what's wrong with discount tire?
I bought a set of new "shoes" for my baby from discount tire after stock lasted for 34000 miles.
dont exactly know what the heck went wrong with the mounting, all tires lost air and flatted out. to make matters worst they dont open on sunday thus i am sitting duck at home until tomorrow :( anyone has similiar story ? |
Wow William. Do you keep your car in a garage? Could someone be messing with you and let the air out of your tires? That's just too weird that ALL of them lost air. :Eyecrazy:
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Originally Posted by williamngRX8
(Post 1908107)
I bought a set of new "shoes" for my baby from discount tire after stock lasted for 34000 miles.
dont exactly know what the heck went wrong with the mounting, all tires lost air and flatted out. to make matters worst they dont open on sunday thus i am sitting duck at home until tomorrow :( anyone has similiar story ? |
hi Linda...car was parked at Renton airport during my cross country flight. I was utterly shock to see the rear driver side tire flatted out. I quicky drove to the nearest gas station to get it inflated and checked the remaining tires pressure. Too my surprised they were all below the psi# I just squeezed in moment before I left for the airport.
I thoroughly inspected to see if there's anything out of ordinary but could not locate one either. my initial assumption was the mounting might not be properly done. Rims and tires (Kumho ecsta spt) size are all still stock. I checked again this morning and they were all deflated. Luckily I can finally put to use the electric tire inflator that comes with the car and drive short distance to the shop tomorrow :banghead: |
Please let us know what happens!
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I would guess the TPMS seals were installed wrong. It's pretty difficult to screw up mounting tires......but those valve stems on the TPMS are a problem. Hopefully they didn't screw them up :(
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Originally Posted by dannobre
(Post 1908233)
I would guess the TPMS seals were installed wrong. It's pretty difficult to screw up mounting tires......but those valve stems on the TPMS are a problem. Hopefully they didn't screw them up :(
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Originally Posted by dannobre
(Post 1908233)
I would guess the TPMS seals were installed wrong. It's pretty difficult to screw up mounting tires......but those valve stems on the TPMS are a problem. Hopefully they didn't screw them up :(
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Originally Posted by williamngRX8
(Post 1908241)
Interesting, I noticed the new TPMS seals were not sitting on their original positions. Could that be the culprit ?
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Don't quote me on this...but as far as I know...the sensors need to be removed to re/re the tires?? I don't have them on mine....( Canadian car)
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Originally Posted by dannobre
(Post 1908256)
Don't quote me on this...but as far as I know...the sensors need to be removed to re/re the tires?? I don't have them on mine....( Canadian car)
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Originally Posted by Mazurfer
(Post 1908266)
Hmmmmmmmmm..Damn it Jim......I'm a driver not a mechanic! If that's true, then I am 100% positive it's the friggin TPMS seals! No longer any doubt!
it wud have killed me if i drove my car longer enough without realizing tires were leaking air :banghead: |
Originally Posted by dannobre
(Post 1908256)
Don't quote me on this...but as far as I know...the sensors need to be removed to re/re the tires?? I don't have them on mine....( Canadian car)
the do not. mine have never been touch on three tire changes. i would check the nuts on the tpms and make sure they are tight, then the valve core itself. beers :beer: |
Originally Posted by swoope
(Post 1908334)
the do not. mine have never been touch on three tire changes. i would check the nuts on the tpms and make sure they are tight, then the valve core itself.
beers :beer: |
That sucks. Something is not right if all fours tires are losing pressure. Hopefully they sort it out tomorrow for you.
FWIW, Discount Tire in Tigard, OR mounted my wheels with TPMS and no issues. |
Originally Posted by dannobre
(Post 1908256)
Don't quote me on this...but as far as I know...the sensors need to be removed to re/re the tires?? I don't have them on mine....( Canadian car)
I talked to a buddy today who owns a tire shop. He said that he routinely removes them. He said that even the slightest bump when mounting the tire and they are F***ed. He said that if all goes well it is OK...but at the price that they are...he always takes them out. I bet they didn't re-install them properly. There is just no other thing that they could have screwed up on all 4 tires that would make them go flat. |
William......seriously............check out this thread.
