Driving to work on thursday(4:45am) about half way there my Tire pressure Monitor chimes and shows the left rear tire at 26 and falling rapidly. I pulled over to the shoulder of the freeway and when I stoped the tire was showing 10psi, I sat and watched it drop to 0 in about 5 seconds. I get out and sure enough FLAT. I can't see anything obvious. So I get my pump out and try to inflate the tire, As the sealant flows in, the tire gets up to about 12 psi but when I turned the pump off it went right back down. I had depleted the sealant and tried just air but it would not pump up at all. Great, I have owned the car for 10 days and this happens.
I then called the Dodge roadside assitance and they dispatched a flatbed and he loads up my car and takes it to the nearest dealer, it's now about 6am, they don't open till 8. I sit there and wait, when they do open I tell them what happend. Of course the tires are not covered so I have to shell out 300 bucks for a new tire and mounting. They don't have one in stock so it needs to be ordered, won't be there until 12-1:00. So they give me a ride home to wait, but won't pick me up to get the car when it's done. Oh well a one way ride is better than none.
They call at 2:30 and tell me the car is ready, I have my wife leave the office early to take me there because they close at 5 and won't wait for me. We get there and I check out the car, IT'S THE WRONG F-ING TIRE!! The put on v(149mph) rated tire not a Y(186mph) like it should have. I'm upset, missed a day of work and now I'll have to come back tomorrow and miss more work.
So I bring my car in first thing in the morning, they get it done around 1pm. The right tire this time. Only good news is they gave me a certificate for a free oil change.
I ordered a replacement canister for my pump, $68!! What a rip off. For now on I'm just going to carry a couple cans of fix-a-flat in the trunk.
I saw the tire that came off, it had a perfect circle punched out of the middle of the tread, must have run over a bolt or rebar,.. or something??
I then called the Dodge roadside assitance and they dispatched a flatbed and he loads up my car and takes it to the nearest dealer, it's now about 6am, they don't open till 8. I sit there and wait, when they do open I tell them what happend. Of course the tires are not covered so I have to shell out 300 bucks for a new tire and mounting. They don't have one in stock so it needs to be ordered, won't be there until 12-1:00. So they give me a ride home to wait, but won't pick me up to get the car when it's done. Oh well a one way ride is better than none.
They call at 2:30 and tell me the car is ready, I have my wife leave the office early to take me there because they close at 5 and won't wait for me. We get there and I check out the car, IT'S THE WRONG F-ING TIRE!! The put on v(149mph) rated tire not a Y(186mph) like it should have. I'm upset, missed a day of work and now I'll have to come back tomorrow and miss more work.
So I bring my car in first thing in the morning, they get it done around 1pm. The right tire this time. Only good news is they gave me a certificate for a free oil change.
I ordered a replacement canister for my pump, $68!! What a rip off. For now on I'm just going to carry a couple cans of fix-a-flat in the trunk.
I saw the tire that came off, it had a perfect circle punched out of the middle of the tread, must have run over a bolt or rebar,.. or something??