Perils of the unknown part worn tyre!
Part worn tyres can catch you out
Richard from Hometyre West Midlands recently attended a customers vehicle that had suffered a puncture in a rear tyre.
As the vehicle was on a 59 plate, and there was plenty of tread left on the tyre, at first glance a puncture repair may have been possible.
The puncture had been caused by a nail and was near the centre of the tread, which again would make a repair possible.
However the side wall of the tyre had some age related cracking visible, which was odd for a 3 year old vehicle. Inspection of the tyre's date code soon came up the the reason it was over 10 years old - more than 3 times the age of the car !
The customer had bought the vehicle second hand through a franchised dealer and had assumed his
Needless to say the vehicle now has a nice new tyre fitted.
So if you did not buy the tyres on your car a quick check of the date code may be in order.
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