Cracks in Goodyear Run Flats
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Cracks in Goodyear Run Flats
Well..don't know what happened, all the text I had with the post is gone. Here we go again. These tires came of a 2012 base, sold in March of 2012. Date codes show manufacture of 1911 and 2011. They have 10,000 miles on them. How common is the cracking of these tires? And is it really dangerous? I went down to the dealership and looked at their used Corvettes, and every Corvette with Goodyear Run Flats, had cracked tires on the rear. Someone there said that was normal with the GoodYear's, because the compound used was harder. HUH??
Last edited by MCharlie; 03-27-2015 at 05:28 PM. Reason: Had to re-enter all the text!
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Tires are only 2 1/2 years old...They were on a new, when sold, 2012 car, that was sold in March of 2013. The tires should have lasted longer than that! They only have 10,000 miles on them. See my edit first post for more. (For some reason, all my text went away when I added the image.)
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Tires are only 2 1/2 years old...They were on a new, when sold, 2012 car, that was sold in March of 2013. The tires should have lasted longer than that! They only have 10,000 miles on them. See my edit first post for more. (For some reason, all my text went away when I added the image.)
That cannot be normal for 2 1/2 yo tires. My fronts don't have those cracks and they are still the Goodyear original tires. I am getting ready to replace them due to age. 10yo tires should be replaced even though they still have great tread on them. I don't know what could cause that other than defective tire.
#5
Freezing temps, and GM just put out a dealer warning for the C-7 that the performance tires are exposed to freezing temps as well.
If you have a Goodyear Manufacturer Tire warranty on the tires, then the cracked tires will be replaced for free.
http://www.goodyear.com/en-US/tire-w...to-light-truck
If you have a Goodyear Manufacturer Tire warranty on the tires, then the cracked tires will be replaced for free.
http://www.goodyear.com/en-US/tire-w...to-light-truck
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Unfortunately, these tires never saw the car they came on. The previous owner of my car, bought a new C6 with a 6 speed manual trans. He had special rims and tires on his old C6, so they swapped out the rims and tires. My C6 got his brand new, 2012 rims and tires.
So, I don't think Goodyear will talk to me, no matter what documentation we have, regarding the swapping of rims and tires.
So, I don't think Goodyear will talk to me, no matter what documentation we have, regarding the swapping of rims and tires.
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Unfortunately, these tires never saw the car they came on. The previous owner of my car, boguht a new C6 with a 6 speed manual trans. He had special rims and tires on his old C6, so they swapped out the rims and tires. My C6 got his brand new, 2012 rims and tires.
So, I don't think Goodyear will talk to me, no matter what documentation we have, regarding the swapping of rims and tires.
So, I don't think Goodyear will talk to me, no matter what documentation we have, regarding the swapping of rims and tires.
The DOT number on the tires...1911 and 2011...would indicate the tires were made April of 2011...almost 4 years ago. Are you sure somebody didn't do a switcheroo?
Still, GY should give you some kind of adjustment.
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Well..don't know what happened, all the text I had with the post is gone. Here we go again. These tires came of a 2012 base, sold in March of 2012. Date codes show manufacture of 1911 and 2011. They have 10,000 miles on them. How common is the cracking of these tires? And is it really dangerous? I went down to the dealership and looked at their used Corvettes, and every Corvette with Goodyear Run Flats, had cracked tires on the rear. Someone there said that was normal with the GoodYear's, because the compound used was harder. HUH??
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Unfortunately, these tires never saw the car they came on. The previous owner of my car, bought a new C6 with a 6 speed manual trans. He had special rims and tires on his old C6, so they swapped out the rims and tires. My C6 got his brand new, 2012 rims and tires.
So, I don't think Goodyear will talk to me, no matter what documentation we have, regarding the swapping of rims and tires.
So, I don't think Goodyear will talk to me, no matter what documentation we have, regarding the swapping of rims and tires.
#10
Melting Slicks
you should find a GY store and see if they will do some sort of a partial concession towards a new set, that is if you want GY's. Those cracks can happen to summer tires as they age if driving them when they and roads are cold. If you must drive in those conditions, bump up the tire pressures and don't drive aggresivelly
Last edited by truckplay; 03-31-2015 at 03:43 PM.
#11
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As you have found out this is very common. After one year the Goodyear tires begin getting hard and handling/traction drops off. After they get hard the cracks begin. If you keep driving on them they will evenually separate and chunks will come off the tread area. You can probably fight with Goodyear and get them to adjust these tires, but it will still be expensive and in another year you will have the same issues.
Many of us have changed over to another brand (including the new C7). Almost any brand out there that will fit the car will be better than the Goodyear. I'm using Michelin (PS2 and now Pilot Super Sports) and very happy with the ride and handling improvement along with reduced noise.
Many of us have changed over to another brand (including the new C7). Almost any brand out there that will fit the car will be better than the Goodyear. I'm using Michelin (PS2 and now Pilot Super Sports) and very happy with the ride and handling improvement along with reduced noise.
Last edited by Vito.A; 03-31-2015 at 12:01 PM.
#12
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What's the manufacture date code on the sidewall?.....it will be 4 digits; the first two will the the week of the year, the last two will be the year. In other words a 2209 will be the 22nd week of 2009.
I picked up an '04 with 12K miles three years ago. It had a full tread depth set of Michelin Pilot A/S with 600 miles on them. They had same type of cracks in the root of all 4 tires (otherwise they looked new).
I picked up an '04 with 12K miles three years ago. It had a full tread depth set of Michelin Pilot A/S with 600 miles on them. They had same type of cracks in the root of all 4 tires (otherwise they looked new).