Thread: cooper tyre problems

wow, I am glad Im not alone. In my poor discription of what is happing, its not chipping thats the problem but actual little cracks around each tread block and where the side wall meets the tread belt.
So the prorata is $80 per 10000km? I cant bloody find my invoice now either
I will be interested to hear wht the tyre bloke says at the local Tyrepower.
Mal

Originally Posted by Milton477

That's exactly what I've seen on 2 other cars.

I wouldn't touch coopers with a barge poll.....

I have heard to many reports of them doing this and I'm not talking recently there were similar posts over a year ago if I recall correctly

tyre cracks are not always a new problem but are an old rubber problem exposure to oxigen sunlight ect all to degrade your tyres i have seen this with many makes of tyres maybe the one you have is from an older batch i hope this link will help you understand and give you a bit of leverage with the dealer Aged Tyres

Originally Posted by malsgoing130

wow, I am glad Im not alone. In my poor discription of what is happing, its not chipping thats the problem but actual little cracks around each tread block and where the side wall meets the tread belt.
So the prorata is $80 per 10000km? I cant bloody find my invoice now either
I will be interested to hear wht the tyre bloke says at the local Tyrepower.
Mal

The prorata is however many km short of the guarantee, say its a 100,000km guarantee and the tyre costs $200, if the tyre only makes it to 80k, you get 20% of the price back, as it failed to make the mileage by 20% (so $40 in my example). If the tyre is faulty, as it may well be, I'd expect they should be replacing the tyre no charge, or a refund.

The thing with the guarantee is that you have to live in a city area and they won't necessarily agree to offer you the guarantee if you drive it offroad.... and it has to be balanced every 10,000km by the tyre dealer at $x, in my case they said $78.

In my case, the tyres have a 80k km guarantee, which would be potentially 8x balances for a total of $626. Even if this cost is spread across all 4 tyres, you can start to see why the guarantee isn't worth the paper its written on...

Seano

If anyone is interested, the FAQ's for the guarantee are Cooper Tires - Warranty FAQ

Originally Posted by seano87

The prorata is however many km short of the guarantee, say its a 100,000km guarantee and the tyre costs $200, if the tyre only makes it to 80k, you get 20% of the price back, as it failed to make the mileage by 20% (so $40 in my example). If the tyre is faulty, as it may well be, I'd expect they should be replacing the tyre no charge, or a refund.

The thing with the guarantee is that you have to live in a city area and they won't necessarily agree to offer you the guarantee if you drive it offroad.... and it has to be balanced every 10,000km by the tyre dealer at $x, in my case they said $78.

In my case, the tyres have a 80k km guarantee, which would be potentially 8x balances for a total of $626. Even if this cost is spread across all 4 tyres, you can start to see why the guarantee isn't worth the paper its written on...

Seano

The guarantee won't cover the cost of fitting and balancing either. The conditions and kilometres are a joke, barely more than a driveway warranty, demonstrating the (lack of) confidence Cooper has in their product.

My son worked at Goodyear in his Gap year and stays friendly. They are doing me a deal, but have never heard of any cooper's failing or otherwise being returned.

They did say there is some grey importing that could result in really old stock hitting the market.

Has anyone heard of problems with STT's or STC's? It seems like most of the problems stated seem to be with ST's.

Tony