Down one Goodyear "Kevlar" tire...

At 528 miles... ...I picked up a small (1.25") chunk of sheet steel, ruined the tire. Then I remembered the dealer mentioned, "we do not warranty the tires...". At least Discount Tire prorated the replacement, which needed to be shipped to Seattle from Portland. That was three days ago, still waiting...

 

Those have kevlar in them? I thought they only used the kevlar on the MTR's

 

Which one do you have?
Which one did they replace it with?

 

I had the dealer replace one that was out of round under warranty. Took 5 days to get the tire. WTF! Coincidentally in that five days I picked up a nail in that tire. I don't have a lot of faith in these Goodyears

 

Yeah . . . . I don't think we can blame the tire this time.
Good Luck
Mike

 

I'd imagine a chuck of sheet metal will get through just about any tire brand. I don't think this brings Goodyears quality into question..

 

ya i had the same type of incident on one of my cooper st maxx which are way thicker than those stock car tires.. kevlar or not look how light they are, the rubber is thin.

 

Just noticed that...looked like a rock.

 

Blaming someone else is part of all the best TW gripe threads.

A chunk of steel poked in between the lugs.

 

Why would damage be under warranty anyway?

 

The spare tire is indetical. Why not just have it mounted on the wheel?

 

Hahahahaha

 

I popped mine at less milage. I assume a rock while offroading.

 

Popped your cherry

 

Then you wouldn't have a matching spare tire.

When I get this truck, I will be driving to America's / Discount Tire to purchase certificates for all 4 tires! They will rotate and balance as much as you want and will replace your tire until the tread is unsafe to drive on. They don't have to sell you the tires to sell you a certificate for them. I'm guessing they will be around 20-22 dollars a piece. If you pop or destroy a tire, you pay 16 dollars to install a new tire and then buy a new certificate for that tire.

 

I'd rather use the spare tire that I paid for than have it hang for 10 years just because. Use the spare tire, buy cheap one in same size to replace it

 

you know how bad traffic in Tacoma is. And traffic in Lakewood. And Dupont. And Olympia. And Chehalis...Centralia...etc.