Tyre Cord Exposed
Discussion
Hi, I'm new to the forum so first I'd like to thank anyone that takes the time to read my post!
I've recently had my car in with the main dealer to get the cambelt and water pump replaced. As main dealers always like to do they came up with a lot of other "issues" they wanted to fix and charge big prices for. Such as £50 to clear a partially blocked windscreen washer jet that I managed to clear in 30 seconds with my finger nail!
Anyway one issue they brought up has me a little more concerned, there is slight damage to two of my tyres where the nick on the tyre can be peeled back to show cord. Both tyres have plenty thread left (4.5mm & 5mm) so I don't want to change unless necessary. I've uploaded pictures I have of the cords below, hopefully they're clear enough. I'd be grateful if anyone with more experience could give their opinion on the tyres and if they need to be changed.
I've recently had my car in with the main dealer to get the cambelt and water pump replaced. As main dealers always like to do they came up with a lot of other "issues" they wanted to fix and charge big prices for. Such as £50 to clear a partially blocked windscreen washer jet that I managed to clear in 30 seconds with my finger nail!
Anyway one issue they brought up has me a little more concerned, there is slight damage to two of my tyres where the nick on the tyre can be peeled back to show cord. Both tyres have plenty thread left (4.5mm & 5mm) so I don't want to change unless necessary. I've uploaded pictures I have of the cords below, hopefully they're clear enough. I'd be grateful if anyone with more experience could give their opinion on the tyres and if they need to be changed.
"A cut in excess of 25mm or 10% of the section width of the tyre , whichever is greater, measured in any direction on the outside of the tyre and deep enough to reach the ply or cord, would make the tyre illegal."
I would have been inclined to leave it before reading the above. Bear in mind of course if anything bad was to happen, your insurance is invalid too.
I don't believe they are killer tyres, but I wouldn't take the risk personally.
I would have been inclined to leave it before reading the above. Bear in mind of course if anything bad was to happen, your insurance is invalid too.
I don't believe they are killer tyres, but I wouldn't take the risk personally.
Another +1 for "replace it" here. Any exposed chord is an MOT fail, whilst you could glue it there's no guarantee you aren't going to lose it somewhere on the road. Due to some poor front alignment I ran a set of MPSS down to exposed chord on the outer edges when there was a good 5mm meat on the centre of the tyre- I changed them as soon as I'd noticed.
Another for replace.
In the past I've kept going on worse.
Last year a colleague was minding their own business on a normal B road when hit head on by another vehicle, investigation suggested accident was caused due to the other vehicle having a tyre defect.
Driver of the other vehicle was killed, as was the passenger in my colleagues car (who was a relative of my colleague). Colleague was badly injured as was a child who was in the back seat.
Really not worth it.
In the past I've kept going on worse.
Last year a colleague was minding their own business on a normal B road when hit head on by another vehicle, investigation suggested accident was caused due to the other vehicle having a tyre defect.
Driver of the other vehicle was killed, as was the passenger in my colleagues car (who was a relative of my colleague). Colleague was badly injured as was a child who was in the back seat.
Really not worth it.
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