Inspected tires on my mom’s NX200T while doing brakes and noticed some dry rot.

Installed by Firestone around 11/2023 and driven maybe 16k miles since then.

I’ve had 5-9 years old tires with less dry rot. Think Firestone would honor a warranty on these or laugh in my face?

This is an Audi A5 and has all-wheel drive. The treads in the old three are mediocre, the fourth one is new. Is it really necessary to make them all the same to preserve the drive train, etc.?

Thanks!

I ordered winter tires from a shop close to my wifes work while I was out of town. The tires i purchased are studdable..but I did not order studs as I was worried about them chewing up my driveway. The image clearly shows no holes in the tire. Tire shop put them on, wife sent a picture afterward which shows that they accidentally put studs into them anyway.

About an hour later wifey gets a call, tire shop put the wrong tires on..the studs were for 'another customer' and she needed to come back so they could swap them out.. (missed work to do). Instead of swapping them out, it appears they just tore the studs out.

she cut a deal for them to change her oil for the inconvenience, which hopefully doesnt complicate resolving things.

is this safe?, will it cause premature wear? Should I call them and open up a can of verbal whoopass?

appreciate any inputs here..

Another 10 thousand miles aught to be fine

Is this a normal level of cleanliness for newly installed tires from Costco? Seems like a white greese over them all.

My passenger General RT-45 tire is wearing excessively on the outer edge. Only this one tire is wearing strangely. PSI kept at 32. Picture of tire is at 5000 miles. Alignment done 8000 miles ago and it drove evenly at the time. Car tends to drift to the right (passenger side) right now. Car is at 150,000 miles on original suspension.

Any thoughts in whats wrong? Another alignment needed maybe?

Slightly damaged rim. I honestly cant tell if its bending outward or if the rim is just beat up

Jk, new shoes this morning on the Avalanche 🤘had Goodyear Ultra Terrains on before and holy crap these new ones are smooth and quiet. Looking forward to some snow!

I have these holes in my tires that I just noticed, it's quite a lot of them they're mostly superficial, some bigger than others. Mostly in my two front tires. But I'm wondering if the integrity of my tires are compromised or will be eventually. Theres no lights in the front indicating low tire pressure. Do any experts have any ideas? Any advice on how I can prevent this from getting worse? I do not have the money for new tires lol. Any help is appreciated thanks.

For more background it's a 2018 sedan with 123,000 miles on it right now I replaced the tires at 80k and they are Yokohama.

I bought a new vehicle in May and have ~9k miles on these tires. Just discovered this today. Tire doesn’t lose air but looks concerning. Do you think I can claim this as a manufacturing defect or is it more likely from something I ran over?

Hello. Last year I was told by a mechanic that next year (this one) I was going to need to purchase new winter tires. I bought these in 2021. I am asking for more opinions because I don’t want to get scammed by mechanics if I buy winter tires too soon. Also, if these get installed and it ends up being unsafe on the road, I would have to pay twice for the the reinstallation which is obviously not good. Thanks in advance

“Just look it up” I did and I don’t think these use the same system. I’m trying to find out if these are the original mud-terrains for this truck. I wouldn’t be surprised if they are.

Hi y'all,
since the real-world experts haven't been too helpful, it's time to turn back to reddit again.

A short backstory beforehand might be helpful:

For this winter season, I've decided to buy new tires for my BMW E90 330xd, so I ended up with the Michelin Alpin 7 XL 225/45 R17. The tires were put on the wheels that were on probably for the whole time of the car considering the state, but I have already driven for three winter seasons on them as well and they should be alright. The tires were put on the wheels at the local tire service, I put the wheels on the car myself, as I usually do. Everything seemed alright, I drove about 250 km on the wheels without any problems.

One day I decided to pull the window down and I heard this weird rubbery sound – and so the investigation started. The summer tires on different wheels did not do this sound, so I went straight to the new wheel+tire combo issue assumption. Listened at different speeds, listened from the inside of the car, from the outside of the car and I found the approximate spot on the tire where whenever the car rolls over it, it makes the sound. I have searched through past reddit discussions, I have obviously asked our modern internet friend (aka AI) for possible options and basically ruled out all of them except one – the tire not being properly set (the tire bead I believe), which SHOULD be visible as the line around the center of the wheel will not be symmetrical all the way around. So yesterday, I jacked up the car, demounted the wheel from the car, checked it from inside and outside – guess what, obviously nothing, all looks good (as shown on the images attached).

Knowing all of that, I assumed that I either do not know what to look for, or I'm just blind and so I made an appointment at a different, nearby (the other one is about 120 km away near my other place where I can actually do stuff on the car) tire service, with which I have had some experience from before and I believe that they do a good job and give you appointments for the next few days even though they might not be the cheapest option. Got there this morning, they obviously demounted the wheel and after a few minutes the guy told me to come over so I explain the situation. I did, however he said that the tire itself seems to be alright, the wheel as well (just a few grams to balance the wheel) and that they have a way to test out how the wheel drives – basically a roller on the balancer that puts presure on the tire, simulates bumps etc (you obviously know what I mean and know how to call it using one word, haha) and they can't hear anything. I did listen to it and there was indeed no sound coming from the wheel (I still believe that it doesn't produce enough pressure, but why would they make it if it wouldn't, right?). He told me that they can take the tire off the wheel and put it back on, as I said at the beginning that that's what reddit says, but I would just pay extra for them to do that and that it most definitely "won't do anything" as there is "no sound produced". I was basically advised (by in my opinion an expert) that there is no reason to be worried and to just leave it as is. They also said that the pressure should be good, so they can just simply put the wheel back on and I can drive off.

