Originally Posted By: barlowc
It's back. Not (yet) as bad as it was previously, but nonetheless.....
Boy, that didn't take long. I was thinking it would be a couple of weeks before it came back.
Originally Posted By: barlowc
........I have a call in to my Service Advisor to see what he'd recommend in terms of escalation. I'll be [censored] if I'm going to pay for a set of new OE tires as the "solution". Time to be a squeaky wheel (pun intended) in Cadillac's ear.
I hope by Service Advisor, you mean the District Service manager - a guy who works for GM (not the dealership) who takes on these continuing problems that dealerships can't seem to fix.
If that is the case, I would suggest you show him this thread. I am familiar with the problem, having dealt with it before on several occasions with different vehicle manufacturers - which is why I think it's a problem with the wheel heat treatment.
As an aside: None of the vehicle manufacturers wanted to deal with the problem being wheels because it was easier and cheaper to blame it on the tire manufacturers and have them do the warranty - except the problem never goes away if you keep doing the same thing over and over. Wheels are expensive and recalling wheels would be really, really, really expensive. Cheaper to do tires!
I would also suggest to him that he replace the wheels with something from another type of vehicle - BUT - keep the same exact tires - not the same make and model, but the tires that are on there now! What wheels he should be looking for are from a different wheel manufacturer, but otherwise the same diameter, width, and offset.
When those tires are dismounted from the old wheels, the tires should be cleaned in the bead area to remove all the old shards of metal. This may require a bit of extra work on the part of the tech, but the purpose is to assure that the problem doesn't start up based on that material being there.
If he wants, he can do a back to back where he takes another new set of wheels and tires, and see how long it takes for the problem to first appear. I predict it will take a while, but once it starts, it doesn't take too long for it to return.
Also, if he wants, he can reach me through my website - Barry's Tire Tech. I'm pretty sure I know how to identify what is going on.
Good Luck!