Tires start losing air after 2 weeks of inflation?

Question

The door jam of my 07 Civic required 32psi on all 4 of my tires. I just got my tires aired up (all 4 tires = 32 psi), and about a week and a half later, about 10 psi was lost on the right front tire. The other three were okay. It couldn't possibly be a leak, because I just had this car for about a year. Or could it be the manufacturer's fault for producing such crappy tires?

Answer 1

dude the day after you got the car you could have ran over a nail or s***w in the road that you never even saw making a slow leak. What does only having the car a year have to do with the tire leaking air. No its not the tire manuf, fault it is yours for having such an ignorant opinion stated as fact. go to a tire shop have them check that tire for leak, Also the valve stem cap has nothing to do with the tire holding air that is what the valve in the stem is for and it is possible to be losing air there all the cap does is keep the valve stem from having debris accumulate in it. valve stem cap is not pressure tight anyway. the other side of the coin is if you let it go long enough the leak will get faster and faster until it will go flat overnight and then shop will have no problem finding leak.

It is also extremely common to have a tire leak down to a certain PSI and not leak past that as the more pressure there is in a tire the harder it is to keep it in a tire may leak down to 25 or 20 psi then hold that pressure because that is the point where the pressure of the rubber against object stuck thru tire overcomes the air pressure inside the tire making an equilibrium.

Answer 2

Sounds like a leak, take it to a garage and have them check the tire out, doesn't matter if you only had it for a year, you could have hit a curb.  

Answer 3

the air in your tires could be low because of driving,the air temp.can cause the air to go down,and you could have hit some thing in the road and made your tire lose air..the only thing a tire manufacture will warrenty is if the tire blows out on you do to faulty materials or workmanship..and 32 psi is max air pressure when you have a load in your car for the extra weight,at 32 your car rides a little rough,should have 28 in your tires,for normal driving,,

Answer 4

"It couldn't possibly be a leak, becuase I just had this car for about a year"  LOL some people shouldn't own or touch cars. Go freshen up on your english skills and stop being so ignorant. I hope your tire is not repairable because your so stupid to come on the internet to figure out why your tire was low.

Answer 5

You could have a nail or s***w in the tire causing a slow leak. To check it, inflate your tire to 35-40 psi, take a 2 liter bottle of water, add 4-5 frops of dish soap and dribble it on the tire treads, if there's a leak, it will begin to bubble the soapy water. Check the whole circumference of the tire by moving the car forward a foot and repeating the soap water test. This is how it's done at a tire shop. They can usually patch a nail or s***w leak.

Answer 6

sounds like you ran over something. go have it fixxed

Answer 7

it couldn't possibly be a leak???

what the h**l are you talking about?

air doesn't disappear.

what happened to it if it didn't leak?

it got absorbed into the rubber???