🚨 ACTIVE RECALL: Continental TerrainContact H/T — Tread Separation Risk — 5,362 units (25T017) 🚨 ACTIVE RECALL: Michelin Tires — Tread/Belt Defect — 6,888 units (25T008) ⚠️ 11,000+ tire-related accidents occur every year in the U.S. — NHTSA ⚠️ Only 25% of recalled tires are ever fixed — 75% remain on the road 🚨 ACTIVE RECALL: Sumitomo Rubber — Sidewall Defect — 1,900 units (23T010) 📋 Check your DOT code → last 4 digits reveal your tire's manufacturing week 🚨 ACTIVE RECALL: Continental TerrainContact H/T — Tread Separation Risk — 5,362 units (25T017) 🚨 ACTIVE RECALL: Michelin Tires — Tread/Belt Defect — 6,888 units (25T008) ⚠️ 11,000+ tire-related accidents occur every year in the U.S. — NHTSA ⚠️ Only 25% of recalled tires are ever fixed — 75% remain on the road
National Safety Crisis

Make American Tires Safe Again

Tire companies have been policing their own quality since the Firestone scandal of 2000. The result: over 11,000 accidents and 500 deaths every single year. It's time for independent oversight.

11,000+ Tire-Related Accidents Per Year
500+ Deaths Annually
25% Recall Completion Rate
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The Crisis By The Numbers

Real Lives on American Roads

These aren't abstract statistics — they represent families, commuters, and drivers whose lives were changed because the tire industry continues to self-regulate quality with no independent accountability.

11,000+ Annual accidents involving faulty tires — NHTSA
500+ Deaths per year attributed to tire failures
25% Tire recall completion rate — 3 in 4 recalled tires stay on the road
$140B+ Global tire industry revenue — with almost no independent oversight
The Core Problem

The Industry Polices Itself

Since the Firestone-Ford Explorer disaster of 2000, tire manufacturers have been largely responsible for auditing their own quality systems. Internal teams decide whether nonconforming tires should be released or destroyed — with no independent verification and no mandatory third-party review.

When a plant fails its own internal audits repeatedly and continues to ship tires without consequence, the system isn't working. MATSA was founded by a 10-year tire industry quality veteran who saw these failures firsthand — and was terminated for raising the alarm.

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Our Mission

Three Ways We're Fighting Back

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Recall Awareness

We track NHTSA tire recall campaigns in real time and publish plain-language alerts so everyday drivers know when their tires are at risk — without having to dig through government databases.

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Legislative Change

We're petitioning Congress to mandate independent audits of tire manufacturing plants, increase plant-level accountability, and close the self-regulation loopholes that have existed since 2000.

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Industry Transparency

We're pushing for public, real-time access to internal quality hold records at tire plants — the same transparency standard we hold pharmaceutical and food manufacturers to.

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How to Read Your DOT Code

Every tire has a DOT code on its sidewall. The last 4 digits are the manufacturing week and year — this tells you if your tire falls in a recalled production window.

Example: DOT ... 4024

= Week 40 of 2024 (October 2024)

Continental recall 25T017 affects tires made in DOT week 4024.

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