sanford12
Old Stuff New Stuff As long as it's Good Stuff
I just went to get my yearly inspection from Firestone. I have been using this Firstone for almost 40 years, but now it is under a new owner. I'm having other things done, oil change etc........ The guy comes in and says he can't rotate my tires cause they are over 3 years old. They are tires I got from there and only have 30000 miles on them. They are 70000 mile tires, with plenty of thread. I also needed a tire monitor installed on one of my tires. He said he couldn't do that because they are not allowed to break down tires over 3 years old. I think he is FOS. Oh the tires were bought in 2013. The car dealership has been rotating them since then. Just thought I would try Firestone this year.
I asked him why buy a high mileage tire if it is only covered for 3 years, Plus when you buy the tires it's free rotation for the life of the tire. Which means your tire is now dead at 3 years. I went to the firestone site and there is no mention of this.
Tires are 6 years old and that's the time that is specified to replace. Yeah I can see why. I always check the born on date for tires when looking at used vehicles and if they're over 5 years it's a no go. When you buy new always check when they were made. Really what he says about breaking the bead on a 6 year old tire makes sense. Tires lose elasticity as they age. He breaks the bead on an old tire and then you have a failure wellll. He's doing the CYOA and may well have a directive from corporate to not do it.
For me with tire rotation if they are directional tires and stay on the same side it wouldn't bother me much but if they go side to side which changes rotation direction on a 6 year old tire I wouldn't be comfortable.
What it comes down to is it's actually pretty good advice. You can always find a independent to do the job but I'd think about new tires.
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