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-tech-garage-22/tpms-gasket-114960/ This has some good info and it's not too long. What you will see is that while I didn't start the thread, it shows my issue and even more importantly leads you down the path that ultimately solved it for me. You will also see that Tommy at Rosenthal Mazda(a member here, was more than helpful). The most interesting things is found near the bottom where Tommy shows the "new" gasket! I didn't go that route, but it will show you how I solved it! Your issue might be very similiar! Good Luck! Dave |
what model's your tire BTW ? ?
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Originally Posted by Mazurfer
(Post 1908634)
William......seriously............check out this thread.
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=114960 This has some good info and it's not too long. What you will see is that while I didn't start the thread, it shows my issue and even more importantly leads you down the path that ultimately solved it for me. You will also see that Tommy at Rosenthal Mazda(a member here, was more than helpful). The most interesting things is found near the bottom where Tommy shows the "new" gasket! I didn't go that route, but it will show you how I solved it! Your issue might be very similiar! Good Luck! Dave finally got the leaks sealed off. the problem was gasket rings in my new wheel valve kits which were not properly rebuilt. their apologized for the inconvience caused. i have checked my tires pressure several times to ensure no more leakage of air and have yet to find one, thanks god. |
Originally Posted by williamngRX8
(Post 1914354)
thanks mazurfer.
finally got the leaks sealed off. the problem was gasket rings in my new wheel valve kits which were not properly rebuilt. their apologized for the inconvience caused. i have checked my tires pressure several times to ensure no more leakage of air and have yet to find one, thanks god. sounds like this is a wheel brand issue.. thanks for the heads up... beers :beer: |
Originally Posted by williamngRX8
(Post 1914354)
thanks mazurfer.
finally got the leaks sealed off. the problem was gasket rings in my new wheel valve kits which were not properly rebuilt. their apologized for the inconvience caused. i have checked my tires pressure several times to ensure no more leakage of air and have yet to find one, thanks god. |
Originally Posted by Mazurfer
(Post 1914372)
Great....glad to hear it.......so you had stock rims and just got new tires right? So they changed the valve stems when you got the new tires and that was what the issue was? The gaskets? I'm re-reading this whole thread and wanna make sure I'm understanding correctly.
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Originally Posted by williamngRX8
(Post 1914457)
yes, my rims still stock. i went there to purchase a set of new tires for my car (Kumho ecsta spt) and the counter assosiate recommended new valve stems rebuilt kits (if i call it correcty) for new tires as well and I took his offer. the irregularity that happened during the installation was the caused of my tires to lose air pressure. I dont understand much technical details here but the guy that fixed the leaks mentioned something about some sort of rings that were not properly placed. i am assuming the gasket rings or such ?
ok i am more confused now.. they changed the gasket on a stock rim with the tpms... this is not bright... ahhhhahhhhhhhhh, the tpms should have never been removed unless you were changing wheels.. beers :beer: |
The way things are going, I'm starting to get real tempted to buy my own damn tire machine. The number of tire shops who deserve to remain in business continues to shrink.
Unless your valve stems were leaking, there was no reason to replace them. But the sales associate did his job, and got a little extra money from you. This sort of BS always gets me spun up. Of course, I'm a bit more forceful when I get work done. I tell the shop exactly what they'll be doing to my car, if they don't like, I take my business elsewhere. On the off chance they manage to slip in an offer for other work/parts, I question them thoroughly in search of the BS indicator. |
Originally Posted by kristopher_d
(Post 1915069)
The way things are going, I'm starting to get real tempted to buy my own damn tire machine. The number of tire shops who deserve to remain in business continues to shrink.
Unless your valve stems were leaking, there was no reason to replace them. But the sales associate did his job, and got a little extra money from you. This sort of BS always gets me spun up. Of course, I'm a bit more forceful when I get work done. I tell the shop exactly what they'll be doing to my car, if they don't like, I take my business elsewhere. On the off chance they manage to slip in an offer for other work/parts, I question them thoroughly in search of the BS indicator. |
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