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Discussion in 'Wheels & Tires' started by Pugga, Jul 11, 2011.

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  1. Jul 11, 2011 at 10:19 AM
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    I rotated my tires yesterday and noticed what looked to be dry rot cracks in the sidewalls. The crack is about 1/2" outside of the rim, the entire circumference of the tire and on all 4 tires :confused:. They're not overly deep but the location has me concerned. The tires aren't quite a year old and have about 10,000 miles on them. The tires are Cooper Discoverer ATRs. Is this something I should be concerned about and bring them back to the tire shop or just drive and forget about it?

    Before anyone asks, I don't have picks, it looks like a normal dryrot crack, not too deep but you could get your fingernail into it.
     
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  2. Jul 12, 2011 at 4:46 AM
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    Bueller...
     
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  3. Jul 12, 2011 at 4:49 AM
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    Do you use tire shine at all? In my experience I've always thought the more I shine my tires the faster they dry rot.
     
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  4. Jul 12, 2011 at 4:54 AM
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    Absolutely not just for that reason. I use a tire brush and the same soap I use to wash my truck and that's it.
     
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  5. Jul 12, 2011 at 4:59 AM
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    Can you take them back to where they were purchased and have them inspected? You shouldn't have any cracks with only 10k miles on them. Almost sounds like a manufacturer defect considering all four tires have the indentical crack. Maybe covered under warranty?

    Oh yeah and ................

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  6. Jul 12, 2011 at 5:03 AM
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    I think that's what I'm going to have to do, take them back. Unfortunately, I haven't done it yet because I recently moved and the tire shop is an hour away now. I've never had a problem with Cooper's in the past and I've run them on almost every truck I've owned. I'll get some pictures up tonight hopefully.

    Thanks for the help guys!
     
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  7. Jul 12, 2011 at 5:30 AM
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    :popcorn: I have the same tires. Maybe I should take a closer look at them! But then again I bought mine of CL so I dont have any warranty :(
     
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  8. Jul 12, 2011 at 5:33 AM
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    I have to dig out the paperwork to see what I've got for warranty, if any. I've had these same tires on an old Ranger as well as Cooper M+S's and my dad had the ATR's on his Chevy diesel, none have had this issue. I'll update this when I can get the truck to the tire shop.
     
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    Take em back to the tire shop. A lot of tire manufacturers buy back the tires when they fail early like this to find out what went wrong. It could also be considered a manufacturing defect.
     
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  10. Jul 12, 2011 at 6:06 AM
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    I now you bought them a year ago, but what is the date on the tires? Should be four digits, first two are the week they were made last two are the year.
     
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  11. Jul 12, 2011 at 6:14 AM
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    Good tip! I'll run out to my truck at lunch and check.
     
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  12. Jul 12, 2011 at 6:53 AM
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    Good idea. I saw some recalls on that model tire but the latest one was for 3206 and 3306 IIRC.
     
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  13. Jul 12, 2011 at 7:36 AM
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    Warranty for sure
     
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  14. Jul 12, 2011 at 9:44 AM
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    I found the 4 digit number - 0810 so it looks like they were made late February/early March of 2010 and put on my truck early June (I found the receipt of when I purchased them so they're 1 year and 1 month old). The last recall I could find online was from 2006 but I did put a call in the shop that installed them to set up an appointment to have the tires checked out. Stand by for the outcome...
     
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    Probably made in China. A lot of tires with USA names we assume are made in the USA are actually made in china. I have never seen a chinese made tire not dry rot.
     
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  16. Jul 12, 2011 at 10:00 AM
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    Sadly it wouldn't surprise me... I'm not sure if it's true or not but I thought I read that Cooper makes Pro Comp tires also :eek:

    Slight dry rot doesn't bother me, it happens. What bothers me is it's the same exact cracking pattern on all 4 tires.
     
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    Not with a date stamp of 0810
     
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    I had a set of Coopers on my old truck and they were dry rotted... Another reason why I'll never go with Coopers ever again.
     
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