“Chinese Tires hard at work, crashing your car.”

Newark, New Jersey - Just when you thought it was safe to have something “Made in China,” 225,000 tires were recently recalled by Foreign Tire Inc because of its inability to meet National Highway Traffic Safety Administration standards. At this point, the only thing that may meet standards in China are fake Nikes. The original amount for the recall was around 450,000 by Foreign Tire Sales itself. Richard Kuskin, president of Foreign Tire Sales had this to say:

Consumers should know that the affected tires meet all federal motor vehicle safety standards. But we went the extra mile by testing them and determining that they did not meet our standards, which are more rigorous.

This extra mile sounds a little suspect, even a little dirty. Meanwhile the Chinese rubber company, Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co. plans to comply with the NHTSA although it:

has not found any evidence that the … tires at issue contain any structural defects or are missing any safety features.

With all this hoopla coming in from every direction, you’re better off fishing your tires out of a river than putting anything that says “Made in China” on your car.

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