I’m looking for technical help or recommendations on: an issue with my tyres
Hi all,
Im a new owner. I have a question on tyre pressures.
3 out of 4 of my tyres are constantly losing pressure. The first time I took the car to check and inflate them, I noticed that they were ‘peeling’ around the rims, with a gooey rubbery substance.
Would that be spray sealant or something? Im taking the car back to the dealer as I’ve only had it a week and have had to inflate 3 of the tyres 4 times … anyone else had more than one tyre at a time lose significant pressures?
I suspect the dealer may be awkward re this so any advice would be appreciated!
I’m no expert like Robbie but this used to happen on an old Renault Clio I had and I would regularly take her to my local tyre guys and they would ‘re-seal’ them for a few quid
When I started losing major amounts of pressure regularly on Bullit [2005 NB] back in 2022 couldn’t locate a garage that would re-seal for a few quid
So ended up replacing all four tyres via Halfords ‘Tyres on the Drive’ [At the time 10% Discount as I’m a member of the MX-5 Club]
It was annoying because there was still plenty of tread on the replaced tyres
But that seemed to solve the problem back in 2022
Noticed Bullit recently lost a lot of pressure on all four again but to be fair I hadn’t topped them up [usually a pound or two] for weeks
So I might have to think about replacing the wheel rims {Robbie ???] if this continues to be an issue
If a new car I’d be letting the dealer know about and for them to fix. If it’s a few years old then I suggest a tyre fitter to look over them, having said that being a recent purchase the dealer could do similar. It depends on any warranty and any good will they want to get into.
Worth also checking the tyre valves, highly unlikely that 3 are leaking at the same time though. I had a new set of tyres fitted last year and one had a faulty valve, it was a new valve too. Easily replaced by me when I noticed it losing air, around 3 psi in a week.
You “might” have Goop or equivalent in them.
This is put in by removing the valve core and then re inflating.
It remains fluid and plugs the hole (hopefully) in the event of a puncture.
I think it would be extremely bad luck to have 3 punctures.
I would have one of the tyres removed to check what’s going on.
If it’s that bad, the dealer 100% knew about it and tried to conceal it from buyers. I would therefore be very concerned what else they are trying to hide.
I would suggest getting the car thoroughly checked by an independent assessor.
Thank you all for the information.
The car is going to Mazda Aberdeen tomorrow morning and Im hoping they resolve the issue and dont fob me off with unrealistic excuses. Id prefer for them to replace the tyres, however I doubt theyll want the expense. I suspect theyll put more sealant around the tyres and hope it lasts longer this time.
Thanks again
The thing is it may not be the tyres.
As to have 3 that are loosing pressure at the same time would be very unlikely, (not impossible of course).
I suspect that the car was perhaps a part exchange and not new.
So in fairness to the dealer more information and investigation needs to take place.
Likewise, to have “knowingly” sold a car like that would amount to selling an unroadworthy vehicle which again I doubt that a Main Dealership would do.
The car is 2018 (67 ) plate. It was not brand new, correct. I picked it up exactly 2 weeks today as a part exchange. It was brought up to Aberdeen from Dumbarton as part of the car dealer collection service.
The only tyre that has no issues is the one that is newish. This leads me to believe its something to do with tyres, however it was dropped at the Aberdeen Mazda Service Centre this morning and I might get it back by 4pm, fingers crossed.
I’m fully expecting a fight, I should point out that I am female with blonde hair and expect to be treated as if I have air between my ears, which is not the case. I have been driving for a very, very long time and know that this is not a normal scenario.
On a completely different subject, does anyone know where I can source the Interior door inlay for driver side, opposite shape to picture attached. I accidently hoovered it up at an IMO place yesterday. I didnt realise it was not fixed (Blonde moment )
If it was fitted with one new tyre that keeps pressure it is possible the tyre fitter cleaned the rim to get a good seal. The remaining tyres may leak because of rim corrosion.
I have ‘grey haired old f***s’ moments now and again.
I couldn’t work the ATM machine in HSBC last Saturday, I called for help as I was inside the bank.
I once had a very lovely (well she looked lovely) blonde lady wave to me from her MX-5 as I was filling up mine with petrol one day, that was in Derbyshire. I had to explain to Mrs A I’ve never seen her before when she asked, do you know her?
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