Check your Tires.

[tpunx99GSX]

"tires can be dangerous when they get 6 years old"

"I found out the tire was 4 years old when i put it on"

"the family vans tire was 9 years old at the time of the accident"


He didnt change effing tires for 5 effin years and he wants to blame the tire people for his kid dying? How about he check his own effin tires once a year instead of just assuming they were good for 5 years. What a effin moron.

He said they were new tires. But they were manufacturered 5 years ago. Listening goes a long way.

In the shop I work at, we have pamphets and flyers that discuss "Basic Car Care" and "Understanding Tires" that have this information CLEARLY laid out - including tire size, tread wear and speed indicators - but no one ever touches them. Read! Learn! Inform yourself! Its not that difficult to figure this out on your own.
While i do see your point of people should take responsibility when it comes to general care of their car. I bet you that the pamphlet doesn't say anything about how to find the manufactured date.

The point of the news story was to ask questions as to whether tires should have an expiration date. (Which would actually work in the manufacturers favor and sales favors, Economy saver?) Put a 5 year expiration date on a tire and make it so it reads in plain english, That way people will actually do something about their tires and not let them get to bald before changing them. Then it would be alot safer out there because everyone would have good tires. All the old tires that manufacturers would have to recall can be ground up and recycled into new tires.

[Febo]

He said they were new tires. But they were manufacturered 5 years ago. Listening goes a long way.

Listening does go along ways, he said they were 9 years old at the time of the blow out. Unless that van just sat for the remaining 4-5 years I highly doubt his tread was in any kind of good shape, and I doubt the tires showed no symptoms of dry rotting. He should of checked his vehicle for soundness before he let his son take off in it. Bringing in some sad sappy story about some dudes kid dying because of his negligence just to bring up a point about old tires is pathetic. The exact reason I detest the news stations. Stick to the facts. Should tires have an expiration date, yes, they should, especially if they dry rot and become unstable after 6 years. Should tire sales companies inform customers absolutely. Should the consumer be allowed to be ignorant and not do their own reasearch and then blame someone else for them being stupid. Fuck no. Too many people these days try to pin the blame on a bigger corporation or someone else instead of taking their own responsibility in their own hands.

[tpunx99GSX]

Listening does go along ways, he said they were 9 years old at the time of the blow out. Unless that van just sat for the remaining 4-5 years I highly doubt his tread was in any kind of good shape, and I doubt the tires showed no symptoms of dry rotting. He should of checked his vehicle for soundness before he let his son take off in it. Bringing in some sad sappy story about some dudes kid dying because of his negligence just to bring up a point about old tires is pathetic. The exact reason I detest the news stations. Stick to the facts. Should tires have an expiration date, yes, they should, especially if they dry rot and become unstable after 6 years. Should tire sales companies inform customers absolutely. Should the consumer be allowed to be ignorant and not do their own reasearch and then blame someone else for them being stupid. Fuck no. Too many people these days try to pin the blame on a bigger corporation or someone else instead of taking their own responsibility in their own hands.

"I got my vehicle records together and thats when i discovered that the tires that i thought were new, were actually 4 years old when i had bought them."
**Edit** I just realised they said the tires were 9 years at the time of the accident, But regardless if the tires were actually new they would have been within the 6 year expiration. And for people who do not work our tires like we do it can easily work 6 years.

[Febo]

He still would of had 5 years in on the tires and been one year away from them being "expired" and I bet in all that time he hadnt even so much as kicked a tire to see if it was low. But I suppose we do work tires pretty hard, I know I have to replace my tires at least every 2 years.

[RichardBBY]

Then it would be alot safer out there because everyone would have good tires.

ha ha...what makes you think people will buy tires just because there is a expiration date?

I have had people say no to a brake job when their pads are metal to metal on the rotors....Most people are scary cheap when it comes to maintaining their vehicles. Besides, it was probably a tire pressure issue that caused the blow out.

[iceminion]

I used to work at goodyear, I have a crap load of 205/55r16 tires.

I am sure they are all old.

But they are all ok, no cracks/strange wear patterns.

Been doing it for years, so long as you are not stupid you should be fine.

I would never go over 100MPH on free tires. New Goodyear F1's for that LOL

[munchgsx]

I trapped 118 on some 15 year old BFG in a 3700 pound car. On the way back home 2 tires blew out. 1 21 miles after the other. They were brand new on the rims when we put em on the day before. I knew they were old but they looked fine and had never been used. Bad deal, and a good way to mess up a cherry 65 Impala SS. The point old tires will fail.

[brando]

holy crap! i never knew that