Anyone file a milage claim on tires?

[Gone Fishing]

How much did you get back? Was it worth the effort? I have never filed a claim because I always expect to only get 60-70% of the rating anyway.  I also do my own rotations (faster than waiting on the shop to do it), so no records.

[MM_MG]

We buy all our tires at Discount Tire (America's Tire).  They are great to work with.  My only experience is with them.  However, when we went in for a rotation, they said the tires weren't lasting as long as they should, informed us what the refund amount would be, and applied it to the quote of the new tires.  We ended up not replacing them as we intend to sell that vehicle soon.   About as painless as can be.   I imagine it would be a lot more effort if you were planning to take the money and go elsewhere, assuming you even could.

[Urchina]

Yes, two years running at Les Schwab (tire chain in western US, primarily in the PNW).

I had two seperated tires during road trips two summers in a row... they replaced the tires and gave me most of the price back (70%? Something like that, more than the tires had on them, but I blew a tire on I-5 in the Central Valley with two little kids and a dog in the car in the summertime heat -- they made it up to me).

Costco will do the same thing, so that's where we go now -- plus they're everywhere.

[StacheInAFlash]

Tire warranties have always struck me as similar to shingle or flooring warranties...almost always worthless as anything more than a general indicator of the general quality of the product you're buying. If you have the paperwork to file a claim, by all means go for it as it can't be too much effort, but just go into it expecting to get $0 back if the tire is more than a year old. Now, if it was 5,000 miles into the tire and it was failing for some reason I'd raise some hell at the shop where I bought them. Just my 2 cents.

[TheAnonOne]

Tire warranties have always struck me as similar to shingle or flooring warranties...almost always worthless as anything more than a general indicator of the general quality of the product you're buying. If you have the paperwork to file a claim, by all means go for it as it can't be too much effort, but just go into it expecting to get $0 back if the tire is more than a year old. Now, if it was 5,000 miles into the tire and it was failing for some reason I'd raise some hell at the shop where I bought them. Just my 2 cents.

Correct me if I am wrong, but I think they are referring to the manufacturers warranty that literally comes with certain tires....

EXAMPLE:
Tire X comes with a 50,000 mile plan (For free) and you run it out in 25,000 miles. They give you half of your money back.


I have had this done, but mostly because I tend to drive aggressively, so I make out on these.

[gimp]

I don't and would not (unless there was a real defect).

One, the point at which they consider tires worn out is beyond the point at which I'd change them anyways. I'm not going to drive on shit tires to wear them out completely to get a few bucks back.

Two, chances are that if my tires are wearing significantly faster than they should, it's either due to poor maintenance (alignment, over/under-inflation, springs and shocks/struts) or due to overly aggressive driving, both of which are my fault, and the manufacturer should not have to pay for that.

On the other hand, I paid for road hazard warranty, so I'll take it if it happens (again, if it's not due to my fault, like deciding to drive on a bed of nails for fun.)