Quite often what happens is the cords that make up the core of the tire can shift or once in a while not be strung correctly in the molding and that caused the tire to roll over itself so to speak. Once the cord or belts shifts it will wear for a short while and then explode the tire. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jerry Richer To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 2:10 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] check engine gas cap
Well the dealer invited us to take a test drive to experience how smooth the ride would be. He rode with us. The ride was not smooth at all. It was almost like riding on a corduroy road. He diagnosed the problem. He said that they had just experienced the same problem with a brand new same model vehicle a few weeks earlier. I would have never guessed that brand new tires were out of round. I just can't understand how Bridgestone could possibly make a tire that was not circular but apparently it happens. Anyway they took four tires and wheels from another new vehicle and replaced mine. It seems to be all right. And the head mechanic drove it two hundred miles to me so he got a good chance to test drive it. Beyond that I can't understand how I actually found this particular vehicle on-line and ordered it through this dealer, paid cash, and apparently the dealer hadn't even test driven it before I traveled two hundred miles to pick it up. Not only that, my vehicle had a sticker on it that said it was one randomly picked by the manufacturer to thoroughly test drive in order to insure the integrity of the production line. One of every fifty or five hundred vehicles randomly picked or something. By the way, the light that came on was not a seat belt light but an air bag light. Jerry [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
