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Stock tires are bald after only 15K and the dealer won't replace them

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Old 08-03-2006, 12:58 AM
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Originally Posted by 05 G35
thanks for the comments guys, minus chicos babbling nonsense.

I just got back from Santa Monica Infiniti and talked to the manager. He agreed that the tires were defective and shouldnt have worn that quickly. He also said hes never seen tires go so bald so fast and thought something was wrong with the car. Needless to say everything checked out and they replaced the tires free of charge!!! They replaced all four tires even though the back ones were the only ones that really needed replacing. The service there was 1000x better. I will never go back to Parkway Infniti again.
you're lucky you found an idiot!!
 
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Old 08-03-2006, 01:17 AM
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Didn't the tire shop say the rear alignment was out? What were the specs????
 
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Old 08-03-2006, 02:50 AM
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I can't believe you got free tires.

Also, instead of waiting for these to go bald, make your the wheels are aligned correctly.
 
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Old 08-03-2006, 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Fassster10
i didnt think we could rotate our tires since they are different sizes?
That is the coupe. Sedan has same tires unless you have someone going escoteric.
 
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Old 08-03-2006, 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by 05 G35
They basically told me that we should have had the tires rotated at 7500 miles so its our fault.
They are right.
 
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Old 08-03-2006, 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by 05 G35
thanks for the comments guys, minus chicos babbling nonsense.
Babbling nonsense??? You're the one babbling nonsense. Learn how to properly maintain a car and you won't have a problem in the future. Just because you found a dealership that replaced your tires doesn't mean you're right.

PS - Chico has been around for a very long time and he's one of the most respected members on this forum. He has never babbled nonsense.
 
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Old 08-03-2006, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by 05 G35
oh btw, they put Michelin Pilots on, which were the only tires they had in stock for that size.
Oh Jeeese, that's just too bad....

I wish I was that lucky!
 
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Old 08-03-2006, 12:45 PM
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Oh Jeeese, that's just too bad....

I wish I was that lucky!
No kidding. You got lucky man...Pilot's are pretty expensive/pricey (not sure on durability/performance though).
 
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Old 08-03-2006, 04:12 PM
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Congratulations on a stroke of good luck. I hope you learn to take care of your car now.
 
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I hope the two diff make tires don't mess with the VDC and TC systems
 
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Old 08-03-2006, 05:42 PM
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Uh, he got all 4 tires replaced. So only one brand on there.
 
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Old 08-03-2006, 06:05 PM
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While I understand the dealer 'attitude' problem, I have to side with the dealer. It is a rwd car and how do they know you are not doing burnouts or just driving hard? Even so, bald tires at 15k w/o rotation isn't exactly unbelievable. Being out of alignment is nothing unusual as well. To expect the dealer to fork over new tires for free over this seems to be a stretch. It's worth a shot but I wouldn't be upset if the dealer turned you down.
 
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Old 08-03-2006, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by trey.hutcheson
Face it man, you've got a moderately powerful rear wheel rive sports sedan. You're going to go through tires.
Just because we have a sort of powerful car you shouldn't go through tires in 15K miles UNLESS your doing burnouts. I have 15K mikes on my car and tires are about 60%. I rotate every 5K miles. Again, unless your thing is big smokey burnouts something was wrong.
 
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Old 08-03-2006, 09:01 PM
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^^ But you just said you rotate your tires... he didn't.
 
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Old 08-03-2006, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by MrBig
Just because we have a sort of powerful car you shouldn't go through tires in 15K miles UNLESS your doing burnouts. I have 15K mikes on my car and tires are about 60%. I rotate every 5K miles. Again, unless your thing is big smokey burnouts something was wrong.
I don't do burnouts. But I do drag race. And I drive the **** out of the car daily.

One reason my OE tires wore so quickly is because I was out of camber specs in the rear. I didn't correct that until halfway through the life of my current tires. Another thing that will greatly affect tire wear is underinflation. Kumho's, especially. If this guy is out of alignment, and hasn't rotated his tires *once* in 15k miles, I highly doubt he's the most dilligent regarding tire pressure.

My point is that 15k miles is not unreasonable in the least.
 


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