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3-28-2014
| Miss Edie
Posted on 03/28/2014 10:36:45 AM PDT by MissEdie
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HELP Freepers, I need some help regarding a tire. A little over 2 weeks ago we put brand new BF Goodrich tires on my Ford Expedition. This morning as I am driving my daughter to school I hear a "POP", about 10 seconds later my Low Tire Pressure light comes on. I pulled over to look and my back passenger side tire is going flat. Long story short, the dealership where we got the tires is trying to say I ran over something in the road that punctured the tire. My husband drove the exact same route less than 30 minutes before I did and had no problems. There was nothing in the road, and my question is, if I ran over something sharp enough to puncture a tire, wouldn't it have gotten the front tire first?? Am I wrong in thinking the dealership is trying to get out of making this right???
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posted on
03/28/2014 10:36:45 AM PDT
by
MissEdie
To: MissEdie
Did you buy “Road Hazard”?
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posted on
03/28/2014 10:38:34 AM PDT
by
US Navy Vet
(Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
To: MissEdie
You could be wrong. Make them show you the item you ran over.
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posted on
03/28/2014 10:38:59 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: MissEdie
Never seen a new tire pop on its own.
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posted on
03/28/2014 10:39:14 AM PDT
by
KEVLAR
(Liberty or Death)
To: MissEdie
Should be simple for them to show you the hole if you ran over something.
In my experience if you run over something you don’t hear anything, the tire just starts going flat. Unless its something major.
If its a tire defect then you hear a pop.
Its a car dealership, of course they are trying to get out of it.
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posted on
03/28/2014 10:40:37 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: MissEdie
It's not unusual or weird to have a puncture on the rear, but not on the front. Most of the times I've flatted a tire because of something in the road (nail, or screw type item) it was a back tire. The front tire might run over the object in a non-damaging way, and the object is reoriented so the rear tire gets it.
The object should still be in the tire.
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posted on
03/28/2014 10:42:51 AM PDT
by
Cboldt
To: MissEdie
Make them show you and make sure you are watching them while they take off the tire and check it.
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posted on
03/28/2014 10:43:43 AM PDT
by
ColdOne
(I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11))
To: KEVLAR
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posted on
03/28/2014 10:46:56 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(LIberal is an oxymoron......................)
To: US Navy Vet
US Navy has the correct question.
If you bought road hazard coverage with you tires, it doesn’t matter how it happened, they will fix the tire for free.
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posted on
03/28/2014 10:47:40 AM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(Over production, one of the top 5 worries for the American Farmer every year.)
To: MissEdie
Google search and see if other people have had problems with this tire. Usually there are many others.........................if it’s a tire problem.................
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posted on
03/28/2014 10:48:08 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(LIberal is an oxymoron......................)
To: MissEdie
It’s possible the front tire kicked up the object that got the rear tire.
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posted on
03/28/2014 10:48:12 AM PDT
by
TangoLimaSierra
(To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are.)
To: MissEdie
Chances are you’ll need to get in contact with a mfg rep. Did you buy road hazard
warranty? If so that should cover it. Otherwise you are facing a defect situation
assuming you are correct in that you didn’t run over anything.
Read the following to get a gist of warranties/hazard etc.
http://www.edmunds.com/auto-warranty/understanding-tire-warranties.html
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posted on
03/28/2014 10:49:08 AM PDT
by
deport
To: MissEdie
Yes, you are wrong. A front tire or an entire vehicle may pass over sharp, pointy objects and road debris without incident, only to have a rear tire or the tire of a following vehicle get punctured. The tire should show an identifiable puncture instead of a manufacturing defect.
To: MissEdie
My last two flats were on the right rear. You drive over something and the front tire lifts it up. The back tire catches it and ka-pow. The road is changing all the time. Your husband may have missed the object by half an inch.
It comes down to this. Did you buy road hazard insurance? (Even if you did it might not help. I have 20,000 miles on Michelins and it still cost me $47 to replace a tire because it was worn 3/1000.)
If they’re going to charge you full price then I’d say go to either “Discount Tire” Or Costco. Tires are very competitive. They’ll be within a few dollars. So far I think Discount has the best warranty.
To: MissEdie
If you go somewhere else to get tires, DO NOT go to Firestone.
They are the biggest crooks
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posted on
03/28/2014 10:54:05 AM PDT
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: MissEdie
About ten years ago I had the thread come apart on a fairly new tire (under a year old).
Was a vibration for about 5 seconds and then the *POP/BANG* before I could pull over.
Tire folks (Goodyear) made it right.
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posted on
03/28/2014 10:55:13 AM PDT
by
The Cajun
(tea party!!!, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert......Nuff said.)
To: MissEdie
Geez! It' s a flat tire.
Maybe you ran over something.
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posted on
03/28/2014 10:55:21 AM PDT
by
skimbell
To: ShadowAce
My husband asked for it and they said they didn’t have it, it must still be on the road so he went and walked both sides of it for over 100 feet and found nothing. If I’m wrong I don’t mind paying for it, but this place has a reputation for ripping people off.
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posted on
03/28/2014 10:55:34 AM PDT
by
MissEdie
(America went to the polls on 11-6-12 and all we got was a socialist thug and a dottering old fool.)
To: MissEdie
I must be lucky, the place I buy my tires from will fix a flat for free, no matter how old the tire is. Maybe they include it in the price of the new tire, but I never paid for any extra warranty, etc. Good luck with your situation !
To: Balding_Eagle
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posted on
03/28/2014 10:57:01 AM PDT
by
MissEdie
(America went to the polls on 11-6-12 and all we got was a socialist thug and a dottering old fool.)
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