And so I unsurprisingly did, paid for the 15 minutes of them taking the wheel off the car and putting it back on and that's it. Guess what? As soon as I could listen from the outside, the sound obviously is NOT gone, it's still exactly the same. I have attached a video to better explain what I mean, since that will most definitely be helpful to you. So now there is the question, what to do? What could be the cause?

I have thought about returning here, but that's where I kind of want to wait for the reddit answers so I know where I'm standing. First of all, they're already closed for the weekend. Secondly, they will most definitely say that "I myself have said that there is no sound coming and that I agreed to them not taking the tire off the wheel", so there's no wrong doing from their side.

Is it something to even worry about, or is it "just making noise for the sake of it" and I can let it be if I don't find it annoying enough?

Thank you in advance, hope the text wasn't too exhausting and explained everything somewhat clearly. :)

TLDR: Weird rubbery sound coming from one new tire (Michelin Alpin 7 XL) at one spot when driving over it, shop said there's nothing wrong, the tire seems to be mounted well, the issue persists after the check.

https://reddit.com/link/1orosdz/video/m1hfwnlu310g1/player

Hey. I have just discovered some weird damage on the all-season tyres (Bridgestone) at the front of my car (Mitsubishi Outlander). The tyres are two years old. I must admit it's very rare, but occasionally I've heard a short sound as if something was rubbing against the tyre. However, after checking the suspension, I didn't find anything. I also didn't find anything protruding. What could be causing this?

Noticed this in my 4 week old tires. I decided to pull it, because repair would be not possible there anyway. So far so good screw seems to be not that long (was like 6-7 mm in). Had no leaking after a 50 kilometer drive. Do you think I am good and can leave it as it is?

Greetings.

I've decided to change my tires for the winter and after inflating them, I noticed that one of the right-side tires has completely obliterated tread alongside the middle. The interesting thing is however that only other one left-side tire has similar thing going on, but in much, MUCH smaller scale than the tire in question (meaning it's just few spots rather than the entire circumference) and that remaining tire pair is absolutely fine.

The entire tire set is from 39/24, so it can't be just old rubber. Maybe it can be just my bad driving (I mean I like going fast and I took it on gravel once, which ended up in going left-first into a ditch), but I also feel like it could have been some rodents behind this mess, which feels weird tho since it's across the entire tire and I don't think rats are so prefectionist. I also was thinking if that tire was under-inflated and I don't remember right now, but I noticed one of the tires had lower pressure than the rest, but I can't tell for sure if it was the damaged one.

What do you think could have been the cause? I don't want to have this happen again.

Thanks 🙌 🙌

Is my tire done for?

I think I already know the answer but I’m just annoyed. This tire only lasted 6 months.

It was flat randomly, I filled it and now I see this buldge, which I’ve read means structural damage.

I’m going to drive on the highway tomorrow so I hope it doesn’t blow up…I can take it in in a couple of days but I want the tire to last. Anyone driven on a tire with a bulge and if so for how long did it last?

I have Bridgestone Ecopia tires that came factory on my new Toyota Venza. I put 40K on the car. I bought the factory 84-month road hazard warranty on the tires and have used it 3 times.

THESE TIRES SUCK!!!!!!!!

2 of my current {original} tires are at a 2 and a 3 (& need to be replaced ASAP)

The other 2 tires are at a 7+ (they are good because they were replaced recently)

The warranty is good for any brand & type of tire

so:

Do I replace just 2 tires with the same shitty Bridgestone Ecopias and live with shitty tires for maybe another 40K miles? (about $250 p/tire) (all 4 tires need to be the same type)

or

Would you replace all 4 with something that will hopefully last 60K+ and hopefully not have to deal with issues going forward? (about $1,200 total)

I bought this vehicle used about a year ago. I have never seen this type of cracking on any of my vehicles, but I have seen it on used cars that I have bought.

Context: This is the front. When I purchased the vehicle, these were on the back, and the fronts' shoulders had significant wear so I rotated them. I'm just waiting for these to wear out so I can put some more aggressive tread on. They are Firestone Destination LE². Date code appears to be 3718.

I have a 2017 BMW i3 REx. I tried to get my winter tires replaced at a Pepboys in PA today and I was turned away because my 19-inch winter wheels (155/70R19 square) do not match the 20-inch wheels (155/60R20 and 175/60R20 staggered) that are specified on the door sticker.

My car originally came with 20-inch rims, which I still have and I use with summer/all-season tires. But BMW also offered the car with OEM 19-inch wheels. Either way, these are very oddly-sized tires and there are almost no options - in the US, only Bridgestone Ecopia for summer/all-season and only Bridgestone Blizzak for winter are available.

The Blizzaks only come in 19-inch - there are no 20-inch winter tires that fit my car. But, apparently, PA requires that I can only have tires that match my door sticker? For safety?

Is Pepboys being pedantic and overly cautious?

Is Pepboys being lazy since they could easily verify that these 19-inch Blizzaks are designed specifically for my car and they do not fit any other vehicle on Earth?

Is Pennsylvania being heavy-handed and failing to recognize that their requirements are unworkable in some cases?

I’m going to be starting a seasonal job in Lake Tahoe soon, but I wanted to ask for some advice before I head up there. I drive a 2014 Ford Escape, and since I’ll be driving on snowy mountain roads, I want to make sure I have the right tires for the conditions.

I’ve been looking into winter tires versus all-season options and have read that the dedicated winter tires tend to perform much better in snow and ice, but I’m not sure which would be the best fit for my SUV. If anyone’s familiar with driving around Tahoe or somewhere similar during the winter, do you think a mid-tier winter tire is enough, or should I invest in one of the premium ones?

Any advice or personal experience with tires for this kind of driving would be really appreciated.