Tyre failure

Tempa · 02-23-2020, 01:11 AM

Well this just happened to my 6 months old Super sport tyre. Did roughly 8,000 kms.

Lucky I was just exiting the freeway. Can't imagine if I was tracking and it failed when I was doing 200kms

robbo mcs · 02-23-2020, 02:44 AM

Thats not good.

I have seen that kind of failure quite a bit where the tyre has been run at low pressure for a prolonged period. Usually someone who doesn't check the tyre pressure and has been driving around at 10psi for a month.

That shouldn't happen with these cars obviously, with TPMS etc. Presumably a manufacturing defect. I would contact the manufacturer

donR · 02-23-2020, 04:50 PM

Looks nasty but as you say could have been worse.

I'd be interested to see what the actual date stamp was on that tyre.

mynameisplayer · 02-24-2020, 02:58 AM

Gold Star to you for that tread depth @ 8000km!

Tempa · 02-24-2020, 05:19 PM

The tyre was provided by and installed by the dealership 6 months ago. I can look at the production date stamp.

Now I'm after a pair of 275/35/19

Tempa · 02-24-2020, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by mynameisplayer

Gold Star to you for that tread depth @ 8000km!

Does that indicate I drive hard? Haha

SE7EN335 · 02-24-2020, 09:43 PM

Super sport tyres have been discontinued. It is most likely the dealership using old stock of the Super Sports. My local dealership only stock PS4S and Cup2 BMW compound specific tyres

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robbo mcs First Lieutenant 143 Rep 320 Posts Drives: F82 M4 and others Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Sydney iTrader: (0)	Thats not good. I have seen that kind of failure quite a bit where the tyre has been run at low pressure for a prolonged period. Usually someone who doesn't check the tyre pressure and has been driving around at 10psi for a month. That shouldn't happen with these cars obviously, with TPMS etc. Presumably a manufacturing defect. I would contact the manufacturer
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Tempa Private 3 Rep 74 Posts Drives: 2006 Lotus Exige, 2014 M4 Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Victoria iTrader: (0)	The tyre was provided by and installed by the dealership 6 months ago. I can look at the production date stamp. Now I'm after a pair of 275/35/19
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SE7EN335 Captain 330 Rep 984 Posts Drives: 2022 M3 XDrive, 2023 IX M60 Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Sydney, Australia iTrader: (1)	Super sport tyres have been discontinued. It is most likely the dealership using old stock of the Super Sports. My local dealership only stock PS4S and Cup2 BMW compound specific tyres
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