Will warranty cover my flat tire?

 

unless u`r rim broke and stabbed the tire...i dont think so

 

lol haha thanks jason.

well actually its MY flat tire that just happened a while ago and my car is about 5 months old.

so im driving about 80-85 on the freeway then i notice some shaking in my steering wheel. i pull over immediatly discovering my front right tire is flat. so being super dark outside i didnt really note the damage on the flat, i just threw the spare on with some light from the distant cars and light poles. then i proceed to drive home.

so im in my garage after getting home safely, and i examine my flat front right tire. it was awkward since the flat tires ive experienced had damage to the thread. but mine did NOT. the only puncture was on the wall of the tire.

could this be a "defective tire"? and might be covered my warantee? or i should just live with the fact that **** happens, and tires blow. well thanks for the comments in advance. this maybe a good excuse for me to finally get rims

 

Good excuse for some new wheels. Sidewall punctures are a regular occuance in a tire shop. The answer is no your cars warrenty will not cover it. Do you havea Les Schwab in your area? If you do get your tires there. The warrentie will cover that crap and much more.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 20strong &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Good excuse for some new wheels. Sidewall punctures are a regular occuance in a tire shop. The answer is no your cars warrenty will not cover it. Do you havea Les Schwab in your area? If you do get your tires there. The warrentie will cover that crap and much more.</TD></TR></TABLE>

damn, well thats alright then i guess. never head of Les Schwab but ill definetly check then out if there are any around here. thanks for the help!

 

Never heard of Les Schwab? Woah...

 

***** we from cali

 

hahaha, yea' its all about Americas Tire and Wheel... Same kinda' warranty services, great prices...

SMo'

 

Les Schwab is in California. I worked at one. I am not sure how far south they are though. I know that there is a couple in Stockton and Sac. though. Nobody else takes care of a custermer like Les Schwab though I mean come on they run out to your car.

 

its cool guys. i ended up gettin Hankook Optimo from pepboys. about 125$ with balancing and stuff. also picked myself up a nice lil torque wrench and 3/4 socket for some evenly torqued wheels

 

how far did u drive with the spare on teh front? because that can damage the lsd. dont mention any of this to a dealer because it could come back to bite u hardcore

 

how does the spare have an effect on the LSD? i know you shouldn't rock the spare for long anyway, but didn't think of the lsd. hopefully i'll never have to use it anyway!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by octoBOT &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how does the spare have an effect on the LSD? i know you shouldn't rock the spare for long anyway, but didn't think of the lsd. hopefully i'll never have to use it anyway!</TD></TR></TABLE>

What you should have done was jack up that side of the car, put the spare on the rear, and move the rear to the front.

It's bad for the LSD because of the mismatched tires on each side.

 

The LSD should not be effected by the spare tire as long as he is on stocks. The spair tire has the same overall diameter as the stock tire.

 

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i drove about 35 hwy miles on my donut. lol not to worry, i dont have LSD <TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by COMplex. &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

What you should have done was jack up that side of the car, put the spare on the rear, and move the rear to the front.
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i thought about it but i just said F it, didnt need to. i got the flat at 1 in the morning and ill i wanted to do was get home.

 

I hope you werent going too fast on your donut on the freeway. I'm pretty sure it has a low speed rating (around 45-55mph)

 

dont worry about me, thats about how fast i was going. same lane as the semi's. i was scared to go any faster on that baby tire.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Nighthawk R18 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">dont worry about me, thats about how fast i was going. same lane as the semi's. i was scared to go any faster on that baby tire.</TD></TR></TABLE>

just makin sure