i was on the highway doing about 65-70 in traffic and my tire decides to go flat. i had a care on each side and 1 in front of me and one behind me. what really sucks is on thanksgiving my cousin in her cavalier on the same highway a couple miles from where i was blew out a tire and lost control. the car spun around and she got hit head on by a semi truck. she was ok and so were my other 2 cousins that were with her.
and btw my tire pressure was good because i checked them before i left this morning
this is why
And look the state of illinois cares
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I had a sidewall blow out with a dunlop tire with more than 75% tread left,it was just tire failure.Fortunate for me it blew b4 a rest area and pulled over with in 30seconds of it happening and no damage to my alloy amer racing whls,thk goodness.It's just one of those completly unexpected problems and yes the tire had a warr and was repl free of charge,but the bs of dealing with it.
I had one of my goodyear tires blow out this summer on the I-78 when I was heading to New York City for work. Luckily there were no cars near me and I didn't spin out. I've never been a fan of good year. Those were the ones that were on the car when I got it. My michelins never gave me any problems... I also hate Firestone...
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Goodyear Conquest? Yeah, that;s a Wal-Mart tire or something, because I work at Goodyear and none of those have ever gone through.
Cheap tire, that's why. You get what you pay for. Funny though, a tire doesn't just blow out for no reason, something happened to cause it to blow out.
1983 Camaro Z28
I've got my whole family hooked on Firestone/Bridgestone tires. Never had a problem yet, they all last a long time and no big problems. We have a few tires that are Sigma brand though, things leak like an old faucet. Have to add air at least once a month.
Cheesedick, are those the steelies that you bought off of me? If so i told you you would need to replace them. Either way sorry to hear man.
funny, my assurance triple tred's take one helluva beating just fine..
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C.T.S wrote:I've got my whole family hooked on Firestone/Bridgestone tires. Never had a problem yet, they all last a long time and no big problems. We have a few tires that are Sigma brand though, things leak like an old faucet. Have to add air at least once a month.
and did you know they have a huge ass recall on them?? ever since the explorer has a recall years ago I say scew them... now (currently) bridgestone has a big recall they are dealing with.. but this is more of a matter of opinion now.. I have to go with bfgoodridge or michilin
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lundis wrote:funny, my assurance triple tred's take one helluva beating just fine..
That's because those are a good @!#$ tire, very good tire.
1983 Camaro Z28
ling427ttvette wrote:Goodyear Conquest? Yeah, that;s a Wal-Mart tire or something, because I work at Goodyear and none of those have ever gone through.
Cheap tire, that's why. You get what you pay for. Funny though, a tire doesn't just blow out for no reason, something happened to cause it to blow out.
Goodyear conquests came stock on our 05 sunfire.
Quiklilcav wrote:Cheesecake, I see signs of fix-a-flat in there. Seems you may have already had an issue with that tire. That stuff is not a good thing for your tire. It's an emergency fix, but you shouldn't leave a tire on your car with that stuff in it.
Glad you're OK, though.
This man speaketh the truth, that stuff will ruin a tire QUICK.
1983 Camaro Z28
Ryan (1REDRY) wrote:C.T.S wrote:I've got my whole family hooked on Firestone/Bridgestone tires. Never had a problem yet, they all last a long time and no big problems. We have a few tires that are Sigma brand though, things leak like an old faucet. Have to add air at least once a month.
and did you know they have a huge ass recall on them?? ever since the explorer has a recall years ago I say scew them... now (currently) bridgestone has a big recall they are dealing with.. but this is more of a matter of opinion now.. I have to go with bfgoodridge or michilin
Yes I do. Do you know the details surrounding the recall enough to have an educated opinion about it? Or maybe knowledge of how tires are made so you understand why the Explorers had problems. Did you know that the Explorer tires that blew out left and right were the same tires put on several GM vehicles that never had noticeable problems with blowouts (or other tire problems)? Do you know how recalls are forced on manufacturers even when they insist there is no problem, or that the problems is just one contributing factor among other more significant problems? Come back when you know more than the opinion CNN spoon feeds you.
C.T.S wrote:Ryan (1REDRY) wrote:C.T.S wrote:I've got my whole family hooked on Firestone/Bridgestone tires. Never had a problem yet, they all last a long time and no big problems. We have a few tires that are Sigma brand though, things leak like an old faucet. Have to add air at least once a month.
and did you know they have a huge ass recall on them?? ever since the explorer has a recall years ago I say scew them... now (currently) bridgestone has a big recall they are dealing with.. but this is more of a matter of opinion now.. I have to go with bfgoodridge or michilin
Yes I do. Do you know the details surrounding the recall enough to have an educated opinion about it? Or maybe knowledge of how tires are made so you understand why the Explorers had problems. Did you know that the Explorer tires that blew out left and right were the same tires put on several GM vehicles that never had noticeable problems with blowouts (or other tire problems)? Do you know how recalls are forced on manufacturers even when they insist there is no problem, or that the problems is just one contributing factor among other more significant problems? Come back when you know more than the opinion CNN spoon feeds you.
chillax kid. I was mearly repeating on what I knew.. I didn't know all that.
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^It was mostly Ford's problem not Firestone.
On the 1990-2001 Explorers, Ford required to put 26 PSI on their SUVs. Why so low? To compensate for a lousy engineering setup. Ford said by putting a low 26psi the vehicle will be lower to ground, hence a lower center of gravity, hence a more stable vehicle.
The suspension architecture and overall geometry design was so lousy, that if you were to put a safe 30 or 32 psi your likely hood of flipping over quadrupled. So Ford went on with 26psi as the cheap way out.
