What Did I just hear!!
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What Did I just hear!!
I turned onto a back country road and hit it. Suddenly I heard what sounded like a blowout, but after slowing down I did not feel a tire down. The noise was a bang with hissing, loud. The rest of the way home was normal, until I go in my driveway.
The low tire pressure light came on. So I parked it in the garage and looked all over the car, nothing could be seen that indicated a problem. So I checked the air pressure in one tire that looked a little low and it was, aired it up and the light went out, after a few starts.
I doesn't seem the two are connected, no blowout for sure and the tire was only down maybe 5 pounds (I just got a oil change at the dealership, maybe they flunked air pressure.
I have not driven it yet because of the weather but does anybody have a clue? I'm starting to think it came from somewhere else but nobody was around, except a few houses. The spare tire is OK.
The low tire pressure light came on. So I parked it in the garage and looked all over the car, nothing could be seen that indicated a problem. So I checked the air pressure in one tire that looked a little low and it was, aired it up and the light went out, after a few starts.
I doesn't seem the two are connected, no blowout for sure and the tire was only down maybe 5 pounds (I just got a oil change at the dealership, maybe they flunked air pressure.
I have not driven it yet because of the weather but does anybody have a clue? I'm starting to think it came from somewhere else but nobody was around, except a few houses. The spare tire is OK.
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Yes, just like that would sound. I'm beginning to think it was not from my car, it didn't sound like a backfire and I had a good 1/2 tank and was straight, and it has never backfired before. It sure was unsettling though.
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yeah, doublecheck your AC compressor...my wife's uncle's old '79 fairmont compressor blew up one day when he went to pull out of our driveway, loud pop, and hissing freon for a few seconds...found a nice hole in the side of the compressor housing.
could have a broken belt in tire sidewall- they can let a 'bubble' form betweel layers of rubber, and 'pop' a part of the outer layer...might want to spray some soapy water on the low tire, look for a slow leak in a deformed looking part of the tire...careful as if they start to break down internally they can blowout suddenly- the kind of blowout that can tear up bodywork. my wifes avalanche came with bfg wrangler hp's and we had 2 break belts/blowout in 3 years- one of the worst rated tires on tirerack.com's site...
maybe if you jumped on it hard enough your lumbar support airbag popped from the G's
could have a broken belt in tire sidewall- they can let a 'bubble' form betweel layers of rubber, and 'pop' a part of the outer layer...might want to spray some soapy water on the low tire, look for a slow leak in a deformed looking part of the tire...careful as if they start to break down internally they can blowout suddenly- the kind of blowout that can tear up bodywork. my wifes avalanche came with bfg wrangler hp's and we had 2 break belts/blowout in 3 years- one of the worst rated tires on tirerack.com's site...
maybe if you jumped on it hard enough your lumbar support airbag popped from the G's
Last edited by ford4v429; Sep 8, 2011 at 09:52 PM.
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