my max has a slight tire problem. I went out to wash it this afternoon, and while cleaning the tire, theres a BUBBLE on the fron passenger side tire. I just got the car in the beginning of december. so would there be any warranty left for the tire?

 

I know when we bought our max the dealership offered a 5 year warranty on the wheels and tires. If anything happened all we have to do is call them and they'll replace them free of charge. They'll even tow it for us if we're within 25 miles of any Nissan dealership

 

I`ve never heard of a dealership offering a 5 year warranty. That would be fantastic if they all did! It must just be your dealership.

I`d take the car back to the dealership, and show them the bubble in the tire. Its obviously a defect from manufacturing and they should cover the replacement.

As always, you should read through your manual, specifically looking through the warranty papers to see what they say about coverage on tires. Seeing as its only been a few months they should cover it out of goodwill anyways. But it never hurts to be well informed about the warranty.

CM.

 

My dealer had the wheel and tire 5 year warranty as well. It's
a great deal. Anything goes wrong, and they replace it. Just one
thing. It's not free. It was a $1,000 option. Nice way for them
to make a quick grand. I said, hasta la vista, baby.

 

Everything on a Nissan is warranted for ONE YEAR. They will tell you tires don`t have hazard warranty, that is something you will have to buy from the manufacturer. However, considering you only had it for 4 mos, they should replace it.

 

Unless you have hit a curb or deep pothole or something, this tire has a serious manufacturing defect. I would be hesitant to drive at speed with this tire. You could check with your Nissan dealer, but you might save time by reading the tire warranty that came with the tire and then going straight to a dealer who sells that brand tire.

With this defect appearing so early in the tire's life, I would press for a free replacement. The absolute most I would pay would be a pro rata percentage based on the amount of tread that has been used, which should be around ten to fifteen percent.

Check the warranty carefully. The first year may be a full free replacement, and may even cover the mounting and balancing (which is very important on the '04 Maxima).

 

I can tell you these continental tires pick up screws and nails like no other tire. 3 repairs in 6 months of ownership.

 

They arent continental tires.....They're Good Year RS-A's.

 

Maybe his are Continentals? Mineare Goodyear RSA`s also and they seem to be wearing quicky although they are silent and responsive.

 

Continentals are the OEM tires for the SL's with 17" rims.

 

Ok, understand, I like Goodyears but they seem to wear quickly.

 

GoodYear RSAs are a soft compound... therefore they will wear more quickly than normal tires... But should close to 30,000 under enthusastic driving, provided you aren't spinning the tires. If they seem like they are wearing quickly have the alignment checked.

I completely dislike these Goodyears. They are LOUD on our roads. I can't wait till these die and I can get some michelin, perrelli or dunlops.

 

I am looking Yokohamas AVS ES100, you can check them out if you want. The site will give you prices in US or CDN dollars . http://www.tiretrends.com/catalog2.p...nufacturerID=5

 

Click on the tire for a discription and warranty etc.

 

When we talk about 45 profile tires, we aren't talking mileage.

I know of no 45 profile tire with a true mileage warranty. There are some 'pseudo' mileage warranties, which warranty against manufacturing defects (and sometimes road hazards) for 'X number of miles' or 'life of the tread', whichever comes first. That type warranty is not a true mileage warranty.

I saw 30,000 miles mentioned above. I would feel the 55 profile Contis on the SL might get 30K with reasonable driving. The purpose of the 45 profile Goodyears, however, is performance. I would not expect to get more than 25,000 miles on a 45 profile tire before the tread became dangerous for driving on wet roads (wider treads have a wider travel path from which water must be purged).

That is unless you are a elderly Sunday school teacher who only . . . but you know the routine.

 

Hi all. I recently bought an 04 Maxima SE (almost 4 mos. ago now). I'm new to this site, but have already seen a lot of great information and insight. :-)

I was wondering, is there anyone out there who hates the stock Goodyear 18" tires like I do? These things have to be the worst tires I've ever had. They are extremely noisy- the sound they make when I go over even mild bumps reminds me of an over-inflated basketball hitting the ground (and that's even after I brought them down from the 40 psi level they were strangely set at by the dealer at delivery). I get most of that noise even when not taking bumps. I first thought it was a problem with the car itself until I realized it was the tires. Regular driving on even smooth roads generates road noise which makes it sound like I am driving with the windows open-when I am not.

These things are terrible in the rain too. I encountered another owner who told me his car is dangerous in the rain. After a recent rainstorm here, and with about 4K only on these tires so far, I can believe it. These things slowed me down a lot and left me feeling very uncomfortable. I can imagine they will only get worse as they continue to wear.

Is anyone else going through this too? I realize these tires are low profile and more prone to noise, but this seems a little above and beyond having a little more noise and sensitivity to road conditions than usual.

