Two men died last year in a crash that their families believe was caused by Chinese tires failing on the van they were driving. And, on May 4 they sued the company that imported those tires. Now:<\/p>\n
U.S. safety officials have ordered a New Jersey tire importer to recall as many as 450,000 tires that it bought from a Chinese manufacturer and sold to U.S. distributors. . . Foreign Tire Sales Inc.<\/strong>, of Union, New Jersey, said an unknown number of the light truck radials it imported since 2002 from Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co<\/strong>., of Hangzhou, China, could suffer tread separation, a problem that led to the largest tire recall in the U.S. in 2000.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That’s where Carlsbad comes in. K&D Tire Wholesalers LLC<\/strong>, of 300 Carlsbad Village Dr #108A-134 Carlsbad was one of seven tire distributors that FTS sold to. The tires to watch out for include: Westlake<\/strong>, Compass<\/strong>, Telluride<\/strong> and YKS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n