I got a flat tire somehow. I don't think I ran over anything, no nails. Just was driving and went flat. I went to the dealer and they said it's not covered under warranty. I already new this but tried anyway. They said to go to a yokohama dealer cause there is a warranty from them. Does anybody know if any of this is true? I only have 1600 miles on them and the car. It would suck to buy a new tire when I just got the car. Maybe they can be repaired, but I didn't see any holes. Dammit!!

 

Well I just read some warranty information from yokohama. It seems as though it can be replaced or repaired for free. As it happened for no obvious reason. Just went flat. I will see on monday. Any insight guys? I hope that these tires are covered under this. These are passenger tires. Man, I hope i'm right about this.

http://www.yokohamatire.com/csstdwarranty.asp

 

If in fact it is a manufacturing defect, it should be covered by the warranty so it should not cost you money but it will cost you time.

If it has any holes whether or not you can see them, any regular tire shop should be able to find it once they put the wheel and tire under water. I think this will be your best bet while you check to see if Yokohama will give/send you a new tire for this mishap. This way you will at least have a car to drive around in.

Goodluck and keep us posted.

 

Hey sorry bout ur tire incident, and hope u get it fixed, i got a question, i don't own an evo as of yet but hopefully in the next couple of weeks i'll have one, anyhow, i was wondering if it came with a spare..? and if so is it just a donut? thanks


moe

 

I didn't had a flat but after washing my Evo, I noticed a 1 inch nail stuck on my rear driver side tire. I only got 800 miles on my Evo and already got a hole on the tire. I was so pissed. But hey **** happens. So I was gonna bring it to Discount tire to fix it for $25. Then my brother told me I can easily fix the hole by getting a tire fix kit from Autozone for $4. I was surprised and amazed after fixing it. My Evo has 2275 miles now and the tire still good and doesn't lose any air. So I suggest to you that find where the hole is and get a tire fix kit at Autozone and you can do it yourself. Hope this help.

 

yeah, just a dount... a full size tire would barely fit in the trunk...

 

Dam there goes the body in the trunk idea.... lol

anyway thanks for the reply!

 

A body fits. I got stuck in there installing my sattelite radio. lol. I just found warranty information with the owners manual. It seems like my tire is a defect. No abuse or foul play or debris or repairs. I only have a little over 1600 now, so it should be covered. I will let you guys know tommorow when I go to a tire shop.

 

I'm Glad it's covered, Let us know what happens...

moe

 

just ***** and moan a lot i had one on my oz go after 800 miles on the car (i was pissed) and got discount tire 2 get one for me for free (warenty) although they still claim it was road haz so w/e buy the road haz warenty if you goto discount tire its worth every penny free tires for life basiclly

 

If in fact it is a manufacture warranty issue, any authorized Yokohama dealer will be able to take care of you. Being a high performace tire they are very sticky. Unfortunately, this causes them to pick up debris pretty easily, like nails or screws. I would have dunk the tire fully inflated in water. Have them check the bead area of the wheel for proper seating, valve stem, etc. If there is a hole, and you want to repair it, make sure they use a patch plug. This will insure a safe and durable repair.

 

thank you for the info neal. I stopped by mr. tire just now. They said they are going to take a look at the tire and let me know if it is a warranty issue. If not I hope they can patch it up. Riding on a donut is annoying.

 

I went ahead and bought a new tire. They couldn't repair it. Blah./

 

This is a very old thread, but I felt compelled to throw this out there. I will be posting it in the tire/wheel section immediately after Im done with this. I work for Costco Wholesale. Im sure you all know the company, we are spread far and wide over the country and the world as well. If you are a member, this applies to you-if you are not, you may want to consider getting a membership-and I will tell you why. Look for the thread that says "Important Tire Mounting Information"