Bubbles in Michelin Pilot Sports

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11-13-2005, 10:44 PM

justyfid

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Bubbles in Michelin Pilot Sports

Granted that I live in NJ, but I am pretty good about avoiding potholes. With only about 500 mi on my new s-line 18" wheels, I got 2 bubbles on one of my tires. I swapped with my spare, but I still need to get the tire changed. I figured with such low miles on the car, audi would swap it for me but no such luck. I would have gotten the road hazard insurance but I will be putting winter rims on shortly. Anyone have the same problem and have any luck going through michelin directly or with the dealership?

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11-14-2005, 07:58 AM

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Sidewall bulges are damage and not ever covered AFAIK

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11-14-2005, 05:51 PM

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Sucks. Same thing happened to me within 500 miles with new PS2s.

They must have some weak sidewalls, but the potholes are pretty bad in NJ.
Luckily I had Tirerack road hazard which covered it nicely.

It is kinda crappy, but as RichAA pointed out it is considered damage, and not covered by anything but road hazard if you got that. I would just bite the bullet and buy a new one through tirerack with road hazard.