Hey guys, when is it acceptable for dry rot (many, many little cracks in the rubber) to show in the tread?
My tires on the Wagon appear to be dry rotting in the tread. Every single 1 of them. The sidewalls look good. These tires are all date coded 0217 which equals to the 2nd week of Jan, 2017.
So, the tires aren't even 3 years old and they are getting all cracked up. I just happened to notice this when taking a little break from welding on the frame while laying on the floor.
I usually never wear tires out, they get replaced because of age than due to wear as I only drive a total of around 6K miles a year and that get's spread out to 4 or 5 vehicles. General consensus now a days is that tires should last 6-10 years before being replaced due to age rather than wear. Though, most vehicles that I've bought had 20+ year old tires on them. (I always change them before the vehicle becomes a driver)
Rubber doesn't seem to last good these days, but should this be considered acceptable? Should I try to make some sort of claim? I'm not sure I would be able to as I install tires myself on my tire changing machine. Don't really trust shops anymore, 2 vehicles that I own had shops install tires (one before my ownership, the other before I did it myself) and since new, have leaked.
In the mean time, I'm just going keep on using them. The tires on my Dodge (now that ive checked them) are doing the same thing (same brand and type of tire) but are a little older-date code 2116. No cracks in the sidewalls but the tread sure has got them. No leaking though, I haven't had to add air in like 3 years!
My tires on the Wagon appear to be dry rotting in the tread. Every single 1 of them. The sidewalls look good. These tires are all date coded 0217 which equals to the 2nd week of Jan, 2017.
So, the tires aren't even 3 years old and they are getting all cracked up. I just happened to notice this when taking a little break from welding on the frame while laying on the floor.
I usually never wear tires out, they get replaced because of age than due to wear as I only drive a total of around 6K miles a year and that get's spread out to 4 or 5 vehicles. General consensus now a days is that tires should last 6-10 years before being replaced due to age rather than wear. Though, most vehicles that I've bought had 20+ year old tires on them. (I always change them before the vehicle becomes a driver)
Rubber doesn't seem to last good these days, but should this be considered acceptable? Should I try to make some sort of claim? I'm not sure I would be able to as I install tires myself on my tire changing machine. Don't really trust shops anymore, 2 vehicles that I own had shops install tires (one before my ownership, the other before I did it myself) and since new, have leaked.
In the mean time, I'm just going keep on using them. The tires on my Dodge (now that ive checked them) are doing the same thing (same brand and type of tire) but are a little older-date code 2116. No cracks in the sidewalls but the tread sure has got them. No leaking though, I haven't had to add air in like 3 years!
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