Tire problems

[rmhockman]

I have had 2 genesis sedans, the first was a 3.8 which I traded at 20,000+ miles for the 4.6 with tech package which is quite a step up.

In both cases wit the 18 inch wheels I have experienced tire noise after 10,000 miles or so, could it be the crappy Dunlops that come with these cars or what, I am not impressed with their performance.

Does anyone out there have had a similar experience?

 

[Mark_888]

There are many old threads and hundreds of posts on bad experiences with the Dunlop OEM tires that come with Genesis.

 

[CanukV6]

The OEM Dunlops definitely get noisier as they wear and 10,000 miles is getting close to their useful life span.

 

[TJPark01]

I have had 2 genesis sedans, the first was a 3.8 which I traded at 20,000+ miles for the 4.6 with tech package which is quite a step up.

In both cases wit the 18 inch wheels I have experienced tire noise after 10,000 miles or so, could it be the crappy Dunlops that come with these cars or what, I am not impressed with their performance.

Does anyone out there have had a similar experience?

I've got 25k miles on mine and they are silent and ride straight as an arrow. I probably only have 5k more miles left, but I would make sure to get the tires balanced and get an alignment on the car as well.

 

[stevenleehogan]

OEM Dunlop Sp Sport 5000 tires have no manufacture tread wear warranty.

Our 2009 Genesis Sedan was in for pre-trip check and we were informed the it would not be a good idea to take the trip on tires that only had 18k miles on them due to excessive wear (already down to 4/32). No problems with the mechanical end and my wife only drives the car locally and is very easy on it.

You would think that this class of vehicle would come standard with at least a tire with a tread wear warranty.

Having to spend over 1k to put better tires on it just for the trip.

We Never were given the option when we bought it to upgrade the tires or informed of the lack of tread wear warranty.

Caveat Emptor

 

[stevenleehogan]

OEM Dunlop Sp Sport 5000 tires have no manufacture tread wear warranty.

Our 2009 Genesis Sedan was in for pre-trip check and we were informed the it would not be a good idea to take the trip on tires that only had 18k miles on them due to excessive wear (already down to 4/32). No problems with the mechanical end and my wife only drives the car locally and is very easy on it.

You would think that this class of vehicle would come standard with at least a tire with a tread wear warranty.

Having to spend over 1k to put better tires on it just for the trip.

We Never were given the option when we bought it to upgrade the tires or informed of the lack of tread wear warranty.

Caveat Emptor

 

[homeofstone]

The Dumflops are rated about dead last on tirerack.com . My Dumflops lasted about 18,000 miles. As I have stated in another post, I am surprised that Goodyear would produce such a crap tire and then Hyundai contract for it to be put on the Genesis.

Check other threads for recommended tires from Continental, Bridgestone, Goodyear, Michelin etc.