Help! no road hazard on new car

have you checked with the tire manufacturer?

i put new michelins on my car and got a nail, but no warranty on nails.

 

It's the norm for new car tires: defect warranty on tires, through the tire manufacturer, and no road hazard.

How close to the tread edge, about an inch? I would consider DIY plug repair.

 

Have them return it to you, marked? Any tire place can deal with it, there's really no upside to dealership repair.

I rolled one of our OEM wheels with a finishing nail in the tread, to a dealership. They told me no dice, too close to edge. They're probably right, for the outside/inside style of plug. But anyway:

I took it back, got a plug repair kit and did DIY. That was maybe 5 years back, still on the car.

 

Of course that one will lead a charmed life, lol.

Yeah consider plug repair, if it's say a thumb's width from edge of tread. You can get cheap plug repair kits for $10, Slime for example. I went with Black Jack, much more solid, nice case, two diameters of plugs, lubes, spare needle. There are several quality makes, another was mentioned recently here, name escapes me.

Since repairing that first tire I've done maybe 3 or 4 more, 1 on our snows, and others on relation's cars. Always worked out.

 

Different sellers=different warranties. The tire warranty (pamphlet) should be included with your owners manual and other literature in the glove box.

Yes, take it to an independent shop for a better opinion. Not letting you see the tire is BS.

 

What tires do you have? I have Bridgestone Ecopia 422. Toyota uses the manufacturer's warranty they provided with the car.
For the Bridgestone tires, you need to go to an authorized Firestone/Bridgestone dealer, not a Toyota dealer, for tire warranty work.

 

There is no road hazard warranty though.

 

That situation is typical for almost ALL new cars.
They do not warranty a few other things too......like windshield wiper blades, just for instance.
They will not cover broken glass either.

 

The warranty specifically excludes road hazard, yes.

 

It's a bit like accident damage - tyre damage isn't covered by warranty unless the tyre was faulty. Nor are bent panels.

Some tyre retailers give a limited warranty, but that's usually more a "good-will" gesture, aiming at keeping you as a customer.

 

tyre rack gave me $25. for a nail and plug. if it couldn't be plugged, still $25.

 

Safety Seal is the other good quality plug repair kit I was thinking of, that was mentioned here.

 

Sorry to hear. I can say if its too close there is a SMALL potential that the sidewall will get a bubble which could, if left unchecked lead to a blowout. I however had my uncle patch tires for me several times in previous cars and never had an issue with them and yes, many could or wouldn't be fixed at the auto repair shop.

EDIT: BY the way, it is generally recommended not to use slime as this could mess up the TPMS sensors in most modern cars, but slime works wonders on old tractor tires or bicycle tires

 

I think the reason the tire shops have this one thumbs width minimum distance from tread edge, is the nature of the plugs they use: they remove the tire from the rim, and put in a plug from the inside, that has a disc shape on the inside, with significant radius. Too close to the edge, it won't seat properly.

But a regular, from the outside only plug repair, you can get closer I think. I've had no problem, with a plug repair that's less than an inch from the tread edge.

Get your wheel/tire back, see where the puncture is, go from there.

 

Thinking a L-O-N-G way back, when tubeless tyres first arrived, when they sprung a leak, we'd go buy an inner-tube de-mount the tyre at home, install the inner tube and it would work fine. The tyre depot would frown on it, but was happy to still sell you a tube.

Come Radial Tyres in the '70s, this was deemed to be a NO-NO. Supposedly too much flex in the tyre. At least that's what they said. Plus, they were harder to get on a rim (or was I getting weaker?).

 

Plug repair, the simple exterior type, seems a lot easier than wrestling a tire off a rim to get to an inner tube. Or were tires with inner tubes easier to pull off?

 

Yes a bit easier but because of a thinner bead and not because of the tube.

The best "fix" is to do both; plug and tube. But almost no tire shop will do that. Main reasons: You have to be more careful when installing on the rim so as not to pinch the tube......AND there is little to no profit in doing that.