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    Default I don't think my leak sealer is up to the job..

    Not a good day.. This tire is about the same as I just paid for a complete set on my old car..and it failed in the country Saturday afternoon after all the tire service places closed...


    Russ

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    Stuffing it with hay/grass, should get you another couple of kms out of it.
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    Stuffing it (the rim at least) is what I am worried about I don't think my leak sealer is up to the job..

    Russ

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    Hi,
    A bit of bad luck, for sure, on what has happened.

    So as the rest of us can learn and take heed of your misfortune, what was the brand of the tires?

    Following the TOU - Terms of Use we have to be a tad careful about what we say - deformation and the like - but it will OK to name the brand. That should not happen to new tires and you have surely have grounds for replacement or your money back.

    Grahame

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    Looking at the photo, I reckon it might be a bridgestone tyre

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    Grahame, tyre companies are like a lot of others, they'll try to get out of it by saying "it was over/under inflated" or any number of excuses. If I remember correctly, Bridgestone tests each tyre before going out the door. I did 3-4 months work for a contractor there at Salisbury, where they were made.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grahame Collins View Post
    Hi,


    That should not happen to new tires and you have surely have grounds for replacement or your money back.

    Grahame
    I'm not sure that's a new tire. Did the OP state it was?

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    You might be right, John. I failed to consider that.

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    Ok... The full story..
    I think the tires were a bit over a year old, I've had the car 10 months. (outlander phev, no room for a spare with the batteries on board. Has a pump and leak sealer instead.)
    Heard a funny noise so thought I should check. Found tire almost flat. Dug out pump, inflated a bit and realised the side wall was bulging badly.
    Decided not to drive on it. Saturday afternoon in Trafalgar doesn't offer a lot of repair options, so eventually decided to get son to pick me up. I then decided maybe I could get back to a servo at least where the car would be safe. So I did a u turn, realised the tire was flat again and tried to pump it up again with no joy. Took the wheel off ready to be picked up and found the split. I assume it was the sharp turn on the flat tire caused the split. No idea what the cause of the original flat. One tire place reckoned even driving a hundred metres on a flat would destroy the side walls.
    No sign of a nail or similar. I'm wondering if the sidewall was punctured, and that's where the split started.

    Yes a Bridgestone. I don't think it was a fault.


    Russ
    (my comment about the price was because my 4 odyssey tires and alignment last month was just over 400, this one tire was 320....and I don't want to know that I could have got it somewhere for half price I don't think my leak sealer is up to the job..

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    Thanks for the details of "how" it happened. If you'd tried to pump it up prior to it splitting, good chance that there was a fairly major leak before making a ewe turn.
    Maybe look at getting a spare wheel carrier made for the back or some other way of storing it.
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    Did cross my mind, but this is the first tire I have actually destroyed in over 40 years.. Possibly worth having some sort of spare at home though.. Can chuck it in if I think I could be stuck somewhere.



    Russ

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    a bit of stitching, a leather patch and new tube and she'd be as good as new.

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    I can't see the problem, it still has air in it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by eskimo View Post
    a bit of stitching, a leather patch and new tube and she'd be as good as new.
    I did tell Bob Jane I needed a puncture repair... I don't think my leak sealer is up to the job..

    Russ

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