My daughter got told today the tires on her Jeep were more then ten years old . They would only sell her new tires or nothing. Supposedly there is a law about that. Any ideas?
10 year old tires
- Thread starter FLYINGCYCLONE
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I don't think it's a law, just general rule of thumb. Granted I drive way too much to get close to the 10 year mark.
That's everywhere. I've had 3 nails the past 7 or 8 years and both sidewalls were a no. The non-sidewall was a $25 patch
There should be an oval on the sidewall near the bead with a 4 digit code, that's the build date. For example if it says 4321 then that means the tires were made in the 43rd week of 2021.
I believe it's a law on commercial vehicles. I am not sure on passenger vehicles, but I have never heard of anyone having the build dates looked at on their tires of a passenger car. If a tire were to fail and cause an accident resulting in serious injury or worse, you can bet someone would look at it.
Honestly 10 years is time to replace tires. Also you get what you pay for on tires. More expensive tires will usually last longer than cheap ones. Although if the car hasn't been driven enough to wear out the tires in 10 years maybe some cheaper ones will do.
I believe it's a law on commercial vehicles. I am not sure on passenger vehicles, but I have never heard of anyone having the build dates looked at on their tires of a passenger car. If a tire were to fail and cause an accident resulting in serious injury or worse, you can bet someone would look at it.
Honestly 10 years is time to replace tires. Also you get what you pay for on tires. More expensive tires will usually last longer than cheap ones. Although if the car hasn't been driven enough to wear out the tires in 10 years maybe some cheaper ones will do.
Repairing a sidewall hole is really dangerous. I won't even do it on my own stuff.
10 years is pretty risky. That's a lot of time for deformity/dry rot/etc to set in, they honestly may not be safe to drive on. Pretty sure standard replacement is 6 years or so regardless of tread left.
”I’m old enough to remember,” tire age was a significant contributing factor to the Ford/Firestone tire failure disaster.
en.wikipedia.org
Firestone and Ford tire controversy - Wikipedia
New tires on your daughter's car = expensive.
Her coming home alive = priceless
Her coming home alive = priceless
demoncore1031
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I would recommend not taking a vehicle to Walmart for any type of car repairs, not even an oil change.
Doubt it's a law, but it may be an internal company policy.
What was she trying to get done? Plug? Patch? Rotation?
What was she trying to get done? Plug? Patch? Rotation?
It might be law if the mechanic was also doing a state inspection. 10 year old tires would be a fail in North Carolina most likely.
