r/TireQuestions

Just got to work after driving in the rain for the first time in a while and noticed this pattern on both front tires. Second picture is how the rears look. It's concerning me because it reminds me of what I've seen on tires that blew out from being driven under inflated. Is this the sidewall flexing and heating up and drying the water because of low pressure or other damage? I just set the pressures to 32F and 31R about a week ago. 2017 Subaru Forester 2.5L 6MT w/ Toyo Open Country AT 3s

While visiting Lima Peru, I noticed a few cars that have very rusted wheels- probably from being near the Pacific ocean.

I’m scratching my head on how that tire was mounted on the VW bug being the wheel is rusted like it was under the ocean for 100 years?

Maybe they left the tire on the hub and mounted that way?

If so, what about brakes and such?

My aunts 2019 Honda civic tire. The car felt wobbly to where I knew exactly which tire it was starting from. The tire pressure monitor light came on and after looking at the tire, I see it’s detached frm something. What’s going on? Can we drive it to a car shop? Is it an easy fix? Is it blow out potential?

Should I worry about this little guy?

This Is My Summer tire for my SUV... I drive it just enough to do one oil change a year. Usually 10 or 15 Mi trips when I need to haul a trailer.

I sprayed some soapy water on it and it hasn't started leaking in about 3 years... I could use a tire repair kit and fix it right now. But I'm not even certain it actually punctured the tire since it's so small I think it could probably stay?

Thoughts?

Edit: pulled it out... It was sideways in the tread block and there's no leaks, soapy water and not a bubble after 5 minutes.

How likely is the screw in this tire to happen by chance?

I just had my summer tires put on a day before this happened.

I think I will replace it just to be safe, however can I get a second opinion on if this tyre needs replacing? There isn’t a bulge as such, not sure if the picture shows it very clearly.

My son bought some new alloy wheels for his car last week and a separate tyre package from one of the large UK tyre fitters. I called the garage up before hand and asked if they would take the tpms sensors off the old wheels and install onto the new ones. The guy on the phone was going through the computer trying to find the charge code for that and mentioned it would likely be around £100 mark per wheel. I mentioned that on their website it states £5.99 per wheel for tpms service which involves removing the sensor and fitting new valve etc so it was the same thing just the refit was on a different wheel. He agreed and said it would be fine.

Roll forward to the weekend and my son drops his car off and about an hour later gets a call saying they can’t remove the sensors from the old wheels and he’ll need to buy new hardware at £30 a wheel. I think the garage are at it so I go down with him to take a look and magically they have put the old tyres back onto the old alloys and I can’t see the sensors. I tell them that it’s ok and I’ll just sort the sensors at a later date and just want the tyres fitted with standard valves. He said fine and says to leave the wheels with him. He looked pretty annoyed but hey, not gonna let them rip my lad off.

On the Monday I get a call saying the wheels are ready. I nipped down and they are sitting beside the balance machine. I notice that none of them have any weights so I said to the same lad, “have you balanced these, I don’t see any weights on them”. He replied, “aye it’s sound mate, all good”, so I double checked again and he confirmed. I’ve brought them home but not fitted them yet.

Is it really possible that four new wheels can not need balanced? I’ve been driving for 30 years and had many new wheels/tyres and never had a wheel not need balanced.

I’ve not fitted them to the car yet to check for handling but the pessimist in me says he is a chancer and hasn’t done it. I also removed one of the old tyres from the original wheel and the TPMS sensor was a 20 second job to remove so he was not being honest there.

I know about the screw. How is the tread on these? I’m in canada btw, on a budget so looking to not have to replace all 4. I can get the same tire.

Wheel was curbed and tire was damaged. Does this need to be replaced, and if so, is it fine to drive straight to the shop?

Hello,

Yesterday I hit a curb piece lying detached on the side of the entryway into the garage and hit my front right tyre of my 2025 CRV AWD.

Car miles are 12585, and the car was bought in July 2024. The tire is Bridgestone Ecopia H/L 422 Plus 235/60R18 103H BSW

With safety of the family being the priority, what are my reasonable options without unnecessary spending too much?

- need to change ALL tires
- change that particular one to a new one, given the tire aren’t used that much and tread depth would be similar to a new one? (Haven’t measured it, ordered a gauge on amazon)
- change that tire to similarly used one

Thank you!

My back tyre of activa is leaking air,I went to the repair shop and they checked and didn't find any leak on the tyre.there was a puncture and it was patched from inside the tyre about 3 months ago , this leaking started about 2 months ago.the activa is just 6 months old and only driven 2.5k km .

What should I do now will I get any assistance if I go to the activa service centre or should I visit another repair shop

I was checking on my tires to make sure everything looked ok and noticed this. Almost looks like a chunk taken out. How soon does this need to be replaced? Does it need to be? I assume so. I would like to wait until after work tomorrow if possible

Hi!

I’m not sure if this is anything to bother thinking about, but after wheel bearing change and four wheel alignment, I noticed these small cuts in two tyre. Any idea what could cause them, and if it is okay to have 10-20 per tyre? Is it something that the alignment instruments cause?

Hello, this first company gave me an estimate to replace my front two tires, the employee accidentally put 1 tire instead of 2 on the estimate. When I called to confirm I needed two, she said my new total will be $530.27. As you can see in the description I messed up, and I’m thinking of going with a different company instead.

They're 8 years old (made 0418, bought 2019) and I read that that's too old for rubber.

My brother insists we should put them on for a season instead of having them laying around and wasting the winters. I don't know much about this, they seem a bit stiff to the touch compared to the winter ones, I don't know what you have to watch out for.

They ve been sitting around about 3 years (mostly in garage I think (this winter outside)) because no one bothered to switch them back on as we don't do many km with this car.

They've got plenty of profile left, just the tire itself looks a bit old to me.

Do they look usable (I suck at photographing)?

They're meant to go on an SDI Golf so they won't see much speed (and no highway (so nothing above 90km/h)) and no more than 200km trips, (here and there, daily less than 20km).

I can take a new photo if these are not useful (I was cleaning them, then it got dark).