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So I allready knew a few months ago that I had a puncture since it was losing a little bit of air. Now however it has begone to lose air more quickly so i've been to my local tire shop and he tried to fix it, only to find there were many (8 or so) small punctures around the sidewall and eventually he also put that tire foam to tighten the small holes. I asked him how this could happend and the only explenation I got was because of underinflation it could rub the sidewall and make a puncture?

Since this is impossible because I check my tires every month or so and add the appropriate pressure, he wasn't able to give me another reason.
He said that if it was going to fail again, I had to buy another tire but before buying a new tire, can someone maybe give me a reason how this could happen so I can avoid it in the future?
The puncture is there were the tire is getting a round edge, so not really on the sidewall but not on the contact patch either.


This is to give you an example where they are:

 
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Is it just the 1 tire?
Manufacturer defect maybe?
 
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cssuk said:
seems the way its parked sort of corresponds to the punctures do you always park like that?
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This is at my home & yes, but the tire i'm showing is the rear left tire and that one is fine (it's to give the location of the holes on the front tire).
It's the front right one and that one never touches those stones.
 
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Could this be deliberate vandalism? The side of the tyre would be easier to pierce than the tread. In any case if it were on my truck, the least I would do is put it on the back axle. In the UK I believe you can only have two or three repairs done to a tyre before it is considered unsafe and you have eight or so. At least on the back axle, if it were to go in a big way, it is easier to control the vehicle and by your own admission you enjoy driving your truck. I realise that tyres are expensive, but they're what keep you on the road and something I wouldn't be cheap with. If it's a new tyre once it's off, you could get in touch with the manufacturer and ask them to check it or give them the info off the wall about when it was made, to see if they had a problem with that production run. Main thing is, be safe don't be taking chances with tyres, especially on the steering axle, because they are the ones that keep you on the road.

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So, the tire has been repaired with foam and I have send an email to Goodyear which will probably tell me nothing and will be a waste of time. These tires have never been underinflated. Why? Because I bought them new in December and since then I check them every month and now even more often and even with the puncture the pressure has never been below 2.0 bar /29psi.

The tire shop said that if this one would fail again that the new one would be 140€ to replace so.... The trouble is, I still don't know the cause which is why I started this thread. It would be a waste of money putting a brand new tire on and then for some reason having those weird punctures again. :dunno
 
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140€ vs wrecked truck, possible injury to you or others??? Got to say most tyre fitters in this country hate foam repairs, definitely only a temporary measure and one to tell the fitters about before he takes out the valve. Possibly an older persons thing, but I would say €140 well spent. By the way tyre prussures on a V6 Nav 35psi all the way round unloaded.

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Who said I was driving fast?????

As for the rating, no it's not enough BUT i never drive fully loaded. My navara hardly ever hauls anything, max 500kg, never towed anything yet with it.

But anyway, I think i'm going to listen to b4badger and put a new tire on. When you think about it, it's true that an accident is much more than 140€, it's just another time I have to spend money.... :sad:

Well thanks for everything anyway :thumbright:
 
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yep agreed load is fine 1030Kg x4 gives more than enough personally I would return the tyre to goodyear as well for investigation, personally I hate having mismatched Tyres and prefer to change the Axle or all 4 at once, out of curiosity I checked online for issues with goodyear tyres got to say it doesnt look good
 
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Monty_Python_X said:
And how many tyres are there on a Navara? ;)
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4, but the maths isn't as simple as dividing by four - the tyres are never going to have the weight evenly distributed over them... Admittedly, unlikely one would reach over a ton just from the setup the OP is talking about.


My gut feeling is a low, jagged kerb and some scrapage...
 
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I don't want to sound rude, but ignoring a puncture, by your own admission for several months, almost certainly led to further failures of the tyre. An unrepaired puncture will have allowed debris or contaminants such as water and road grime into the ply of the tyre through the edges of the original hole, where it will have begun to corrode the belts or delaminate the different layers.

At least this is what the manufacturer will say.
 
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