caravelle JR7815; Firestone LR7815; Lemans LR7815; Shell LR7815; Union 76 LR7815; Seiberling LR7815; Ward LR7815; JTW FR7814; Atlas GR7815; Ward ER7814; Holiday Rambler ER7814, and 100 more.
Report filed by FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 11 Dec 1978.
74T019000Received 5 Aug 1974. 11,460 units.
Tires / Tread/Belt
Products named: JTW 100020; Caravelle 100020; Award 100020; Zenith 100020; Caravelle 110020; Javelin 110020; Seiberling 100020; Award 110020; Zenith 110020; JTW 110020; Javelin 100020.
Report filed by SEIBERLING TIRE & RUBBER.
74T013000Received 7 May 1974. 176 units.
Tires / Bead
Products named: Seiberling B7814; Zenith B7814.
Report filed by SEIBERLING TIRE & RUBBER.

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

Zenith tire campaigns, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 1974, with 2 campaigns.

Zenith: campaigns for each component
Component		Campaigns
Bead		1
Tires		1
Tread/Belt		1

Products in the campaigns

The product names in the NHTSA file.

1000201
1100201
B78141
BR78131
ER78141
FR78141
GR78141
GR78151
HR78141
HR78151
JR78151
LR78151

Official channels

NHTSA recall lookupNHTSA shows the recalls of a child seat, a tire or equipment by brand and model.
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Cite this page

Recall Register. Zenith: tire recalls. https://recallregister.com/equipment/tires/zenith/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall files. Data through 30 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 30 Sep 2026

Manufacturers in the recall file: SEIBERLING TIRE & RUBBER; FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER.

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 Zenith products do the campaigns name?: The NHTSA records have 12 product names for these campaigns. The name in the most campaigns is: 100020
How many units does a Zenith tire campaign have?: The median Zenith campaign has 11,460 units. The median of all 788 tire campaigns is 1,205 units.
Which component do the Zenith campaigns name most often?: Bead, in 1 campaign. The component is the first component in the NHTSA record of a campaign.