I ran over a pothole and both tires in my passenger side have bubbled. Any idea how this can be fixed before I'll bring it in to the shop? Thanks.

 

You don't want to fix. I think these need replacing. Check your tire road hazard warranty with the dealer.

 

Thanks...that's what I was thinking too! I checked the tire warranty and it's still covered, however, since it only affected my passenger side tires, do I need to replace the driver side tires too to balance the threadwear?

 

I went to a Michelin Retailer and all of them denied the warranty saying that it is an impact damage and is not covered. So, its my fault that the tires are not made well to sustain a single pothole incident, however, if my tires blew up when I ran over a pothole and killed me, then lawyers can make a multi-million dollar settlement out from it because I died.

If they're just gonna make tires then it should be tested well that the workmanship is invulnerable whenever you run thru a pothole.

 

Well... What if you had road hazard damage done to the tire? You know wink wink.. you ran "something" over that cuts the hell out of the tire. Not the most honest thing to do but well they won't cover a tread bubble.

-Erick

 

The Michelin warranty won't cover ruining a tire due to a cut either. If you do have an additional road hazard warranty on your tires, I would think that hitting a pothole and ruining a tire would be considered a road hazard.

 

I think you cannot get road hazard on new car tires only if and when you purchase replacement ones .

 

It's probably not a primary thing on your mind right now, but have whoever does the tire replacement check that wheel closely for damage, too. If you hit hard enough to bubble, you may have bent the wheel, also. I had this happen with a Corvette on a pothole. What a nightmare.
Chris

 

CWDILG: Speaking of tires, how do you like the Goodyear F1's on your Crossfire ?

 

Tremendous inprovement over the Continentals. Ran in the wet very well and hold like hungry tigers in the dry. The ride is smoother than the Continentals and no unacceptable noise generated. There seems to be reduced side to side motion over grooved/patterened pavement as well. I do park the car when it snows, tho.
Chris

 

Some extended warranties include road hazard for tires and wheels. Mine does.

 

You caused the bubbles by going over the pot holes too fast. Warranty won't cover this. I had a similar problem on a previous car, I had 4 new tyres, 2 days later I hit a hole and bubbled one of them, had to buy another new one, you can't fix this. Once the tyre wall is stretched it is ruined. It is caused by going too fast over a hole, the tyre gets pinched between the wheel and the hole and causes the tyre wall to stretch and become damaged, it looses its strength and the air pressure causes it to bubble.

 

I think a lot depends on how bad the bubble is. Some bubbles are hardly noticable, even if your looking, these I wouldn't worry about too bad. I'd be willing to bet most of us have slight bubbles because it's impossible not to. Eventually your going to hit a pot hole or two. If theres one bubble and its not huge, I'd just keep it. Your gonna spend a ton of money replacing tires if you do it for every single bubble. If you look you'll surely find those barely noticable ones I speak of.

 

Road hazard on the tires does come as a part of the "maximum care upgrade" service contract.