2013 Corolla S with the original wheels, tires and pressure sensors.
There are only 33K miles on the tires and the tread is just fine.Ever
since I've had it (2016) a single tire loses air very slowly -- it used
to go from 32 (or 35, I'm not real picky) down to maybe 24, and the
light would come on. A month or so later the same thing happened. Time between lights is now between one and two weeks.
Dealer said he couldn't see a problem. (I have no actual proof that he actually looked.) I have a nice plug-in tire pump (the $35 one from
Harbor Freight; the cheaper one burned up rather quickly when I tried
to pump all four tires) so there's no real problem, and I'm unwilling to
load the tire up with slime, but I'd really like to know WTF is
happening. Sooner or later I'm going to need new tires and it would be
nice to know if I need a new pressure sensor too.
BTW, I really like the tires (Goodyear Eagle RS-A) -- excellent
cornering on the road I take to go skiing. People really need to be
ashamed when they get passed by a granny in a 9-YO Corolla!
2013 Corolla S with the original wheels, tires and pressure sensors.
There are only 33K miles on the tires and the tread is just fine.Ever
since I've had it (2016) a single tire loses air very slowly -- it used
to go from 32 (or 35, I'm not real picky) down to maybe 24, and the
light would come on. A month or so later the same thing happened. Time between lights is now between one and two weeks.
Dealer said he couldn't see a problem. (I have no actual proof that he actually looked.) I have a nice plug-in tire pump (the $35 one from
Harbor Freight; the cheaper one burned up rather quickly when I tried
to pump all four tires) so there's no real problem, and I'm unwilling to
load the tire up with slime, but I'd really like to know WTF is
happening. Sooner or later I'm going to need new tires and it would be
nice to know if I need a new pressure sensor too.
BTW, I really like the tires (Goodyear Eagle RS-A) -- excellent
cornering on the road I take to go skiing. People really need to be
ashamed when they get passed by a granny in a 9-YO Corolla!
The Real Bev wrote:
2013 Corolla S with the original wheels, tires and pressure sensors.
There are only 33K miles on the tires and the tread is just fine.Ever
since I've had it (2016) a single tire loses air very slowly -- it used
to go from 32 (or 35, I'm not real picky) down to maybe 24, and the
light would come on. A month or so later the same thing happened. Time
between lights is now between one and two weeks.
Dealer said he couldn't see a problem. (I have no actual proof that he
actually looked.) I have a nice plug-in tire pump (the $35 one from
Harbor Freight; the cheaper one burned up rather quickly when I tried
to pump all four tires) so there's no real problem, and I'm unwilling to
load the tire up with slime, but I'd really like to know WTF is
happening. Sooner or later I'm going to need new tires and it would be
nice to know if I need a new pressure sensor too.
BTW, I really like the tires (Goodyear Eagle RS-A) -- excellent
cornering on the road I take to go skiing. People really need to be
ashamed when they get passed by a granny in a 9-YO Corolla!
If the manual tire gauge agrees with the pressure sensor then the
pressure sensor is ok.
You did not say if it is always the Same tire -
will assume so.
Every time I had that problem there has been a nail or screw in the
tread. The left rear of my Kia had that problem for last two years and
I finally upped the air pressure to 40+ and soaped it. Found the screw
and removed it with needle nose pliers and then plugged it.
On 7/24/22 5:45 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote:
The Real Bev wrote:
2013 Corolla S with the original wheels, tires and pressure sensors.
There are only 33K miles on the tires and the tread is just fine.Ever
since I've had it (2016) a single tire loses air very slowly -- it
used to go from 32 (or 35, I'm not real picky) down to maybe 24, and
the light would come on. A month or so later the same thing
happened. Time between lights is now between one and two weeks.
Dealer said he couldn't see a problem. (I have no actual proof that
he actually looked.) I have a nice plug-in tire pump (the $35 one
from Harbor Freight; the cheaper one burned up rather quickly when I
tried to pump all four tires) so there's no real problem, and I'm
unwilling to load the tire up with slime, but I'd really like to know
WTF is happening. Sooner or later I'm going to need new tires and it
would be nice to know if I need a new pressure sensor too.
