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4X4Dodger
Feb 27, 2016Explorer II
spadoctor wrote:
Per Goodyear and others....as soon as a tire is made it starts to age and the life of a tire is 6 years. Call them up and have them exchanged for current stock
If you google tire aging you will find that the manufacturers themselves, those invested in selling tires, say that tires are perfectly good up to SEVEN to TEN years before needing to be replaced for age alone.
Every product ages before it is sold as NEW and the warranty starts. This is just the common practice and the realities of the manufacturing and distribution systems.
If the warranty starts on the date of Purchase, as it clearly does, that is when the tire is truly "new".
So much of the misinformation offered here as fact causes needless concern.
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