valve stem recall

[viffer57]

Not sure if this relates to motorcycles or not but I just had a valve stem fail on my daughters Civic and cussed her out for destroying the tire after driving on a totally flat tire. Turns out the valve stem had developed a crack which very quickly flatted the tire. Turns out there is a valve stem recall for replacement stems distributed by Tech international, an Ohio based distributor of Chinese made parts. Turns out some dude in a Ford Explorer died when his valve stem, manufactured by TOPSEAL, a subsidiary of Shanghai Baolong Dill Air Control Products,LLc cracked leading to immediate total air loss, allegedly causing said Explorer to lose control and roll over.
Articles on the web can be found googling "valve stem recall"

Valve stems were made from july-november 2006

Tires on my Civic were replaced in november 2006 and tomorrow I'm going to visit the dealer to have the defective stem checked out , as well as the other 3 tires(stems)

I wonder if anybody out there has experienced this failure. I also hope that these stems are not used on motorcycle tires.

[viffer57]

I'm going to the tire dealer tomorrow first thing. I'll let you know how I make out. My hope, of course, is a free replacement tire, new stems all around, and balance all 4 wheels? Am I asking too much? Maybe I should ask for a free alignment while I'm at it.

Looking for FEEDBACK!!

[ssg]

Not sure if this relates to motorcycles or not but I just had a valve stem fail on my daughters Civic and cussed her out for destroying the tire after driving on a totally flat tire.

Doesen't sound like a free tire will fix the original issue, but good luck

I'd be interested to know what the response is...

[viffer57]

Dealer checked inside of tire which showed no damage. They replaced the stem,rebalanced the wheel and mounted it back on car. They also replaced the remaining three stems all at absolutely no charge and no hassle. Of the three remaining stems, all were "bad" and one one was about to fail. The tech said they are beginning to see these every day, especially since the story hit. He also said very few of those were false alarms. Just about every one was bad.
If you think you may have a tire that has been replaced in that period I would insist on having it replaced. Also, this company also provided oem stems to BMW and others. Beeeeeee careful !!

[PinHead]

Direct tire is advertising free valve stem checks due to the recall.