Serious wheel problem
Discussion
lady topaz said:
I have had my 335 MSport for a year. 7,000 miles on the clock. I got a tyre pressure warning on screen this morning so took it to my local BMW main dealer. I was called into the workshop where I was shown that I had two nails in one of my rear tyres. Ok bad news but not terminal. The guy then showed me that both rear rims on the inner side had split. One in two places.
Now I have been driving for more years than I care to remember and never seen one split rim let alone two. This on a new car used mainly for commuting and never on rough roads. He reckons that he fault lies with the low profile tyres, but surely with normal road use this isnt acceptable??. I am looking at a bill of around £1500 or an insurance claim,but cant help feeling that he wheels must have been defective to start with.
Anyone else gt any experience of this ??
Cheers Di
Spooky just seen another almost identical thread re this so now rely concerned. Now I have been driving for more years than I care to remember and never seen one split rim let alone two. This on a new car used mainly for commuting and never on rough roads. He reckons that he fault lies with the low profile tyres, but surely with normal road use this isnt acceptable??. I am looking at a bill of around £1500 or an insurance claim,but cant help feeling that he wheels must have been defective to start with.
Anyone else gt any experience of this ??
Cheers Di
Yep, should be under warranty then, it's their wheels, with their tyres, so everything should work fine, the alloys shouldn't crack even with low profile tyres, and as it was the tyres they chose and recommended, you can't really be held to blame.
I guess next they will say that you must have hit potholes or something but even so, cracked alloys is usually the result of an accident with cheapo wheels fitted.
I guess next they will say that you must have hit potholes or something but even so, cracked alloys is usually the result of an accident with cheapo wheels fitted.
Recent BMW alloys aren't great in terms of durability. A freind of mine has managed to put slight buckles in all four of his 19" M sport alloys on a 5 series, within 4 months/8,000 miles!
He's not kerbed them, not off roaded the car and is a sensible/slow driver.
Audi had an issue with this on early 18" avus alloys and ended up replacing quite a few sets under warranty.
I expect that run flats don't help the issue as they probably transfer a greater shock on to the wheel because of the stiffer sidewalls.
He's not kerbed them, not off roaded the car and is a sensible/slow driver.
Audi had an issue with this on early 18" avus alloys and ended up replacing quite a few sets under warranty.
I expect that run flats don't help the issue as they probably transfer a greater shock on to the wheel because of the stiffer sidewalls.
You may have quoted yourself, but there is another post re same problem.
A friend of mine with a 335D purcahsed a used set of 19's with Bridgestone RF's that had been run on a 335i and the rear tyres were also worn on the inner edges, showing cord in a couple of places, the outer edges were still showing legal, 2mm -ish, tread, the wheels however were still intact.
A friend of mine with a 335D purcahsed a used set of 19's with Bridgestone RF's that had been run on a 335i and the rear tyres were also worn on the inner edges, showing cord in a couple of places, the outer edges were still showing legal, 2mm -ish, tread, the wheels however were still intact.
Edited by E30M3SE on Tuesday 13th January 11:46
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