Luckily I was going about five miles an hour. I dipped into a pothole, but I'm convinced there was something there, because I've hit worse potholes going faster with no damage. But I was lucky this time because I rolled about ten feet into the parking lot I was next to and proceeded to put on the spare. But because I had never done it before (on any car, ever), I was rather nervous if I did it right. I know that the spare isn't full size and would result in a different ride, but while I was riding on it, things seemed rougher. It sounded and felt like something was scraping against something else, but nothing looked like it was scraping.

So I got to Pep Boys and they eventually got around to changing my tire. They didn't have an exact replacement, so they put something comparable on (I was told, I don't understand tires, not yet anyway). And now I'm left with a few questions.

Did I screw myself by taking it to Pep Boys and not to a honda dealer? the car is barely two months old, and I even fell for the extended warranty crud, which claims to cover road hazards. I paid Pep Boys just over $100 for the tire and labor, and extended warranty says I'm covered up to $150. Is this something I could take to Honda and have rectified? I kept the bad tire, as per the advice of my personal advisor, in case I am able to do anything at the honda dealer. Also, while taking the tire off the wheel, Pep Boys dude totally broke the tpms sensor and said I would have to get it fixed at the honda dealer. What's the deal with that? Can Pep Boys be held accountable for that, or would I have to pay honda on top of what i already paid pep boys? Does something like replacing the tpms sensor that broke off of a wheel when a second party was replacing it fall under a warranty? Also, I read the manual section on it, but I wouldn't be surprised if I didn't jack up the car in the right spot. The jack was hitting some sort of notch in the car's frame, but it just seemed a little too far away from the wheel, and I had to raise the jack fully before I could get the wheel off.

 

in my expert opinion YOU GOT PWNED! 100 bux seems like a lot my friend

 

unless you had some sort of warranty on your tires when you bought
the car Honda can't do anything about replacing it because of damage
caused by a pot hole. if it structrually failed during a normal drive, then
they will be very interested in seeing what happened cause it could affect
other cars. that tire you brought back... they probably wont look at it
in detail.

i can understand you taking it to pepboys or any tire place to get that
tire replaced. given that most local shops sell tires 35% over wat you
might get at tirerack, plus $20+ for install, etc. that's not a super bad
deal. i think you just got hit with:

1. one tire that is not the same..which is not ideal.
2. your tpms sensor can be replaced by the dealer which will cost you
parts+ labor. those RF modules are not cheap neither is dealer's labor.

3. you'll have to take that bill from Honda to pepboys and talk to their
manager to get reimbursed. ask them to give you some more freebies
while you're at it, like a coupon for $25 or something you can buy some
oil and a filter at their store for the inconvenience caused.

i think you'll be fine with that one odd tire as the other 3 aren't that
great anyway. if you dont care about that one odd tire, just keep it.

 

it was prob just the pothole, the dunlops that come from honda SUCK i blew out 3 the very same way.

 

if it was me, i would go to honda and show them teh bill for the pepboys tire. get reimburesed, if they will do that.
drive around for a couple of weeks and then put a nail into your pep boys tire...go to honda and get a tire that matches the rest. lol

this is not a warrenty item, but if you say you have road hazard protection, you should be covered.

 

at least you didnt blew the rim also...

 

what you could have done, or may still be able to do. take a picture of the damage, take a picture of the pothole and send them to the city along with the reciept. i have had to do this a couple times. But i seem to be fortunate to get the picture right then and there.

worth a try!

 

IMO Honda will not do anything...tires are ALWAYS warranted by the tire manufacturer. But damage from a pothole is not the fault of a tire, it's not because of poor workmanship or a tire defect.

Always be sure you are running the correct tire pressures. If you do that your tires (and rims) will be less likely to sustain damage.

Sorry for your loss.

PS, the TPMS sensor, OTOH, is Pep Boy's problem. Better have a stern talk with the manager about that!

 

I bought a rim and tire warranty from my honda dealer

 

damm that sucks

 

I drove my new car from the dealership right to the the tire shop and traded in the stock all seasons for four Toyo Snowprox. They gave me a nice credit for the stock tires

 

you destroy the tire or just get a hole or leak or just pop it off the rim? I hit potholes all the time (come to winnipeg and see) and haven't had issues with the stock dunlops yet (14 inch).. maybe I'm just getting lucky so far.

usually like $15-$20 to patch a hole in the tire.. I've run over all sorts of nails/screws/table legs with my old vehicle.