Tire Review: Goodyear Eagle F1 A/S
I have had one problem after another with Goodyear Eagle F1 A/S tires. Anything from cupping, loud noise, uneven wear and most disturbing constant damage to my car rims. I have had to replace 5 rims and 8 tires over the course of a year and a half.
The tire store never informed me of a silent recall, nor offered to replace any of them for free.
I am not a wealthy woman, but yet a middle aged widow with very little means...and I mean very little means.
The tire store could care less how much this financially affects me. Today I plan to get some sort of remedy.
Although, past experience tells me, I’ll have to put out more money. They say, it is always my fault that I have had to hit a chuck hole or something really hard to crack the rim or damage the tire. This simply is not true. Running over a patch in the road or barely going over a speed bump is all you have to do to cause damage.
I believe the sidewall weakens over time; whereby, it doesn't take much to crack the rim or blow out the tire.
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Editorial Comment:
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but from the way you have described the issues you've had with your tires, I'd be inclined to agree with the dealer that the damages you've suffered were caused by improper use or poor maintenance.
But let's try to prevent this from happening again and again by explaining a bit about what is happening.
To begin with, damage to your rims is not ever going to be caused by your tires. They are most likely to be damaged by hitting something with considerable force, or possibly by running against the curb, rocks, projections, etc.
Possibly, if your tires are under inflated, some damage to the rims can occur because the tires are not doing their job of separating the rims from the road.
Also, sidewalls do not generally weaken just by getting old or being used UNLESS the tire is under inflated. An under inflated tire will cause the tire to flex too much, this flexing creates heat and the heat is what weakens the tire and the sidewall.
If you drive even a fairly short distance without enough air in a tire you can completely destroy that tire, can cause damages to the rim. Or if the tire is not completely flat, the heat build up can cause the air inside the tire to expand so much that the tire explodes or "blows out".
Incredible as it sounds, the cause of many blow outs is low tire pressure, not too much.
Tires will lose pressure by themselves just through the natural permeability of the rubber compounds. For this reason you need to inspect your tires at least once a month to check the pressure. Other things, too, can cause a pressure loss -- perhaps not enough for the tire to look "flat" but enough to cause heat damage to the rubber in the tire even in short slower drives in the city.
If you are a person who is concerned about economizing, then you need to educate yourself on the minimal maintenance and care that you need to do on your vehicle ... and one of those things which we preach over and over again on this web site is use proper tire pressure!
I hope this information helps you avoid more of the same problems.
TG