Crack On Wall Of Car Tyre

[nicgwee]

Would like to know if anyone had this issue on with their cars, I had mine new car for just 1 yr and I notice cracks on the wall of my car tyre. ( front driver side ) only. The other 3 is ok. I am using GoodYear which came along with new car purchase. What would have cause this? And is it cover in the warranty??

[Sophon]

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[soundman]

Moved to motor forum.

[hedonist44]

Looks to me you've got a very low profile tire and that the white scuff marks above the split may have been caused by running into a curb or some other object. Hitting something that hard I'm surprised you did not damage the rim (wheel) it's self. I may be totally wrong, but I would not give any rebate on it towards a new tire.

[LennyW]

Caused by clipping the kerb, not covered under warranty, and highly dangerous - replace ASAP.

[transam]

Yep, looks like you've bashed an edge of some sort. You say crack''S'', are there more in different places on this tyre ?

[namoi]

kerb or pothole, just have to be more carefull when you are driving and change it now as "LennyW" said

Edited August 7, 2012 by namoi

[Kwasaki]

As " trans " says cracks or crack, looks like a single knife of glass cut to me.

Edited August 7, 2012 by Kwasaki

[namoi]

As " trans " says cracks or crack, looks like a single knife of glass cut to me.

if you enlarge the pic you can see the damage done from a hard object......

[TommoPhysicist]

Alternatively

The heat and parking your car in the sun dries out the rubber causing cracks.

Clipping something hard like a kerb will also crack the, now brittle, rubber.

Edited August 7, 2012 by TommoPhysicist

[namoi]

mods, should this be in motoring maybe???????????/

[stevenl]

mods, should this be in motoring maybe???????????/

It is in the motor forum already, see post #3 from 4 hours ago.

[nicgwee]

My rim is alright. Just the tyre only. There is one more minor crack on the same tyre. Just that this crack is getting me worried. I don't recall hitting any kerb but I may be wrong. As for potholes, yeah. The place I am staying got tons of it. Well, in Thailand, I think it's common. Another question, how much does a set of tyres cost on average? I would prefer GoodYear/michelin or is there others to recommend for driving in thailand? Tyre type/size is 16*6j

[transam]

My rim is alright. Just the tyre only. There is one more minor crack on the same tyre. Just that this crack is getting me worried. I don't recall hitting any kerb but I may be wrong. As for potholes, yeah. The place I am staying got tons of it. Well, in Thailand, I think it's common. Another question, how much does a set of tyres cost on average? I would prefer GoodYear/michelin or is there others to recommend for driving in thailand? Tyre type/size is 16*6j

Is the other crack near this one or much further around the tyre ?. does this particular tyre see lots of sun when parked up ?

[nicgwee]

There is another much smaller crack like on the other end of it. But not as deep as this and yes, the car is always park under the sun but I guess if it's affected by sun, I guess the rear right wheel should have cracks too.

[transam]

There is another much smaller crack like on the other end of it. But not as deep as this and yes, the car is always park under the sun but I guess if it's affected by sun, I guess the rear right wheel should have cracks too.

To be honest it looks like a faulty tyre.

[overherebc]

There is another much smaller crack like on the other end of it. But not as deep as this and yes, the car is always park under the sun but I guess if it's affected by sun, I guess the rear right wheel should have cracks too.

To be honest it looks like a faulty tyre.

It will also let go suddenly while you're driving, ie not a slow puncture that you will become aware of over a length of time. First thing is to change it for the spare and then sort out replacement.

[transam]

We had a ''new'' tyre fitted at Honda on one of our bikes, it lasted a year with the same cracks as your pics. . Date on tyre was OK.

[namoi]

mods, should this be in motoring maybe???????????/

It is in the motor forum already, see post #3 from 4 hours ago.

ok bit dumb here, duh, but if anyone would care to enlarge the pic as i did you can clearly see that the damage has been caused by tramua, not sun, bottles, dog pee etc

[BWPattaya]

Replace it NOW with your spare. That is likley to burst soon. A blowout at speed could be dangerous.

[overherebc]

Just change it quick before you're posting about getting your car out of a ditch cos it blew out on you. Please.

[NBD]

How often do you check the pressures? I'm surprised by the amount of small cracks in the second pic. Suspect it's been run on low pressure for a while. But there are a few scuff marks on the tyres too. Been driving over sharp stones?

[nicgwee]

Yeah. Got to change it. Brought it to Honda and they claimed that I must had hit kerb to have such a crack. But IMO if I were to hit such a kerb which results in such a crack, sure I could be aware of it when i hit it or rim would be dented scratched rather than then to discover it while I was cleaning the car. Will be looking around to find a set of tyres. Does anyone know the price I should expect? And should I change all four or just 2 or even just the affected one as it has done less than 20k km..

[overherebc]

If your spare is new then buy another new the same and fit on the front. Best other two tyres on the rear.

[NBD]

I would just replace the one - tyres are too fragile here to be replacing a whole set every time you get a puncture, crack, bulge or scuff. A lot of people say replace two at a time, and tyre salesmen would say all 4.

[h90]

Moved to motor forum.

Maybe some people read "Driving in Thailand" instead of "Diving in Thailand".

Really easy to confuse if not looking carefully...

[nicgwee]

My spare is new but it is smaller than the one I had on. Honda gave me 185 as package as mine was the top version of the city but the spare they give was 175. 

[transam]

My spare is new but it is smaller than the one I had on. Honda gave me 185 as package as mine was the top version of the city but the spare they give was 175. 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, check the manufacturing date on the tyres.

You should tell all in your original post.

[nicgwee]

Being a noob on reading tyres but I can't seem to find the date. 

[transam]

Being a noob on reading tyres but I can't seem to find the date. 

It's there IF a genuine ''Named tyre''