Beach-Rat wrote:
CapriRacer wrote:
BeachRat, when you say they denied your claim: Was it the tire dealer that did that? Was there damage to the vehicle that was part of the claim?
OE (Mission) all had belt separation, goose eggs at 13k/ 2 1/2 years.. OE paid for new tires.. only thing that I could find, Goodyear & Maxxis were nationally backordered, was a set of Titans trade named Dico. The Dicos ran great for two seasons. February, on the way to Key West I had my first ever blow out.. lost the RF tire 150 miles out. Lose an hour and a half buying a new tire.. In campground at Key West (1200 miles from home) I notice the LF tire had a big bulge in the tread.. buy second tire (bias belted, the only ST225/75-15 that I could find in Key West) Drive home.. Haul the Key West goose egg home, call 800# and on their instruction return to dealer.
Pull whells to repack bearings.. last two Dicos now have tread bulges (15k on them) so they go to dealer (he is thrilled to seem, so much so that I mail ordered replacement tires)
Manufacture date is over three years from claim (but not retail purchase) so they denied the claim.
No damage to trailer.
Off again, check back in in a week or so.
Sounld like you have a good case to file a complaint on each tire failure with NHTSA. Just be sure to provide tire DOT and RV VIN and as much info as I previously suggested in my earlier post. NHTSA will not replace your tires or pay for damage but if sufficiently documented they may light a fire under the tire importer. Keep your documentation and lots of good well lit pictures of the tires. If you can keep the tires too that would be good unless the tire co wants to stand behind their product and replace them.
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