BTW, I really like the tires (Goodyear Eagle RS-A) -- excellent
cornering on the road I take to go skiing. People really need to be
ashamed when they get passed by a granny in a 9-YO Corolla!
If the manual tire gauge agrees with the pressure sensor then the
pressure sensor is ok.
The red light just says I NEED AIR. The gauge on the pump and on my
nifty little talking digital one are never the same -- I've NEVER seen
two gauges the same, in fact. For one reason, you lose a little air
each time you check. I wonder if the sensor device itself has a tiny leak.
Some of the tires have plastic caps, some not. I had a cap on this one originally, but I lost it a while back. No difference. I keep meaning
to buy some of the metal ones with the core tool, but I forget.
You did not say if it is always the Same tire -
will assume so.
Yes. The others hold air for months with or without cap.
Every time I had that problem there has been a nail or screw in the
tread. The left rear of my Kia had that problem for last two years and
I finally upped the air pressure to 40+ and soaped it. Found the screw
and removed it with needle nose pliers and then plugged it.
I'm sure that if the dealer (amazingly enough, and against everything I
knew about buying used cars for the last 50 years, I bought the car from
the dealer, and it was the first one I drove when I decided on a 2- or
3-YO Corolla -- I couldn't see a reason to NOT buy this one!) would have found something obvious if he'd bothered to look. They used to do a
free rotation with the discounted oil change, so there's really no
reason he shouldn't have given it a visual inspection; I didn't expect
them to take it off the rim.
On 25/7/2022 10:59 am, The Real Bev wrote:
On 7/24/22 5:45 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote:A *visual inspection in-situ* will not find a slow leak. All that is
The Real Bev wrote:
2013 Corolla S with the original wheels, tires and pressure sensors.
There are only 33K miles on the tires and the tread is just fine.Ever >>>> since I've had it (2016) a single tire loses air very slowly -- it
used to go from 32 (or 35, I'm not real picky) down to maybe 24, and
the light would come on. A month or so later the same thing
happened. Time between lights is now between one and two weeks.
Dealer said he couldn't see a problem. (I have no actual proof that >>>> he actually looked.) I have a nice plug-in tire pump (the $35 one
from Harbor Freight; the cheaper one burned up rather quickly when I >>>> tried to pump all four tires) so there's no real problem, and I'm
unwilling to load the tire up with slime, but I'd really like to know >>>> WTF is happening. Sooner or later I'm going to need new tires and it >>>> would be nice to know if I need a new pressure sensor too.
BTW, I really like the tires (Goodyear Eagle RS-A) -- excellent
cornering on the road I take to go skiing. People really need to be >>>> ashamed when they get passed by a granny in a 9-YO Corolla!
If the manual tire gauge agrees with the pressure sensor then the
pressure sensor is ok.
The red light just says I NEED AIR. The gauge on the pump and on my
nifty little talking digital one are never the same -- I've NEVER seen
two gauges the same, in fact. For one reason, you lose a little air
each time you check. I wonder if the sensor device itself has a tiny leak. >>
Some of the tires have plastic caps, some not. I had a cap on this one
originally, but I lost it a while back. No difference. I keep meaning >> to buy some of the metal ones with the core tool, but I forget.
You did not say if it is always the Same tire -
will assume so.
Yes. The others hold air for months with or without cap.
Every time I had that problem there has been a nail or screw in the
tread. The left rear of my Kia had that problem for last two years and >>> I finally upped the air pressure to 40+ and soaped it. Found the screw >>> and removed it with needle nose pliers and then plugged it.
