Agency Missed Early Tire Warnings _____Correction_____ In some Sept. 12 editions, a headline in the Business section misstated how the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration handled some complaints about Firestone tires. The headline should have said, as it did in other editions, that the agency missed the complaints. By Cindy Skrzycki Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday , September 12, 2000 ; Page E01 On Nov. 30, 1998, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration received a letter from a Ford Explorer owner who …showed first 75 words of 2232 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2232 total…pressure provide adequate safety margin to guard against damage caused by underinflation and overloading?" Lampe said Firestone now recommends that tires on Explorers be inflated to 30 psi. Firestone officials said they made that recommendation recently, before the recall was announced Aug. 9. Ford officials say it was only a day or so before the recall. Staff writers Greg Schneider and Cindy Skrzycki contributed to this report. Bibliography www.nbc.com/firestonetires www.cnn.com/accidentson firestone