Tire Blowout Questions
I have a new to me 2010 Keystone Hideout 27bhs. On my second trip, I had a driver yell to me that my tire was about to blow. I pulled immediately, and inspected the tires and checked pressure. No prob...
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I can only say I didn’t make any of that up… that is word for word their E-mail I got… and those quotes are directly from their website and/or catalogs… not one word has changed…
From industry leaders like Good Year they sell C rated van tires in Europe but don’t import them here, many of the C rated van tires not available here, and most that are have only recently be introduced to the US…
When looking into warranties for them I find nothing that includes trailers or trailer use and being silence DOES NOT MEAN INCLUSION…
More important is the warrant all seem to have a clause that makes all of these e-mail responses pretty much just words on the screen in the real world anyway…
“No representative, employee or retailer has the authority to make or imply
any representation, promise or agreement, which in any way varies the terms of
this warranty. “
the only unambiguous thing in the warranty…
there are both legal and liability concerns that most choose to ignore or that deny even exist… I am not convinced the don’t exist, and if the tire manufactures continue to not accept these liabilities on these tires, why should I… if I decide to change type and size I have…
I guess I can start by saying we don’t disagree on the basic facts, and there are some things we will continue to disagree on… that’s the good part we can disagree and discuss… there is no requirement that we agree…
I read and deciphered the best I could the tire certification and testing procedure… using that as a base line the LT tire is the better tire all other things being equal… when they were debating the upgraded standards (just after the Ford rollover stuff) they were looking at 3 different standards and went middle of the road and should have maybe gone farther… what shocked me was their exclusion of the ST tire from any upgrading… this was due to lobbying against including them by what appeared to be industry insiders claiming trailers are not passenger vehicle and cause little risk of death or injury or damage… it seems it wasn’t important or believed that all these vehicles drive the same highways and when a tire tread crashes through your windshield, it doesn’t matter if it came off of a car, SUV, or a trailer…
What I believe is the NTHSA failed to adequately address the ST tire at the time because there was no one to argue for the ST tire consumer… no I won’t go so far as to make a conspiracy issue out of it but there is something behind it… I suspect it is lack of consumer participation in the complaint process and their failure to show or convince that there was a proper maintenance plan followed… look how many times people made tire claims here but didn’t write the NTHSA about them or often even the tire mfg.…
Back at ya, may you and all of us have the best new year ever…
I can only say I didn’t make any of that up… that is word for word their E-mail I got… and those quotes are directly from their website and/or catalogs… not one word has changed…
From industry leaders like Good Year they sell C rated van tires in Europe but don’t import them here, many of the C rated van tires not available here, and most that are have only recently be introduced to the US…
When looking into warranties for them I find nothing that includes trailers or trailer use and being silence DOES NOT MEAN INCLUSION…
More important is the warrant all seem to have a clause that makes all of these e-mail responses pretty much just words on the screen in the real world anyway…
“No representative, employee or retailer has the authority to make or imply
any representation, promise or agreement, which in any way varies the terms of
this warranty. “
the only unambiguous thing in the warranty…
there are both legal and liability concerns that most choose to ignore or that deny even exist… I am not convinced the don’t exist, and if the tire manufactures continue to not accept these liabilities on these tires, why should I… if I decide to change type and size I have…
I guess I can start by saying we don’t disagree on the basic facts, and there are some things we will continue to disagree on… that’s the good part we can disagree and discuss… there is no requirement that we agree…
I read and deciphered the best I could the tire certification and testing procedure… using that as a base line the LT tire is the better tire all other things being equal… when they were debating the upgraded standards (just after the Ford rollover stuff) they were looking at 3 different standards and went middle of the road and should have maybe gone farther… what shocked me was their exclusion of the ST tire from any upgrading… this was due to lobbying against including them by what appeared to be industry insiders claiming trailers are not passenger vehicle and cause little risk of death or injury or damage… it seems it wasn’t important or believed that all these vehicles drive the same highways and when a tire tread crashes through your windshield, it doesn’t matter if it came off of a car, SUV, or a trailer…
What I believe is the NTHSA failed to adequately address the ST tire at the time because there was no one to argue for the ST tire consumer… no I won’t go so far as to make a conspiracy issue out of it but there is something behind it… I suspect it is lack of consumer participation in the complaint process and their failure to show or convince that there was a proper maintenance plan followed… look how many times people made tire claims here but didn’t write the NTHSA about them or often even the tire mfg.…
Back at ya, may you and all of us have the best new year ever…
