mat562be
Friday 13th May 2005, 14:10
I'm posting in the V-series forum as most people who know a bit tend to be on here.
I recently found that my rear offside tyre (a Good Year Eagle F1 GS-D3 in 225/45 17") has an alarming fault. The metal ply is sticking out of the outer tread/sidewall and there is an split in the tyre where the wire carcass has pushed it's way through. I've been on to my tyre dealer, and he is arranging areplacement, although he says Good Year are sods for warranty claims and tend to accuse you of kerbing the tyre, or some other misuse.
The tyre has NOT been kerbed, abused, over or under-inflated nor subjected to impact of any kind.
A front nearside also failed a couple of months back - a bulge apppearing on the outer tyre wall, again with no kerbing or misuse. I put the last one down to sod's law, and didn't kick up a fuss, assuming that I must have done something for the tyre wall to fail. This time, I'm hopping mad - I am certain that there is nothing untoward which has happened to the tyre, and I will be looking for Good Year to make good.
Anyone else had similar experiences with tyres and/or tyre manufacturers, and what was the result?
I recently found that my rear offside tyre (a Good Year Eagle F1 GS-D3 in 225/45 17") has an alarming fault. The metal ply is sticking out of the outer tread/sidewall and there is an split in the tyre where the wire carcass has pushed it's way through. I've been on to my tyre dealer, and he is arranging areplacement, although he says Good Year are sods for warranty claims and tend to accuse you of kerbing the tyre, or some other misuse.
The tyre has NOT been kerbed, abused, over or under-inflated nor subjected to impact of any kind.
A front nearside also failed a couple of months back - a bulge apppearing on the outer tyre wall, again with no kerbing or misuse. I put the last one down to sod's law, and didn't kick up a fuss, assuming that I must have done something for the tyre wall to fail. This time, I'm hopping mad - I am certain that there is nothing untoward which has happened to the tyre, and I will be looking for Good Year to make good.
Anyone else had similar experiences with tyres and/or tyre manufacturers, and what was the result?