I am genuinely curious about this. Customer claimed it just "happened" with no explanation. I have never seen anything like this except for someone driving on train tracks. The tire is a Michelin Latitude 245/60/18 104H is anyone is interested.
What happened to this tire?
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looks like it rubbed on something really hard. was it on a front or rear wheel, and did you see the vehicle??
Fender rub.
I came in on the tail end of this deal. My only involvement was pulling a new tire off the rack. She bought tires a few months ago and expressly denied the road hazard coverage. Of course she made such a huge scene, even though her denying it was in plain writing on her old invoice, they gave her a new tire. Only people hurt in all of this was parts dept losing a tire out of inventory and the tech that got to put it on gratis.
The vehicle was either an Edge or a Flex.
The vehicle was either an Edge or a Flex.
Looks to me like a lot of wheelspin over some type of thing. When I was running out of date Nokian Hakka snow tires on a Mustang I got stuck on a dirt road going up hill. After a lot of spinning and sliding I made it out. And the rear tires had wear VERY similar to your picture.
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Originally Posted By: bdcardinal
I came in on the tail end of this deal. My only involvement was pulling a new tire off the rack. She bought tires a few months ago and expressly denied the road hazard coverage. Of course she made such a huge scene, even though her denying it was in plain writing on her old invoice, they gave her a new tire. Only people hurt in all of this was parts dept losing a tire out of inventory and the tech that got to put it on gratis.
The vehicle was either an Edge or a Flex.
She knows exactly what happened! That is why she made a scene.
I came in on the tail end of this deal. My only involvement was pulling a new tire off the rack. She bought tires a few months ago and expressly denied the road hazard coverage. Of course she made such a huge scene, even though her denying it was in plain writing on her old invoice, they gave her a new tire. Only people hurt in all of this was parts dept losing a tire out of inventory and the tech that got to put it on gratis.
The vehicle was either an Edge or a Flex.
She knows exactly what happened! That is why she made a scene.
that's certainly NOT a tire defect. just goes to show that if you create enough noise..... you will get what you don't deserve
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Originally Posted By: turtlevette
Fender rub.
+1. I did something like this to a tire once. I jumped an incline (accidentally), flew probably 45 feet (felt a lot longer!), and landed hard. One of the front tires hit hard up against the fender and left a gouge around the tire, near where the sidewall meets the tread.
Going by that picture I would guess it was scraping up against something for a while and made lots of noise. My guess is rear tire, trunk loaded down with something heavy, tire rubbing on a bolt or something inside the fender.
Fender rub.
+1. I did something like this to a tire once. I jumped an incline (accidentally), flew probably 45 feet (felt a lot longer!), and landed hard. One of the front tires hit hard up against the fender and left a gouge around the tire, near where the sidewall meets the tread.
Going by that picture I would guess it was scraping up against something for a while and made lots of noise. My guess is rear tire, trunk loaded down with something heavy, tire rubbing on a bolt or something inside the fender.
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Originally Posted By: turtlevette
Fender rub.
+1. I did something like this to a tire once. I jumped an incline (accidentally), flew probably 45 feet (felt a lot longer!), and landed hard. One of the front tires hit hard up against the fender and left a gouge around the tire, near where the sidewall meets the tread.
Going by that picture I would guess it was scraping up against something for a while and made lots of noise. My guess is rear tire, trunk loaded down with something heavy, tire rubbing on a bolt or something inside the fender.
+1
Originally Posted By: turtlevette
Fender rub.
+1. I did something like this to a tire once. I jumped an incline (accidentally), flew probably 45 feet (felt a lot longer!), and landed hard. One of the front tires hit hard up against the fender and left a gouge around the tire, near where the sidewall meets the tread.
Going by that picture I would guess it was scraping up against something for a while and made lots of noise. My guess is rear tire, trunk loaded down with something heavy, tire rubbing on a bolt or something inside the fender.
+1
I wonder if there is any chance that they tried to pull a boat up a slick uneven concrete boat ramp and had a lot of wheel spin.
Indeed fender rub..i have that on side of my summer tires..i need to roll the fenders..weird place to rub fenders..unless lowered alot and tires exceed fender alot...
All I remember is one of the service writers bringing this crazy cat lady in and she started yelling at me about her tire. I asked her to wait a second and let her yell at my manager. Once we established it was not a parts "issue" we walked her to the service manager and let her yell at him.
For some reason I have been nominated to babysit this tire until people at a higher pay level than I am at decide what to do with it. Invariably the instant I am over babysitting it and toss it in the tire pick-up pile they will come looking for it.
For some reason I have been nominated to babysit this tire until people at a higher pay level than I am at decide what to do with it. Invariably the instant I am over babysitting it and toss it in the tire pick-up pile they will come looking for it.
Originally Posted By: CT8
The made in Getrag trans caused the problem.
Good one. This was on a customer's car not mine thankfully.
O and before anyone has any thought about a lack of customer service on my end, I work what is called "back counter" parts. I only deal with the technicians and phone calls. Very rare that I do retail counter. The writers are told to not bring customers to the back counter, it is not as presentable as the front.
The made in Getrag trans caused the problem.
Good one. This was on a customer's car not mine thankfully.
O and before anyone has any thought about a lack of customer service on my end, I work what is called "back counter" parts. I only deal with the technicians and phone calls. Very rare that I do retail counter. The writers are told to not bring customers to the back counter, it is not as presentable as the front.
I agree with the wheel spin on top of some object. I think its too far inboard for fender rub unless this vehicle is 'stanced'
Originally Posted By: bdcardinal
She bought tires a few months ago and expressly denied the road hazard coverage. Of course she made such a huge scene, even though her denying it was in plain writing on her old invoice, they gave her a new tire.
The vehicle was either an Edge or a Flex.
Typical braindead ford driver
She bought tires a few months ago and expressly denied the road hazard coverage. Of course she made such a huge scene, even though her denying it was in plain writing on her old invoice, they gave her a new tire.
The vehicle was either an Edge or a Flex.
Typical braindead ford driver
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