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Leon Schneider

wrote on Wed, 07 Dec 2016 17:59:25 -0500:

I had 4 stems crack and loose air on the trip. They were all nice
short stems less than a year old, installed with the new tires by the
tire shop. It ends up they were crappy chinese crap stems, but 4 for 4
is BAD. I have alloy rims for summer and winter wheels on the truck -
all with bolt-ins. I have bolt-ins on the summer alloys for the
Tautus. I bought a set of used snows on alloys for the Taurus this
fall. They stiull have the rubber cores, but I have a set of bolt-ins
sitting in the wings - ready to go in.

Depending on the year, I saw a recall on about 6 million of the most common
valve stems for that exact problem.

The manufacturer even reimbursed people for new tires.

It's an NHTSA recall.