I'm sure that if the dealer (amazingly enough, and against everything I
knew about buying used cars for the last 50 years, I bought the car from
the dealer, and it was the first one I drove when I decided on a 2- or
3-YO Corolla -- I couldn't see a reason to NOT buy this one!) would have
found something obvious if he'd bothered to look. They used to do a
free rotation with the discounted oil change, so there's really no
reason he shouldn't have given it a visual inspection; I didn't expect
them to take it off the rim.
doing is a scan for the obvious, like a *visible nail*. To do a proper inspection for a slow leak, you really need to remove the wheel and do
an immersion test. A pressure leak that loses ~10psi over a week will
show as a bubble every now and then during the test. When I was a wee apprentice, we had a water vat purely for the purpose of leak testing
tyres. The practice works.
FWIW, your tyres are getting to the point where I would call them *time expired* or, as they say, past their *use by date*.
I have never had the
issue of tyres time expired, they are typically worn out in 3 to 5
years. I'd clock up 33 k miles in 2 years, maximum 3, so I've never seen
a tyre on any of my cars over 5 years old.
On 7/24/22 8:09 PM, Xeno wrote:
On 25/7/2022 10:59 am, The Real Bev wrote:
On 7/24/22 5:45 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote:A *visual inspection in-situ* will not find a slow leak. All that is
The Real Bev wrote:
2013 Corolla S with the original wheels, tires and pressure
sensors. There are only 33K miles on the tires and the tread is
just fine.Ever since I've had it (2016) a single tire loses air
very slowly -- it used to go from 32 (or 35, I'm not real picky)
down to maybe 24, and the light would come on. A month or so later >>>>> the same thing happened. Time between lights is now between one
and two weeks.
Dealer said he couldn't see a problem. (I have no actual proof
that he actually looked.) I have a nice plug-in tire pump (the $35 >>>>> one from Harbor Freight; the cheaper one burned up rather quickly
when I tried to pump all four tires) so there's no real problem,
and I'm unwilling to load the tire up with slime, but I'd really
like to know WTF is happening. Sooner or later I'm going to need
new tires and it would be nice to know if I need a new pressure
sensor too.
BTW, I really like the tires (Goodyear Eagle RS-A) -- excellent
cornering on the road I take to go skiing. People really need to
be ashamed when they get passed by a granny in a 9-YO Corolla!
If the manual tire gauge agrees with the pressure sensor then the
pressure sensor is ok.
The red light just says I NEED AIR. The gauge on the pump and on my
nifty little talking digital one are never the same -- I've NEVER
seen two gauges the same, in fact. For one reason, you lose a little
air each time you check. I wonder if the sensor device itself has a
tiny leak.
Some of the tires have plastic caps, some not. I had a cap on this
one originally, but I lost it a while back. No difference. I keep
meaning to buy some of the metal ones with the core tool, but I forget.
You did not say if it is always the Same tire -
will assume so.
Yes. The others hold air for months with or without cap.
Every time I had that problem there has been a nail or screw in the
tread. The left rear of my Kia had that problem for last two years and >>>> I finally upped the air pressure to 40+ and soaped it. Found the screw >>>> and removed it with needle nose pliers and then plugged it.
I'm sure that if the dealer (amazingly enough, and against everything
I knew about buying used cars for the last 50 years, I bought the car
from the dealer, and it was the first one I drove when I decided on a
2- or 3-YO Corolla -- I couldn't see a reason to NOT buy this one!)
would have found something obvious if he'd bothered to look. They
used to do a free rotation with the discounted oil change, so there's
really no reason he shouldn't have given it a visual inspection; I
didn't expect them to take it off the rim.
doing is a scan for the obvious, like a *visible nail*. To do a proper
inspection for a slow leak, you really need to remove the wheel and do
an immersion test. A pressure leak that loses ~10psi over a week will
show as a bubble every now and then during the test. When I was a wee
apprentice, we had a water vat purely for the purpose of leak testing
tyres. The practice works.
Works fine for motorcycle and bicycle tubes. Car tires, not so much.
Easier to just pump the damn thing every couple of weeks. Know anything about the effects of Slime on pressure sensors?
FWIW, your tyres are getting to the point where I would call them *time
expired* or, as they say, past their *use by date*.
