My stock tire has a 2 inch bubble in the sidewall. I have about 34,000km on these tires.

- Can I get this replaced under warranty? I am positive that I did not hit anything. The tire must be defective

- How dangerous is it to be driving like this? I'm worried about a blow out.

 

doesnt sound like a good thing

 

not a good thing at all. Go to any Michelin dealer, or your Acura dealer, and tell them. It should be warrantied for sure.

~Eric

 

Well, I sure hope so.

 

If there is any damage to the liner of the tire wear the bubble is you stand zero chance of getting it replaced under waranty. If there is not damage to the liner you stand a very slim chance. Road hazard type waranties on OE tires never go smoothly for anyone involved.

What ever the case may be get it taken care of sooner then later, be it a seperation or an impact break its not good!

 

The tire is completely clean over the bubble. Not a mark or scuff on it. ANd i am positive i didnt hit it. But i doubt they will believe me.

 

Good luck with your dealer. I didn't get anywhere when I tried to get them to replace mine. They're farking expensive too. I think I paid somewhere close to $270 mounted and balanced.

 

wow very rare for Michelins.

 

I would demand a chicane be installed on every road so your speed WILL be slow enough to be safe

 

Mine got fat bubbles on my CL. I think over pressuring the tires coupled with a pot hole tend to do it. I got a fatty and I had my tire pressure at 36 vs. recommend 32. I reduced the pressure and no new ones grew. Depends on the size of it I guess on how madly it needs to be changed.

 

Yea, i dont think that the normal stock tires will come with a warranty that will cover bubbling. On the other hand, if you have a road hazard protection when you got new tires... that would definately cover it.

 

And if they don't do that, refuse to drive.

 

Sounds like a great opportunity to get some decent tires You can get FUZION™ ZRI for ~ $160 each.

Good luck with the dealer.

 

That bubble will cause that wheel/tire assembly to become *less* balanced so you might notice some new vibrations while driving at high speeds (70mph+).

 

The liner is on the inside of the tire, if there is a break where the damage is its known as an impact break and will not be covered under waranty- its quite common.

 

You shouldn't be doing any high speed driving with a bubble in the sidewall. As exciting as high speed blowouts are, I'd like to get my thrills elsewhere.

 

i just put a set of falken 512's on for about $375 mounted and balanced.

 

$160?!?!?! that's a rip off! they sell for $88/tire at Tirerack.com.

 

dont forget.....

 

A bubble is broken cords. Change the tire immediately.

I haven't cut open my michelin to verify yet. This tire may have the
new process that bodyply does not wrap around the bead and turnup
outside.

Their new process truncates the cord ends, sandwiched between two
bead halves.

I've heard alot of talk about this failure mode in michelins.

Inspect your rims close, particularly inside, is there any bending
for flat spot on the rim at the bubble location.

Almost no chance they'll warranty it, they just say you hit something.

Time to get new tires. Pirelli Pzero Nero was a step up in handling and
wet traction for me, made in America, Georgia.
Fuzion for cost effective high perfomance top wet traction and
light snow capability and will last reasonably well for this capability.
Toyo has good rep. I don't want to leave out Falken and Yokohama, never used them myself, just don't know. The Yokohama facility in Virginia is not
world class, it probably depends if you get some out of Japan or Virginia.
If your going for the ultimate highway tourer, cost not issue, Bridgestone
Turanza LSV.
For cheap all round the new Kuhmo all season is doing real well on the family van, good wet traction, quiet.
They'll 'bout all get the job done, but there are some bad ones. Had to take
off a set of Summitomo first day, like on ice in the rain.

 

Dam!!!!


Now make up and :gheyhug:

 

A stock tire is $185-$200 cost. Installation and insurance is extra $20-$40 dollars (US prices).

It seems the aftermarket tires are cheaper then stock. Why?

fdl: The bubble is not covered. I don't think even road hazzard covers a bubble in a tire. Check with a major tire resaler, like NTB.

 

Considering $88 US = ~ $110 CAD these days $160 is a rip off

 

Actually, America's Tire's road hazard warranty covered the two bubbles that developed on two different Kuhmo tires that I had on my old Integra.

 

Guys, i just need this fixed fast. I need to go to work. Getting it done at the dealership. Its not covered under warranty and costing me $240 CDN.

 

Ouch...that sucks...

 

Well if it's any consolation, that's less than I paid.

 

what was wrong with yours?

 

Same deal, bubbled sidewall.

 

IMO you were better off buying 4 new tires. And how much more time could it have taken?

Now in another 34K you'll need 3 more new tires.

Of course at your pace that may take 2 years so maybe someone like mysef or manusauce would have benifitted from 4 new tires.

 

dom, i hear ya. But i didnt have time to research tires and if i get summer tires then i would need to buy winters as well.

The news gets worse, apparently i need to do my alignment as well. $129 + tax

 

I need to make a correction. If the bubble has a bulge or is warped, then you are not covered. If you just have a bubble without any bulge or warping, then this is a defective tire.

 

how can you have a bubble without a bulge?

THe dealer told me that Acura doesnt warranty tires period. They stopped in 2003. (i'm not sure if this is Canada only )

 

I got the exact same answer from my dealer and from the tire shop that ended up doing the replacement for me. The new tire came with a warranty though.

 

Too busy posting BJ threads

 

 

BTW - I like how you only enter the TSX section when you need help.

 

 

Structual damage to the tire is caused by road hazard. If you just have a bubble with no structual damage, then you have a defective tire. Acura might not warrantee the tire, but Michellin might.

I had the bubble problem too. I paid $242 to replace it. In my city, Boston, there is a pot hole law, that I might be able to get my money back within 30 days of the report. Check with your city hall. See if there are any kind of laws that protect you, then find the bigest pot hole in the city. :-)

 

There was no damage at all, just a bubble. Acura definately wouldnt cover it. I called a Michelin dealer and they said they woudlnt touch an OEM tire. So I was SOL.

Plus the alignment was off which is more evidence that i hit something.