whats up my cobalt peeps !!!!!!!!!! i got a serious issue... my ssc/sc has gotten some cracks in the tire for no reason . i mean i air them up to 30 psi so i know im not under inflatting and it started to happen after xmas ???!! i wash my car and clean the wheels with the appropiate wheel cleaner and its cracking ?? could it be that i dont use tire dressing ???? or milage cuz my slobalt has 34k + miles on the stock tires
need answers please help !!!!!!

 

probably just mileage. and the heat in pheonix doesn't help with rubber but thats just my guess.

 

be fortunate you got 34,000 miles out of them. lol

 

im getting the hint that i should get new tires ehh ????

 

dry rotting

 

hey guys. i work at kal-tire and i see this problem all the time. as some have mentioned, weather conditions greatly factor in the life of the tires. very hot temps will, in fact, dry out the tire. cracking or "weathering" is common wear tires have been sitting for a long period of time "rotting", conditioner that your using is low quility "try miguars or something" or abuse to the tire by hard driving.

regardless, YOU NEED NEW TIRES. cracking leaves open spots to the ply and belt package on the tire and could seperate it. being a very dangerous situation. get new tires that are good quility. you get what you pay for basically

 

Weather and ozone will crack them.
But they should be designed to take it,If there is still tread left the dealer should pro-rate them ,But You are going to have to read through you tire warranty that you recived when you bought the car.

 

i got 14k out of mine but i like to run the car hard

 

i have just over 36000 miles and my tires are fine. Its not too hot where i live though - socal

 

burn in hell

 

I have 27,000 on mine now and they have 3/32 of an inch of tread on them currently. Just ordered BFG KDW 2's. From what I have heard they are by far a better performing tire. We'll see I guess.

 

He's got a base model.

FYI, I'm at 21,000 and all 4 are stock tires still. I mean, 2 are almost completely bald and 2 are well, almost there too.

 

i hate you all damn 2.5 pulley and roasting the tires at 40

 

Oh I drove the **** out of my tires. I'd damn near slam 2nd every time I shifted just to spin them until 60

 

i just roll into the throttle and spin through 3rd my car is not the norm

 

to coblasts
your right "they should" but then again a brand new cobalt with only 10k on her "SHOULD" be ok.

yet i have a extremely loose clutch pedal, a P0420 Catalyst efficiency low bank 1, my boost guage is going over 21 psi stock and when i pull hard in third gear, when my guage maxes out, my car bogs.

Everything "should be ok" but it aint. sometimes things just go wrong. hopefully for me, they fix it. for tires. they should warrenty them depending on the 32nds left on the tread.

i guess the saying "**** happens" just fly's right in

 

Sounds like your clutch pedal is loose and you have a clogged cat.

 

yeah i agree

 

At about 8k miles i took my car in to the dealer cause the centers were worn so bad , they asked about tire pressure and i had ran them at the door sticker recommendations. They actually took 2 psi out of the fronts and said check back and see how they do lol. What a joke .

 

i only got 10,000 out of my tires, i now have bfg kdw i love them

 

i noticed my tires doing it and then 2 weeks later had a blow out with good tread left, and then about a week later another one came apart and started slapping my inner fender. the tires suck point blank

 

I had somewhere around 16000 miles on my set of tires. I took it to the dealer and they replaced them under warranty. Ive checked other placed for pirelli tires and their warranty on tread is about 60,000 miles. not sure why these tires wear so quickly. I drive a 2.4 w/ 17's and the psi is 35psi stated on the sticker. So im not sure that the 30 is correct, but i dont know.

 

i have an ls an mine were bald at about 6K i still ran them till about 13K before i got new rims and tires
stock= dick in the mouth

 

im still on my stock rubber, 23.5k miles. I have a few 1/4 inch long cracks in my tires, i know I need new ones. Im making that investment soon pirelli neros

p.s. I run my tires at about 25-27psi cold. The wear is still completely in the center, and the sidewalls look great. Cept...there are cracks in the rubber now.

 

30psi is fine but when it starts getting colder out, the car likes to wander at 30psi so just bump it back upto 35psi and your good after that.