Severe sidewall cracks on 3 year old tires?
#1
Severe sidewall cracks on 3 year old tires?
Hey guys,
I have a set of low-profile Bridgstone Blizzaks that are only 3 years old. Always kept around 32 psi and never abused. I lost 2 of them on the highway within a week of eachother and upon examination found big cracks on the inner sidewalls of the other two. I have never seen this happen to a tire this young before, and the fact that it happened to all 4 makes me think it was an issue with the manufacturing process or a bad batch or rubber rather than something that I did wrong. I already dropped $500 to replace the two that blew, but i dont think that this should be happening. Anybody know if bridgestone has a warranty for something like this?
I have a set of low-profile Bridgstone Blizzaks that are only 3 years old. Always kept around 32 psi and never abused. I lost 2 of them on the highway within a week of eachother and upon examination found big cracks on the inner sidewalls of the other two. I have never seen this happen to a tire this young before, and the fact that it happened to all 4 makes me think it was an issue with the manufacturing process or a bad batch or rubber rather than something that I did wrong. I already dropped $500 to replace the two that blew, but i dont think that this should be happening. Anybody know if bridgestone has a warranty for something like this?
#8
They were stored inside for most of the year, kept in a climate controlled basement. i'm just pissed because the set still had 80% of the tread left, but because of the sidewalls they are just really expensive scrap rubber.
#10
Unfortunately man that looks like a razor blade mark when tires separate that deeply its usually not that wiggly of a line they tend to crack along where the layers of rubber are fused. It could be a bad tire though to if they used cheap rubber or it wasn't the right mixture of components in the rubber they can crack like that but its rare.
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