Issues with poor quality of the tires

[Masonth03]

I bought my 3rd Genesis a month ago. Car hit a pot hole turning onto a street busted both right side tires. Small nick in front inside rim, back outside rim very small scratch. The way these tire split. We have all hit a pot hole and cussed. I really rolled over this one and it blew out these two tires.
Anyone else having these issues.

 

[Masonth03]

Anyone having these issues check your tires for gashes

 

[Mark_888]

I bought my 3rd Genesis a month ago. Car hit a pot hole turning onto a street busted both right side tires. Small nick in front inside rim, back outside rim very small scratch. The way these tire split. We have all hit a pot hole and cussed. I really rolled over this one and it blew out these two tires.
Anyone else having these issues.

About 30 years ago I nicked my rim on a curb, which let out all the air on the tire, and that quickly caused irreparable tire damage (driving a tire that is flat). It happens, but takes a lot of skill to do two tires at the same time.

 

[ksoze]

Low profile tires are not pot hole friendly. Todays roads and weather craziness are plaguing tires, especially those with soft, lower profile sidewalls, such as on these car tires. No worse than I have had experience on with similar tire models.

 

[TEF]

Increasingly larger (front) brake rotors and current fashion trends require larger diameter (18", 19 and even 20") rims. Now it's all wheel and no sidewall, so the smallest pothole will destroy any brand of tire and often the rim too. With such narrow sidewalls, there is nothing preventing a tire from being pinched between the lip of a pothole and the rim. Moreover, the larger a metal rim, the heavier the wheel/tire combination which also affects handling and performance. In short, it not the fault of tire quality,

 

[Aquineas]

Check out my thread here. Not only did I blow out both tires, but bent both rims.

If you had the Continental ProContact TX ContiSilent tires (which you should have if you've had the recall done), those tires are the top of the line Continental tires. I think physics are at play here: we have a solid, heavy car on low-profile rims.

 

[MikeyTG]

... Moreover, the larger a metal rim, the heavier the wheel/tire combination which also affects handling and performance. ...

Do we know for a fact that this is true? It seems to me that tire could be heavier than rim and larger rims could mean less unsprung weight, not more.

 

[TEF]

Judging by feel when changing from 18" street tires to 17" snow tires (of same overall diameter), the 17's certainly felt lighter. The difference is narrower tire profile and larger metal rim versus the opposite. Do you contend that cast metal is lighter than rubber and air? Then why do purpose-built (Le Mans) cars not run 22" rims and 30 profile tires?

 

[MikeyTG]

It is metal and air vs rubber and air. The spokes of the wheel get longer for a bigger wheel as well as some rim circumference is added. Perhaps the wheel design affects weight more than size (thinner spokes, lighter alloy, etc). I'm just saying that it would be nice to have this quantified with facts rather than making a decision based on an assumption. I for one am pleased as punch with the wheels & tires that came with the car and won't change a thing.

 

[TEF]

I too like the OEM tire and wheel combination, but I believe that this thread started out by saying the OEM tires (Hankook, I think) were of poor quality. My comment suggested that these easily-damaged tires were not poorly made, but a function of all low profile tires. Since you're challenging my assumption with one of your own, why not prove me wrong with numbers?

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[ksoze]

Sounds like for many, this is their first car with lower profile, softer tires.

Although the originally supplied OEM tires appear to have had issues, the type of tire will dictate it's susceptibility to potholes - lower sidewalls increase the odds of damage. With the failing condition of today's roads and harsher swings in climate, these sport tires are no match for the number and severity of potholes out there these days. Many german car buyers routinely purchase tire and wheel protection for this very reason.