KDW2 delamination

[Pat]

Hi Ho;

Since the middle of January I have noticed a slight jerk in the car when I take off, almost at any throttle position other than creep.

I thought it might be a drive train problem but my car Doctor, Jim the "laughing Gasser", couldn't find anything amiss.

Well, this AM my left rear tire went flat and I limped to the Cooper tire shop down the street. Found a small nail in the center tread but also found something more serious.

The side walls were becoming unglued. Sheets of material were stripping away from the side walls. The repair man did not want me to drive another foot. However, I prevailed upon him to fix the flat so I could get home.

I'm going to wait and see if I win the Lottery this month before I do any ordering of rear tires, they have 27K on them. The MM is parked till then.

The repair man said the delamination (my word) was caused by low tire pressure. I may have had a slow leak (it was a small nail) and not noticed it.

Anyway to make a long story short, the flat is fixed the tire has 35 LBS of pressure and that jerk that I experienced at take off is gone.

Conclusion: Check tire pressure every couple of weeks or sooner. Visual may
not be adequate.

Pat :type:

[O's Fan Rich]

Hi Ho;

Since the middle of January I have noticed a slight jerk in the car when I take off, almost at any throttle position other than creep.

Pat :type:

Funny.. my wife says the same thing....


Oh, sorry to hear about your bad tire. Things happen. I recall when Uniroyal had a problem with sidewall's popping for a bit.

[Hotrauder]

I have no idea what caused your problem, Pat. Now, Michelles problem I understand completely. :rolleyes: Dennis

[MERCMAN]

I would take that tire back to a Goodrich dealer. It is obviously a manufacturing defect.

[Marauderjack]

If you drive on any radial tire when it is flat.....the sidewalls are TOAST!!!:argue:

You can try a complaint with Goodrich but I doubt they will do much since I'll bet our "Special" tires have lost them more $$$'s than they care to remember!!:cool:

BTW.....Did you screw up your wheel driving on it??:confused:

Good Luck and keep us posted!!

Marauderjack:burnout:

[jgc61sr2002]

With 27K on the tires they are probably toast anyway. They are beyond warranty IMO.

[Glenn]

I had a similar problem with the outer skin separating from the inner sidewall. It appearing in several places on both tires as a neat razor like cut. Got two new front tires.

Glenn

[superford3]

the goodyear rsa also has this problem if they are run low on air ,i see it all the time on the new maximas and at over 200 a pop ,check your air presure

[dwasson]

I've had that happen on almost every brand of tire but Michelin. It really irks me to have to replace a tire with good tread.

[ckadiddle]

...sneaking out back door....
Time to go check my tire pressures. :)

[shawn744]

only problem i ahve with my tires is unusual marauder only wire wear. fronts: excessive wear outside and inside of the tire....after two alignments i finally managed to get them to wear both sides evenly. The rear tires wear excessivly from the center. My tire pressures are normal. Actually i run a little higher on the front to compensate for the inside and outside corner wear, and a little lower in the back to compensate for the center wear.... seems to work okay after the tire pressure changes.

As for the jerk.....i have a jerk in drive without hitting the gas from a stop...its actually more like a stop and go....feels like a gap in the driveshaft or tranny or something....nothing bad or noisy or anything....but its just there to annoy me...

[ctrlraven]

I check my tire psi every few days because of temps going from cold to slight warm and a 20psi filled tire can look exactly the same as a 32psi filled tire, plus correct tire psi helps with gas mileage which once I started checking weekly I have gained some total miles to the tank.