So I've been told, but I've never had tires "expire" from anything not
involving tread, puncture or -- and this I regard as criminal --
sidewall bubbles in the defective and obsolete tires the Cadillac (or
maybe it was Ford, it was quite a while ago) dealer sold to my mom at a premium price and refused to replace, turning the problem over to Bridgestone. My Ducati's tires held air for at least 20 years in spite
of visible crackling on the sidewalls. Probably more because I don't
know when the previous owner bought them.
I have never had the
issue of tyres time expired, they are typically worn out in 3 to 5
years. I'd clock up 33 k miles in 2 years, maximum 3, so I've never seen
a tyre on any of my cars over 5 years old.
They don't get much wear at 3K miles/year.
On 7/24/22 8:09 PM, Xeno wrote:
On 25/7/2022 10:59 am, The Real Bev wrote:
On 7/24/22 5:45 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote:A *visual inspection in-situ* will not find a slow leak. All that is
The Real Bev wrote:
2013 Corolla S with the original wheels, tires and pressure
sensors. There are only 33K miles on the tires and the tread is
just fine.Ever since I've had it (2016) a single tire loses air
very slowly -- it used to go from 32 (or 35, I'm not real picky)
down to maybe 24, and the light would come on. A month or so later >>>>> the same thing happened. Time between lights is now between one
and two weeks.
Dealer said he couldn't see a problem. (I have no actual proof
that he actually looked.) I have a nice plug-in tire pump (the $35 >>>>> one from Harbor Freight; the cheaper one burned up rather quickly
when I tried to pump all four tires) so there's no real problem,
and I'm unwilling to load the tire up with slime, but I'd really
like to know WTF is happening. Sooner or later I'm going to need
new tires and it would be nice to know if I need a new pressure
sensor too.
BTW, I really like the tires (Goodyear Eagle RS-A) -- excellent
cornering on the road I take to go skiing. People really need to
be ashamed when they get passed by a granny in a 9-YO Corolla!
If the manual tire gauge agrees with the pressure sensor then the
pressure sensor is ok.
The red light just says I NEED AIR. The gauge on the pump and on my
nifty little talking digital one are never the same -- I've NEVER
seen two gauges the same, in fact. For one reason, you lose a little
air each time you check. I wonder if the sensor device itself has a
tiny leak.
Some of the tires have plastic caps, some not. I had a cap on this
one originally, but I lost it a while back. No difference. I keep
meaning to buy some of the metal ones with the core tool, but I forget.
You did not say if it is always the Same tire -
will assume so.
Yes. The others hold air for months with or without cap.
Every time I had that problem there has been a nail or screw in the
tread. The left rear of my Kia had that problem for last two years and >>>> I finally upped the air pressure to 40+ and soaped it. Found the screw >>>> and removed it with needle nose pliers and then plugged it.
I'm sure that if the dealer (amazingly enough, and against everything
I knew about buying used cars for the last 50 years, I bought the car
from the dealer, and it was the first one I drove when I decided on a
2- or 3-YO Corolla -- I couldn't see a reason to NOT buy this one!)
would have found something obvious if he'd bothered to look. They
used to do a free rotation with the discounted oil change, so there's
really no reason he shouldn't have given it a visual inspection; I
didn't expect them to take it off the rim.
doing is a scan for the obvious, like a *visible nail*. To do a proper
inspection for a slow leak, you really need to remove the wheel and do
an immersion test. A pressure leak that loses ~10psi over a week will
show as a bubble every now and then during the test. When I was a wee
apprentice, we had a water vat purely for the purpose of leak testing
tyres. The practice works.
Works fine for motorcycle and bicycle tubes. Car tires, not so much.
Easier to just pump the damn thing every couple of weeks. Know anything about the effects of Slime on pressure sensors?
FWIW, your tyres are getting to the point where I would call them *time
expired* or, as they say, past their *use by date*.
