What to look for when examining your tires

[kilroy]

I put this together today so if anyone has questions about their own tire, they now will have some idea of what to look for.

http://www.grandillusion.org/Bad Firestone Tire.htm

 

[RandyM]

Exactly The Way My Tires Looked

Kilroy,

Your pictures accurately represent what 2 of my tires looked like once removed from the vehicle. Both began to separate on the in-board side of the tire where it would never be seen until catastrophic failure. My tires were all with the VDHL coding. The man at the local Firestone store was unimpressed with these findings when I pointed them out to him as I turned the tires in to Firestone for disposal. No concern on his part whatsoever..."dispassionate" would best describe his attitude. Good job of illustrating the stage 1 of tire separation!

 

[jimslat]

Thanks for the Photos.....

I just tossed four Wilderness AT tires from my 2001 Sport because I found a similar looking crack on the oustide tread shoulder block on my front left tire. The crack was approximately 12" long. The morons at Firestone claimed that was only a cosmetic problem probably due to a road hazard. The funny part is the day before the same Firestone dealer checked these tires and found nothing wrong. I noticed the crack after a high speed run to Delaware and back to New York. I did not hit one pothole on the NJ Turnpike!

The Firestone dealer was about to blow me off, but then changed heart and offered to exchannge the tire. Since he was only offering to give me another Wilderness AT tire, I decided not to take the offer, wnet elsewhere and installed new Pirelli Scorpion AT tires. Since I installed these tires I realized how much of a piece of junk those Wilderness AT tires really are!