For those of you running Cooper Tires on your rig like I'am you may have a problem. According to a our local ABC news affliate, WXYZ Detroit, Cooper Tires are having a tread separation issues. Those tires have DOT numbers that start with U9, 3D, UT or UP. And you guessed it my Discoverers start with UT. I have 44,000 miles and I have used 0.20 inches of tread. I have not decided what I going to do. For the full story go to http://www.wxyz.com/ and type "cooper tire" with out the quotes in the search box.

Before I purchased the tires I looked at many tires manufacturers for performance, price and how people rated them. Cooper Tires got a thumbs up. So I'm very dismayed to hear this about Cooper Tires.

I also have the Discoverer tires and have been quite pleased with them. From what I have read, the tires which were in question were manufactured between January 1, 1985 and January 6, 2002. If anyone has heard differently than I'd like to hear about it. You can find bad things about any tire if you look hard enough, they key is to inspect your tires for problems and to keep air pressure where it should be.

I'm under the impression that the current concern [In active court cases from 2000 to 2005, Action News found more than 200 deaths and nearly 250 serious injuries; all involving certain types of Cooper Tires and tread separation.]is separate from the Jan 1, 1985 to Jan 1, 2002 as these cases are part of a recall [Anyone who has purchased Cooper-made radial tires from January 1, 1985 until January 6, 2002 will be notified of their legal rights by the New Jersey Superior Court in Middlesex County, who is overseeing the nationwide settlement with Cooper Tire and Rubber Company. This class action and related lawsuit claims that Cooper did not disclose alleged adhesion problems between tire layers or manufacturing methods to remove inner liner blisters.]. I hope this helps. Keep vigilant!