So I've been told, but I've never had tires "expire" from anything not involving tread, puncture or -- and this I regard as criminal --
sidewall bubbles in the defective and obsolete tires the Cadillac (or
maybe it was Ford, it was quite a while ago) dealer sold to my mom at a premium price and refused to replace, turning the problem over to Bridgestone. My Ducati's tires held air for at least 20 years in spite
of visible crackling on the sidewalls. Probably more because I don't
know when the previous owner bought them.
I have never had the
issue of tyres time expired, they are typically worn out in 3 to 5
years. I'd clock up 33 k miles in 2 years, maximum 3, so I've never seen
a tyre on any of my cars over 5 years old.
They don't get much wear at 3K miles/year.
On 25/7/2022 2:59 pm, The Real Bev wrote:
On 7/24/22 8:09 PM, Xeno wrote:
On 25/7/2022 10:59 am, The Real Bev wrote:
On 7/24/22 5:45 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote:A *visual inspection in-situ* will not find a slow leak. All that is
The Real Bev wrote:
2013 Corolla S with the original wheels, tires and pressure
sensors. There are only 33K miles on the tires and the tread is
just fine.Ever since I've had it (2016) a single tire loses air
very slowly -- it used to go from 32 (or 35, I'm not real picky)
down to maybe 24, and the light would come on. A month or so later >>>>>> the same thing happened. Time between lights is now between one >>>>>> and two weeks.
Dealer said he couldn't see a problem. (I have no actual proof
that he actually looked.) I have a nice plug-in tire pump (the $35 >>>>>> one from Harbor Freight; the cheaper one burned up rather quickly >>>>>> when I tried to pump all four tires) so there's no real problem,
and I'm unwilling to load the tire up with slime, but I'd really
like to know WTF is happening. Sooner or later I'm going to need >>>>>> new tires and it would be nice to know if I need a new pressure
sensor too.
BTW, I really like the tires (Goodyear Eagle RS-A) -- excellent
cornering on the road I take to go skiing. People really need to >>>>>> be ashamed when they get passed by a granny in a 9-YO Corolla!
If the manual tire gauge agrees with the pressure sensor then the
pressure sensor is ok.
The red light just says I NEED AIR. The gauge on the pump and on my >>>> nifty little talking digital one are never the same -- I've NEVER
seen two gauges the same, in fact. For one reason, you lose a little >>>> air each time you check. I wonder if the sensor device itself has a >>>> tiny leak.
Some of the tires have plastic caps, some not. I had a cap on this
one originally, but I lost it a while back. No difference. I keep >>>> meaning to buy some of the metal ones with the core tool, but I forget. >>>>
You did not say if it is always the Same tire -
will assume so.
Yes. The others hold air for months with or without cap.
Every time I had that problem there has been a nail or screw in the
tread. The left rear of my Kia had that problem for last two years and >>>>> I finally upped the air pressure to 40+ and soaped it. Found the screw >>>>> and removed it with needle nose pliers and then plugged it.
I'm sure that if the dealer (amazingly enough, and against everything >>>> I knew about buying used cars for the last 50 years, I bought the car >>>> from the dealer, and it was the first one I drove when I decided on a >>>> 2- or 3-YO Corolla -- I couldn't see a reason to NOT buy this one!)
would have found something obvious if he'd bothered to look. They
used to do a free rotation with the discounted oil change, so there's >>>> really no reason he shouldn't have given it a visual inspection; I
didn't expect them to take it off the rim.
doing is a scan for the obvious, like a *visible nail*. To do a proper
inspection for a slow leak, you really need to remove the wheel and do
an immersion test. A pressure leak that loses ~10psi over a week will
show as a bubble every now and then during the test. When I was a wee
apprentice, we had a water vat purely for the purpose of leak testing
tyres. The practice works.
Works fine for motorcycle and bicycle tubes. Car tires, not so much.
Easier to just pump the damn thing every couple of weeks. Know anything >> about the effects of Slime on pressure sensors?
FWIW, your tyres are getting to the point where I would call them *time
expired* or, as they say, past their *use by date*.
