Goodyear Tires Rotting?

[spooner]

Hello,

I'm getting some leaks from one of my tires along the edge of the tread/sidewall. It's in the tread, between the first treads along the edge of the sidewall. There's no nails but that area has quite a bit of cracking in the tread that appears to be dry rot. Since there's nothing to plug I tried fix-a-flat but that helped for a while but then it started leaking again. The first time I check it was leaking from about 3 places, all along this edge. Last night it was only leaking at one spot so I put a plug in it. Since there was no nail, I had to drill a hole. I then checked again for leaks. No leak from this spot but now it's leaking from 4 other spots. It's almost like there's some sort of internal delamination that runs along that edge and the comes out via cracks.

The tires have 60,000 miles on them but they have a lot of tread left. I'd guess they'd go another 20,000 so I don't want to replace them yet.

I wonder if anyone else has ever seen this and if anyone knows if an internal patch will fix this problem.

I've never, EVER seen tires do this. I will never buy Goodyear.

BTW, I'm not the original owner so I probably can't get warranty coverage. I DO have the receipts though.

Goodyear Wranger RT/S
26570R16
60,000 miles on tires
about 3+ years old

thanks

Tom
1998 4Runner LTD

 

[rando]

If you delete 2 of your 3 identical posts, you will piss off fewer people and maybe even get a response.:arrow:

 

[Jayded]

Er...like rando said, it's universally against forum etiquette to post multiple, identical threads in different forums....

 

[mikes4runner]

You got 60K out of the tires thats not bad.

Your tires are starting to dry rot which is normal over time.

You live in a area that has cold winters with salt on the roads and hot summers.

My 4Runner came with Goodyears too and Mine started to dry rot too. I replaced them with BFG's we will see what happens.

Still think you should be somewhat satisfied with the 60K out of them.

 

[toybox]

I would WANT to change those tires. They sound dangerous.

 

[boston_kevin]

dry rotting tires

As a previous post mentioned, it's not the years, its the mileage, especially in conditions where they sand/salt the roads during the winter.

60k out of tires is doing pretty good. Especiallly with the weight of the vehicle and the conditions. I am getting ready to replace the Michelins on a Yukon that are 4 years old and 60k miles on them, with some dry rot starting to appear on a couple of the tires (and I paid a premium for those tires)

Goodyear is generally a good tire. Good consistency throughout their products, and they stand behind the product during the stated lifetime of the tire.

edit: Also - I would not try to patch these. Get new tires, for your safety and the safety of your passengers and fellow drivers.

 

[spooner]

thanks for the positive feedback.

I took the tire to Mr. Tire today and the guy told me they can't put a patch in a tire if it has fix-a-flat in it. He said the patch won't stick and the fix-a-flat degrades the rubber. He also said he had seen this sort of problem with all types of tires in the past. This is my first "truck". I've had several vehicles over 20+ years of driving/ownership and I've never seen tires do that.

So I got some quotes on Michelins in case anyone is interested. These prices include stem, mount, balance. "on the rim and out the door". alignment is about $60.

LTX $169 not incl 5% MD sales tax
Cross terrain $179

As I understand it the LTX has more off-road capabilities than the cross-terrain but both are good for mostly highway driving.

I also checked Tirerack and their wasn't a significant savings on these once you consider shipping and mounting, etc.

 

[mikes4runner]

Prices sound good glad to see your replacing them.

Glad we could help that's what we are here for.