I must have the worst luck in the world b/c I'm having another tire problem. One of my rear tires leaked 10 lbs of air in 12 hrs. time. The good news is, I have a road hazard policy on it - if they can't fix (free), they will replace it (also free). I'm hoping they can fix it, because I don't want to have to replace the other rear tire out of pocket. I've always heard with this type car/this type tire, if you replace one tire you need to replace the mirroring one. My question for the forum is, is that an iron rule even if the tires are fairly new - these only have 2 months and 1,300 miles on them. Would it hurt the car if I only replace the damaged one?

 

no, not after only 1,300 miles. you should be fine replacing just the one. If you had 13,000 miles i might think differently.

 

Just make sure they match completely...brand/size/tread design etc... Otherwise you may have handling issues.

 

You'll be fine replacing only one tire.

 

Thanks for the info everyone. Fortunately the call from the tire place was the tire was fine - just had become unsealed from the rim. They resealed it and it seems to no longer be leaking. For future reference I know the replace both tires rule isn't ironclad so thanks for that.

 

Yeah, I had a nail mine the first week I had the car and pulled it (stupid me, I should have pushed it in). So the tire guy could not find the leak, so I had them replace the tire.

No problems and I'm just over 5,000 miles now. I had them replace it with exactly the same model and brand.

No worries.