So I've been told, but I've never had tires "expire" from anything not
Cruise down the freeway on a very hot day at 70mph+ and your mileage may vary.
involving tread, puncture or -- and this I regard as criminal --
sidewall bubbles in the defective and obsolete tires the Cadillac (or
maybe it was Ford, it was quite a while ago) dealer sold to my mom at a
premium price and refused to replace, turning the problem over to
Bridgestone. My Ducati's tires held air for at least 20 years in spite
It's not about holding air.
of visible crackling on the sidewalls. Probably more because I don't
know when the previous owner bought them.
Visible cracking isn't the issue so much as the depth of the cracking.
Signs of cracking, and the tyre lightening in colour, are signs that the
tyre is *aging* and losing the chemicals that keep the rubber supple and protected from ozone attack. Tyres that are cracking are showing visible evidence that the rubber is hardening so grip will be negatively affected.
My wife's car does 5k miles per year. It is currently at 30 k miles andI have never had the
issue of tyres time expired, they are typically worn out in 3 to 5
years. I'd clock up 33 k miles in 2 years, maximum 3, so I've never seen >>> a tyre on any of my cars over 5 years old.
They don't get much wear at 3K miles/year.
is 6 years old. When it reaches 10 years old, the tyres will be replaced
as a set *regardless* of how worn the tread is. FWIW, I don't even run
tyres down to the minimum *legal* tread depth since I'm not a fan of aqualplaning.
On 7/24/22 11:30 PM, Xeno wrote:
On 25/7/2022 2:59 pm, The Real Bev wrote:
On 7/24/22 8:09 PM, Xeno wrote:
On 25/7/2022 10:59 am, The Real Bev wrote:
On 7/24/22 5:45 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote:A *visual inspection in-situ* will not find a slow leak. All that is
The Real Bev wrote:
2013 Corolla S with the original wheels, tires and pressure
sensors. There are only 33K miles on the tires and the tread is
just fine.Ever since I've had it (2016) a single tire loses air
very slowly -- it used to go from 32 (or 35, I'm not real picky) >>>>>>> down to maybe 24, and the light would come on. A month or so
later the same thing happened. Time between lights is now
between one and two weeks.
Dealer said he couldn't see a problem. (I have no actual proof >>>>>>> that he actually looked.) I have a nice plug-in tire pump (the >>>>>>> $35 one from Harbor Freight; the cheaper one burned up rather
quickly when I tried to pump all four tires) so there's no real
problem, and I'm unwilling to load the tire up with slime, but
I'd really like to know WTF is happening. Sooner or later I'm
going to need new tires and it would be nice to know if I need a >>>>>>> new pressure sensor too.
BTW, I really like the tires (Goodyear Eagle RS-A) -- excellent
cornering on the road I take to go skiing. People really need to >>>>>>> be ashamed when they get passed by a granny in a 9-YO Corolla!
If the manual tire gauge agrees with the pressure sensor then the
pressure sensor is ok.
The red light just says I NEED AIR. The gauge on the pump and on
my nifty little talking digital one are never the same -- I've
NEVER seen two gauges the same, in fact. For one reason, you lose
a little air each time you check. I wonder if the sensor device
itself has a tiny leak.
Some of the tires have plastic caps, some not. I had a cap on this
one originally, but I lost it a while back. No difference. I keep >>>>> meaning to buy some of the metal ones with the core tool, but I
forget.
You did not say if it is always the Same tire -
will assume so.
Yes. The others hold air for months with or without cap.
Every time I had that problem there has been a nail or screw in the >>>>>> tread. The left rear of my Kia had that problem for last two
years and
I finally upped the air pressure to 40+ and soaped it. Found the >>>>>> screw
and removed it with needle nose pliers and then plugged it.