But here is the thing, being at 26psi on a heavy truck causes lot of heat build up and premature all the internal tire rubber. More so if you neglect checking the tire pressure and you start to sink in the teens or single digits in PSI, which many Explorer owners did. Which in the end it caused so many explosions, more so in hot climate areas.
No matter what tire brand, low PSI will cause failure.
Also notice how Ford rushed to a new Explorer, one with a longer wheelbase and a wider stance and 4 wheel independent suspension too?
BTW the new Explorers require 32psi.
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Sorry about the rant. I really hate American News, they
really distort the truth badly. It's not just recall stuff, it's a lot. Just look into some of the facts surrounding the middle east and compare them to what the news hands out. For example, they talk about Muslim/Islamic Clerics all the time; there is no such position (or it's equivalent) in Islam. I could talk about it all day, but that's one good example.
Firestone got a really bad rap out of that who mess. If you read up the facts, the major points Mr. Goodwrench got, most people would agree that it was 99.9% Ford's fault. Firestone even tried to get the Explorer recalled several times because of the suspension design problems. Ford has more lobbyist & clout, so guess who won those arguments.
There were other factors in that too. Such as, again a suspension engineering problem, when a rear tire deflates in an explorer it develops massive oversteer. Makes the vehicle want to snap turn at high speeds. Where does heat build up the most, high speeds. Most people ignoring the pressure in the tires for a few years (tires normally lose about 1 psi per year; rubber is not air tight, the inside of tires are coated) and the pressure would drop to the (well advised by Firestone as the failure pressure Ford chose to ignore) teens and blowouts would occur on mainly freeways. So you have an uncontrollable vehicle that wants to snap turn at high speeds, can't imagine why that vehicle would roll over.
Ford found that the tires were particularly prone to failure at
extreme low pressures because the plant they were made in used old ventilation technology, and the humidity while making the tires was slightly higher than Firestone's internal specifications. Most people know that all ratings have some safety factor built in. Well Ford commonly takes advantage of that safety factor, a really bad idea if you ask me. They did so in this case by putting the 26psi in the tires, Firestone specifically stated not to put less than 30 in those tires.
During the lawsuits, because Firestone continued to sell the tires to Ford even after they knew Ford was under-pressuring the tires, they were considered to have 'approved' the practice. So they were found liable for the tires that didn't meet their own internal standards, blah blah blah, it's Firestone's fault somehow.
What gets me pissed off:
The media grabs that last line and ignores everything else I just talked about.
So now you're a company who's getting blamed for someone's mistakes. What do you do? Damage control. Which makes you look even more guilty, but saves some reputation, so financially it's worth it.
Ug, I just went off on another rant.... C'est la vie.
I totally understand. and now I know a little more on the facts I won't be to quickly to judge in the future.
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cooper trendsetters here no problems and they stick to the ground good. even in the rain.
Sunfires... eh (Tom) wrote:ling427ttvette wrote:Goodyear Conquest? Yeah, that;s a Wal-Mart tire or something, because I work at Goodyear and none of those have ever gone through.
Cheap tire, that's why. You get what you pay for. Funny though, a tire doesn't just blow out for no reason, something happened to cause it to blow out.
Goodyear conquests came stock on our 05 sunfire.
My 05 Cavy came with them as well
Why is fix a flat bad to keep in a tire? I just ask cause my mom's rear passenger tire just went randomly low on air last week or so. She threw a can of fix a flat in there, and air and its been fine ever seen. No leaks, noises, etc. What will happen?
SOB! I totally screwed up my post!
Below was what I was trying to say
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My 05 Cavy came with them as well
Why is fix a flat bad to keep in a tire? I just ask cause my mom's rear passenger tire just went randomly low on air last week or so. She threw a can of fix a flat in there, and air and its been fine ever seen. No leaks, noises, etc. What will happen?
no one is going to watch to change the tire because it makes a mess when you remove the old tire. I have yet to meet a tech that is ok with changing a tire with fix a flat or any other goo style flat fixer.
Exodus 259 wrote:Sunfires... eh (Tom) wrote:ling427ttvette wrote:Goodyear Conquest? Yeah, that;s a Wal-Mart tire or something, because I work at Goodyear and none of those have ever gone through.
Cheap tire, that's why. You get what you pay for. Funny though, a tire doesn't just blow out for no reason, something happened to cause it to blow out.
Goodyear conquests came stock on our 05 sunfire.
My 05 Cavy came with them as well
Mine came with the conquest asawell. in fact, i heard that they are a good little tire at least in terms of ware
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My 05 Cavy came with them as well
Why is fix a flat bad to keep in a tire? I just ask cause my mom's rear passenger tire just went randomly low on air last week or so. She threw a can of fix a flat in there, and air and its been fine ever seen. No leaks, noises, etc. What will happen?
no one is going to watch to change the tire because it makes a mess when you remove the old tire. I have yet to meet a tech that is ok with changing a tire with fix a flat or any other goo style flat fixer.
I'm fine with changing the tire when it has that junk in it, but make me do a flat-repair on it then you get charged a little more than a regular repair costs, simply because I have to wash that tire out thoroughly because the fix-a-flat messes with the patch glue and it's a BITCH to get a patch to stick, usually they won't.
The fix a flat stuff from what I know slowly eats away at the inner liner of the tire. Usually it's a good idea to go get the tire fixed instead of using fix-a-flat.
1983 Camaro Z28
For the same cost as fix-a-flat you can get a tire plug kit and do it right. It takes longer, harder to do, but doesn't piss off the tire place and is usually more effective.
