Why are my tires cracking on my new car? I bught it brand new.?

Question

I have a 2008 Hyundai Sonata and have only had it for 4 months, I have a full warranty and on tires if defected. The tread is good, but on the walls of the tires, I can see tiny little cracks, all around on all four tires. When I took it to Discount tire, they said that was natural. Is that true? Will they rupture with it being so hot here in south Texas?

Answer 1

There is a code on all tires when they are made. It tells you when ( what year ) the tire was made. Some places put old tires on new cars.....so even though a tire has never been on a car and on the road...it may still be old. The rubber the tires are made from starts getting harder as it gets older. The rubber cures with more heat...curing is what makes the soft rubber harden up in the molds when they make the tires. High heat will make your tires get harder and start cracking. You can use some WD40 on them to soften up the hard rubber....do not use Armour All or those other tire treatments that make the tires look good....those only harden up and crack them even more.

Take it back to Discount tire and ask them to show you the coding on the tires and what year it was made. It it shows to be several years old...I would head back to your car dealer and tell them you want newer tires on your car.

Answer 2

no its not true and i am surprized cause that place is good place take it back and demand to see the boss and raise h**l.

Answer 3

look for the "born on date"  they dont tell you about these, but i will tell you how you can find out exactly how old your "new" tires are.

its on the backside of the tire, yes they hide it.

its 4 numbers that is circled or indented in the tire .  it will look similiar to this.   0208... the first two numbers represent the week of the year and the last two numbers indicate the year. so 0208 means  they were made in the 2nd week of the year 2008.  they had a big thing on tv about this, where people were buying "new" tires that had sat in the store for years.  they found tires that was made all the way back up to 12 years ago!!!  people were having blow outs on these things, and the tire dealers just acted like they didnt know about it, but they do!!

check this and if the date indicates the tires are more than a year old, demand a new set of tires.  this is a very dangerous situation, dateline hired a experienced driver to try out one of these "new" tires that was 12 years old and guess what...he couldnt even control it when it blew, ended up in the hospital. these tires dont blow like a normal tire blows, the tread peels off in one piece and rolls around the rest until it fails, thus gives the slippery feeling like riding on ice.

Answer 4

Get a second opinion. Its hard for me to say without being able to see the tyres but this does not sound safe.

Answer 5

They want to pass a law that all new tires be stamped with their date of manufacture. New tires laying around for three years are considered dry and could pose a safety hazard. Did you use any cleaner on your tires?

Answer 6

Your tires are probably Michelin MXV 4's?  Yes that is perfectly normal, is cosmetic only not affecting the function of the tires and is not a warrantable condition.  All tires do it to one degree or another.  Don't worry about it.  Unlike all of the other people who responded I actually deal with this sort of thing every day.

And don't fuss about the date code either.  If your car is an 08' model your tires would have been manufacturered no more than a few months before the car was built so they are in no way "overaged".  I have never, ever seen old inventory mounted on a new car out of the factory and I've been doing this for a while.

Some folks watch too much TV.

Answer 7

No way! That's a 100% lie. You must demand a replacement. You might have a blown tire if you insist on using it, may cost you your life. I call it FACTORY DEFECT.