 

U R right. We all want a sticky no squeal, noiseless rain and snow tire that delivers excellent gas mileage and cost very little and lasts for 50K miles. This will never happen.

 

After trading my 02 Alty with the Bridgestone Potenzas, these Goodyear Eagles are beautiful. Having said that I am checking out the Yokohama AVS ES100`s though.

 

I called Nissan's Customer Service line and told them flat out how much I dislike the Goodyear tires and don't feel safe with them on this car. I also wanted to see if they would do anything about it, since I just bought one of their new $32,000 cars and I feel like I got screwed with these tires in the process. So much for customer service. As expected, I was basically told they would do nothing for me, and that I could basically change whatever I wanted to, all at my own expense of course. I then told them I felt I had no choice but the one Nissan made for me on these things and that as a consumer I was very unhappy with these tires. Their response? That I have no recourse at all, other than to spend even more money. All, in my opinion, to correct a problem Nissan has saddled me with in the first place. Has anyone ever read the posted surveys on Tire Rack's website regarding these things? They were a real eye-opener. I told the Nissan rep to have their engineers read them sometime to see first hand what people on the street are saying about these tires. I've heard Nissan has taken to putting on Continentals now instead. I knew they were on the 17's already- has anyone heard anything about them being placed on the 18" wheels now also? I am curious to see if that has any truth to it (or to find out if the salesman who sold me my car was just BS'ing me when I last talked to him about these tires).
thanks!

 

That is BS, the 18's are still Goodyear RSA's.

 

While I agree that the RSAs suck...are you FKM. You think that nissan will replace the tires at their cost....especially if there is nothing wrong with them other then you don't like them....find a co that will. My neighbor has a TL with tires that flat spot (quite badly) and he is fighting with Acura to get them replaced.

 

Doesn`t Honda use Michelins especially on the Acura line ?

 

Nope...Bridgestone

 

I was just about to post how dangerous these tires are. We just had some rain today and i was coming home from playing football when i lost traction three times in less than 6 miles. first was when i was changing lanes at low speed, right before red light, my tires spun out. then, i was making a turn at an intersection and i lost traction and skidded. and later i hydroplaned going about 40mph. this was the first time had this much trouble, even my moms camry handles better in the rain.

but, in the goodyears defense, they handle really well on dry road. i guess they perform sorta like racing slicks, good on dry and made for high speeds, but no traction when the roads are wet. but don't think this is appropriate for a four door sedan. but we do got 6 air bags in case of anything.

 

Now we had a lot of rain lately and my ride handled beautifully. I only have about 9K miles on the tires though. There is still a good amount of tread.

 

I personally haven't had a problem in the rain. You must remember also that these tires are WIDE. This makes them more likely to hydroplane no matter what make/model of tire you have. That said, I have never had a problem hydroplaning even on these tires. Doing 70-80 on the highway during rain is no problem.

My only complaint is the noises that these make, and the lousy traction during a standing start, especially when the road is wet.

 

This always makes for a funny thread. Some people hate the RSA's and others are going "Huh?".

I have 13000 on mine and I just ran 70 and 75 in driving rain (before I finally had to slow down to see the road) with no problem. No hydroplaning and no control problems. Wish I could say the same for the Michelins on my BMW 540 ... they start to wash out and scare the p!ss out of me with the first puddle of any size I hit at speed.

I have no real problem with the RSA's, myself. They are a little noisy on coarse pavement, but I don't know if that's the tire itself or the lack of soundproofing built into the car ...

Mike

 

I have no real problem with the RSA's, myself. They are a little noisy on coarse pavement, but I don't know if that's the tire itself or the lack of soundproofing built into the car ...

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Good Point. Maybe we should be looking into that aspect. I used a brownbread type material on my 02 Altima in the trunk and under the rear seat and wheel wells to deaden sound and it worked.

 

There seems to be quite a difference with everyone's experiences witih these Goodyear tires from what I am reading here; these things just don't impress me I suppose.. but then again, the only other set of Goodyears performance tires I had (Eagle GTs which were OEM on an 1986 Camaro Sport Coupe) didn't either- I got only 18K out of them and they were dangerous in the rain on that car. I will be considering alternatives when these things wear out- anyone have any other brands they might have tried or heard about which seemed ok??

 

Mine are wearing quickly and my replacements are going to be Falkens, more precisely the Ziex ZE - 512`s. An all season tire in case I get caught in an unexpected snow squall, which happened to me many times.

 

When I purchased my car I got the extended warranty which covers any damage to the tires or wear and tear. I'm not the pickyest person in the world and think the stockers are alright. I'm in a daily driver and IMO the goodyears are good enough for me. They have tread, air and rubber and are round. That's all I need.

 

I will be getting Michelin Pilots or Yokahama AVS next. Sticky, Sticky, Sticky!