Hey Luke,

I bought some Kuhmo Exsta's Last Fall from the Totem Lake Discount Tire. I have less than 10K on them. I hit a pothole the other night and I now have a lovely new blister on the sidewall.....Is this a warranty issue? These are UniDirectional tires..Do I have to replace all four or Can I replace just one? Help!!!!

The blister on the sidewall means the belting on the tire has broken. I can't say about Tirerack warrantying it, but don't drive on that tire!

Brian
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why is it that no one can call Luke toll free, but instead they must all post ATTN: Luke or some crap like this. Like he doesn't have enough to do outside of the I-club. All the vendors on here do have more things than the I-club.

Sorry to rant.. I feel better now.

Jon

FYI....

I did call Luke and got his VM..and I did leave a mess...
I was also looking for some opinions...

But not yours rant boy....

that should be warrantied no problem.

EJ20WRX

a third-party roadhazzard warranty or possibly your insurance (if you opt for roadhazzard coverage) will help. no manufacturer warranty will though...

subaru's official tolerance for tire circumference varience is 1/4", which isn't squat.

so then you should replace 2 tires, unless there is significant wear in which case you'll have to replace all four. I've worn out summer tires in 10k, but I've never had 712s. the only time you can safely replace just one is if the tire on that axle and preferable all the other 3 tires are barely worn.

The same thing happened to me, but I filed a claim with the County and they paid for it

Here's what I think .... Kumho does not have a warranty to cover roafd hazzard (no manufacturer does). Totem Lake where you purchased your tires may have sold you "road hazzard insurance" which would cover this problem. You should contact them if that is the case. You did not purchase the tires from The Tire Rack .... we do not offer the road hazzard insurance. As far as, how many to replace measure your tread depth and if you have more than 10/32" replace 1 tire. If you have 9/32" or less replace 2 tires. If you have less than 6/32" replace all 4 tires

Luke

.."The same thing happened to me, but I filed a claim with the County and they paid for it "....

I would love too..But I did it on the Indian Res..and I dont think I can.But thanks for the idea...
Luke thanks for the advice....

-mykr.

I hit a pot hole with my VW. ruined the tire and bent the rim (bad). The township which the pot hole was in paid for a new tire. Alot of paperwork and about 2 months later. Kinda not worth it.

J

ummm... if he has more than a 1/4" of wear, couldn't he order a single tire from tirerack, and ask to have it shaved?

You didn't even buy it from TireRack! Why are you asking Luke?

-tim

I felt the same too !! He should have contacted the place from where he purchased his set, before even posting it here.

JMHO.

Later...AH

Why must people qustion life...Cant we all just get along!

I asked (and I am not gonna say it again) LUke becouse he seems competent about what he is talking about...

and I was hoping for more (positive) feedback from other people who have gone thru this...Isnt that what this place is for...?????


Jeesh who pi$$ed in everybodies wheaties....

Okay, based on my experience, in an earlier car, one of the tires had developed a blister after I hit a median at a pretty fast clip. Since I had not taken any "Road Hazard Insurance" for my tires, I had to pay for its replacement. Since there were very few miles on the tire (6k), I replaced just the one that developed the blister. With "Road Hazard" insurance, they would have replaced the tire with no additional charge to me.

With an AWD car, I would be more careful about replacing just one of the tires. There was an issue a while back in the UK, when 2 tires of the same type on the same car caused issues because they were manufactured at 2 different plants, with slightly different quantity of the compounds used, that resulted in a slightly different level of grip among the tires.

If you have worn the tires quite a bit, then yes, I would ask you to replace all 4 of them, since otherwise the differentials would heat up quite a bit trying to compensate for the differences in the overall diameters of the worn/new tires.

Later...AH

I'd just like all the search nazis on this site to know that rather than post a new thread, I searched out my problem and found a solution.
BUMP
Some idiot dropped a piece of prefabricated wood fence in the middle of the freeway. The color blended in perfectly with the road surface and I was able to swerve at the last minute to avoid major suspension damage. However, I now have a sidewall blister on tires which are no longer made.

Time to shop for some new summer meats...