msalomon76

Ok.. so Im driving at 100mph (cruise control on) and suddenly the tire blowout! I didnt feel like I was losing control but the shake of the rear wheel was terrible... My tire was a BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KDW 2 , I had only 5 months with it!! , The tire damaged the car as you can see at the pics... For those speed lovers... be careful!

GTMark052

Man, that stinks! At least your or no one else was hurt though. Did you ever figure out what might have caused the blowout in the first place???? It is definitely not very comforting to see pics like that.

Cavero

Ouch. Glad to hear the only things hurt were your tire, wheel, and bumper. How much did you have it inflated to?

8905GT

Let me guess Phoenix? Anyway heat and speed never mix, I doubt it was a defective tire or anyting like that.

Wardog 07

I personally think the tire was defective or size-to-rim specs were out. At 100 mph the 113F temp probably had nothing to do with it, that tire was hot as heck already. I'm always in the 100 mph arena on the German autobahns, depending on traffic. You rarely hear of blow-outs over here, usually slow leaks that give you some warning.

YardSpecial

Called crappy tires..............

msalomon76

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Nothing caused the tire blowout, I think just the speed+heat, didnt hit any rock or had any other trouble...
Thanks man, Last time I checked (like 2 months ago) it was inflated at 35 psi... maybe they were over inflated?

No, Im from Monterrey, Mexico, but I`m living in Nuevo Laredo a border city next to Laredo Texas. The temperature of the road pavement was so hot I felt like I was standing with no shoes on

msalomon76

I guess I will never know if it was a deffective tire, I`m calling to the manufacturer to see what is their posture...

yur1279

Serious?? Last time i checked, those were supposed to be one of the better tires out there.

Sandyman

I would think that with some elbow grease that should buff right out.










J/K glad you are ok

Bullitt995

KDW2's are some of the best street tires you can buy

07VistaGT

that sucks

Stoenr

It's called a slow leak, and as the tire lost air the tire flexes more, building up heat and quickly deteriorates from the inside until total failure.
See it all the time at work. Real good chance you can find a puncture in the tread area, just look closely.

Those are my favorite ones when they come in and the customer says my tire is defective.

Analogy. Bend a metal coat hanger back and forth several times, then feel the metal at the bend, its gets warm/hot. Same thing with the steel belts in the tire.

n8rfastback

man that sucks

something was wrong there.. tires just dont blow out like that.

thats unacceptable

Stoenr

Actually, yes they do, I see it a few times at least every month. It's one of the reasons the government requires tpms on all new cars.
To let you know you have a low tire before its too late.

codeman94

low pressure is thre reason you see giant semi-tires all over the freeways all the time...BOOM!

Glenn

100mph with the cruise on glad yer alive

awakeinAZ

Did TPMS come on?

Emu Hunter

Minor detail maybe, but how long where you cruising at speed before the blow-out?

msalomon76

Beliveme... lesson learned
Since my car is a 2006 model it doesnt have TMPS
Not much... like 5 minutes without using the breakes, before that I'm not sure because there were a lot of curves and straights