A Ford Fiesta which had two tyres that were made in the year 2000.

A customer had recently purchased a Ford Fiesta which was fourteen years old and was using the vehicle for local journeys only.The car was in reasonably good condition for it's age and had very low mileage.Our customer was having a problem with one of the rear tyres as it was losing air pressure on a daily basis.On inspection we found the tyre to be the same age as the vehicle and therefore had lost all it's strength and was therefore unusable.We then inspected the spare tyre and again found it to be the original tyre with zero air pressure due to cracking on the sidewall and a perished valve.The only good news was that the remaining three tyres on the vehicle were reasonably new.There are some important lessons to take from this situation, being when purchasing a used vehicle check the age and general condition of the tyres on the vehicle and particularly the spare.Also when having a single tyre fitted ask for information concerning the age and condition of the other tyres. We at Hometyre will give you this information during our vehicle inspection procedure.