I'm sure that if the dealer (amazingly enough, and against
everything I knew about buying used cars for the last 50 years, I
bought the car from the dealer, and it was the first one I drove
when I decided on a 2- or 3-YO Corolla -- I couldn't see a reason
to NOT buy this one!) would have found something obvious if he'd
bothered to look. They used to do a free rotation with the
discounted oil change, so there's really no reason he shouldn't
have given it a visual inspection; I didn't expect them to take it >>>>> off the rim.
doing is a scan for the obvious, like a *visible nail*. To do a proper >>>> inspection for a slow leak, you really need to remove the wheel and do >>>> an immersion test. A pressure leak that loses ~10psi over a week will
show as a bubble every now and then during the test. When I was a wee
apprentice, we had a water vat purely for the purpose of leak testing
tyres. The practice works.
Works fine for motorcycle and bicycle tubes. Car tires, not so much.
Easier to just pump the damn thing every couple of weeks. Know
anything about the effects of Slime on pressure sensors?
FWIW, your tyres are getting to the point where I would call them *time >>>> expired* or, as they say, past their *use by date*.
So I've been told, but I've never had tires "expire" from anything not
Cruise down the freeway on a very hot day at 70mph+ and your mileage may
vary.
involving tread, puncture or -- and this I regard as criminal --
sidewall bubbles in the defective and obsolete tires the Cadillac (or
maybe it was Ford, it was quite a while ago) dealer sold to my mom at
a premium price and refused to replace, turning the problem over to
Bridgestone. My Ducati's tires held air for at least 20 years in spite
It's not about holding air.
I'd say that's a bare minimum :-)
of visible crackling on the sidewalls. Probably more because I don't
know when the previous owner bought them.
Visible cracking isn't the issue so much as the depth of the cracking.
Signs of cracking, and the tyre lightening in colour, are signs that the
tyre is *aging* and losing the chemicals that keep the rubber supple and
protected from ozone attack. Tyres that are cracking are showing visible
evidence that the rubber is hardening so grip will be negatively
affected.
No visible cracking or color change. That's kind of amazing, given the SoCal air quality.
My wife's car does 5k miles per year. It is currently at 30 k miles andI have never had the
issue of tyres time expired, they are typically worn out in 3 to 5
years. I'd clock up 33 k miles in 2 years, maximum 3, so I've never
seen
a tyre on any of my cars over 5 years old.
They don't get much wear at 3K miles/year.
is 6 years old. When it reaches 10 years old, the tyres will be replaced
as a set *regardless* of how worn the tread is. FWIW, I don't even run
tyres down to the minimum *legal* tread depth since I'm not a fan of
aqualplaning.
I've got a year to go, then. I'm amazed that the Corolla still feels
'new'.
2013 Corolla S with the original wheels, tires and pressure sensors.
There are only 33K miles on the tires and the tread is just fine.Ever
since I've had it (2016) a single tire loses air very slowly -- it used
to go from 32 (or 35, I'm not real picky) down to maybe 24, and the
light would come on. A month or so later the same thing happened. Time between lights is now between one and two weeks.
Dealer said he couldn't see a problem. (I have no actual proof that he actually looked.) I have a nice plug-in tire pump (the $35 one from
Harbor Freight; the cheaper one burned up rather quickly when I tried
to pump all four tires) so there's no real problem, and I'm unwilling to
load the tire up with slime, but I'd really like to know WTF is
happening. Sooner or later I'm going to need new tires and it would be
nice to know if I need a new pressure sensor too.
BTW, I really like the tires (Goodyear Eagle RS-A) -- excellent
cornering on the road I take to go skiing. People really need to be
ashamed when they get passed by a granny in a 9-YO Corolla!
--
Cheers, Bev
A man's got to know his limitations.
It's a woman's duty to make sure of this.
On 26/7/2022 3:18 pm, The Real Bev wrote:
No visible cracking or color change. That's kind of amazing, given the
SoCal air quality.
It is indeed. The ozone at ground level is what does a lot of the
damage, then there's the heat, the sun does the rest.
Do you keep it garaged when not in use? That will help preserve it - including the tyres.
I've got a year to go, then. I'm amazed that the Corolla still feelsHey, it's a Toyota, did you expect different?
'new'.
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