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Teddy

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I took my Motorhome to the tire store This morning and had the back left side dual tire replaced. Last week when I was having
the oil, filter change and having it grease they were airing up all my tires to 90PSI. One of then blow out and they charge me
$57838 for one new tire outrages. That sure will cut into my gas money for the rest of this month. However; I can still get off to one of the
local Campgrounds next week. MAYBE
 

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WOW, that's terrible! Did they overfill the tires, or is 90 PSI the correct amount of air for them??
 
If they overfilled the tire and caused the blowout, then it seems like it should be up to them to replace it, and not for you to have to do. If it was just a bad tire, and it blew when they filled it with the proper amount of air; then it was probably fortunate that if it was going to blow out, it happened right there at the shop.
If you had been driving down the road, and it blew then, it might have caused an accident, and then you might be replacing a motorhome, and not just a tire.
Still, it seems like a LOT of money for replacing just one tire ! !
 
Get to the AAA soon and let them sort it out,
Here in England we use Quick Fit the tyre would have been replaced for free.
Or the RAC would have sorted it.
 
Have you the right tyre for your type of vehicle?

http://www.caravanclub.co.uk/commun...d-advice/motorhomes/tyre-pressures/rt/399428/

Last July I purchased a second hand Bessacarr E445 and noticed the tyres needed some urgent attention as the side walls were showing cracks due to the vehicle being stored. I took it along to our local Kwickfit tyre depot and upon inspection the fitter pointed out that the tyres were beyond their dated life expectancy and although not all were showing the same amount of deterioration he advised changing all of the tyres. We agreed to this and the tyres were changed for four new ones with a lifetime of ownership guarantee. I used the vehicle once a month throughout the year visiting club sites mainly in the Midlands and because this was our first big vehicle and having nothing to compare it with assumed all was well. Unfortunately it failed it's MOT test in July on something minor and during its stay with the garage I asked them to give it a service. I asked them whilst they had it to have a look at the tyres as I had always had difficulty getting the full amount of pressure into them at the garage and they said they would. What happened next gave us a bit of a shock as the next day the service guys phoned to say that the wrong tyres had been fitted because the pressure advised for the vehicle was 79psi and the tyres fitted were a maximum of 65psi. Not only were they the wrong tyres but I had been over inflating them throughout the twelve months that they were fitted. After contacting Kwickfit they admitted that the wrong tyres had been fitted although initially they were unaware that there was a difference in tyres for motor homes until I showed them the spare on the vehicle, that had never been fitted, showing a max psi of 79 and stamped 'for use on motor homes'. To be fair they had them changed (obtained tyres from a rival company) once this was identified so I don't want to bad mouth them but it worries me to think that other people with motor homes could be driving on the wrong tyres if a national company like Kwickfit don't know that these vehicles may need a specialised tyre fitte

Note .... Not me just copied from another forum

Maybe look on tyre to see if correct pressure for that tyre is stated ??
 
The tire was a Goodyear and only three years old, they were for RVs 640 serials TP up to 110PSI. he just put 90PSI it.
Goodyear has a lot of trouble with those tires
 
Well, at least they didn't overfill it Teddy. As That Guy said, good thing it didn't happen while traveling on a remote or high traffic road.
 
Most newer vehicles today have all these warning light/sounds if the tire is underinflated or overinflated.

Hell my CRV tells me if there is a male or female in the car with me,.blue warning light for the guys and red for the gals.
They are working on a light for the homos.(g)
 
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