Wheel damage at dealer
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Geffg

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1,342 posts

133 months

Had my car in for mot today at main dealer. Came out to drive away and noticed they’d kerbed my wheel. They’ve agreed to refurb the wheel but on closer inspection I’ve noticed this on the tyre. It’s not ripped through to cords as far as I can tell so would you just accept it or would you recommend pushing to replace the tyre too?
The tyre is a runflat with 5mm on it.



Watchthis

591 posts

90 months

First pic couldn't see any tyre damage. Second pic looks like they've glued the tyre back together. If that's the case it would be a new tyre for me

BertBert

21,189 posts

239 months

Yes, I'd def poke further to see the extent of the damage and if they have glued it back. Pretty outrageous if they have. New tyre

Heathwood

3,029 posts

230 months

Bloody hell, if they’ve glued a chunk back onto the tyre I’d be mighty peeved.

paulwirral

3,807 posts

163 months

Ironically, right in the middle of the safety warning print . If you took it in like that they’d be insisting on you buying a new tyre off them !

SFTWend

1,418 posts

103 months

OMG. If they've glued a chunk back on, which is what it looks like, that's outrageous. And probably dangerous.

I'd want the tyre on the other side replaced as well as, for safety, tyre manufacturers and fitters recommend changing axle pairs.

Wish

1,873 posts

277 months

New wheel and tyre.

Bobtherallyfan

1,511 posts

106 months

When a Porsche OPC scraped my 911s alloy, I got a spanking new alloy out of them…no way was I accepting a refurb.

happychap

545 posts

176 months

Before you start pulling at the damage on the tyre, go back to the dealer and investigate if it’s been glued in the presence of a staff member.

dunc69

916 posts

275 months

Bobtherallyfan said:
When a Porsche OPC scraped my 911s alloy, I got a spanking new alloy out of them no way was I accepting a refurb.
Yep, same for me at Mercedes. Curbed wheel replaced with a new one.

Jazoli

9,625 posts

278 months

SFTWend said:
OMG. If they've glued a chunk back on, which is what it looks like, that's outrageous. And probably dangerous.

I'd want the tyre on the other side replaced as well as, for safety, tyre manufacturers and fitters recommend changing axle pairs.
Might as well go for all four, maybe new shocks too, and springs..

Shinyfings

288 posts

75 months

New wheel and tyre should be the case. Whether it is will depend on the person you deal with. I always take pictures of my cars including each wheel and tyre when leaving them at a dealers. This lesson was learnt after damage to more than one car at different dealers. Many simply don’t care and their customers also often don’t care if a car is parked where other customers park.