Got a 2013 NC 2.0 Sport with matching Goodyear F1 Tyres with tons of tread.
Passed MOT today but advisory for perished tyres. There is some cracking in the grooves, but sidewalls in excellent nick (see pic)
Date code on tyres 5019 which is Dec 2019 manufacture. Car has done about 10K miles since early 2020.
Surely tyres should last longer than that? Is it worth trying to get Goodyear to help with replacement?
Or is this just one of these advisories that magically disappear all on its ownā¦
About 5 year life for tyres I believe? 
Many of us driving MX-5s as our playthings wonāt wear the tread out on our tyres before theyāre due for replacement.
At least it was only an advisory and brings the cracking to your attention.
Fair enough but the tyres have barely been fitted for 4 years.,ā¦I think 5 years is pretty poor but 4 years is surely rubbish.
Yes, that is rubbish, having cracks like that in the tread at that age/mileage. I recently replaced the OEM Potenzas with a Sept '19 date, and 16K miles, and they looked nothing like that.
Interestingly someone a while back on here posted up picks also of GoodYear AS5 which had nasty cracks in the thread, and they were much younger than yours.
Glad I stuck with getting the S001s again!
if you think Goodyear are going to pay for replacement tyres youāre living in cloud cuckoo land
I wonder whether certain conditions are responsible?
Does the car sit out in the weather during cold winter/hot summer heat cycles?
Are Goodyear particularly susceptible to degradation with age?
There could be a number of influences that are conspiring together to create this effect.
Looking at your image more closely some of those cracks do like quite evident within the treads.
Do you do many miles a year?
Do you travel at relatively high speeds at times (āenthusiasticā driving) or just pootle around gently.
Any motorway driving or track days?
For me Iād weigh up the answers to those questions to determine whether or not I stumped up for new tyres.
My annual mileage is low and at largely low speeds so in your shoes I might roll the dice and let it go for a while longer.
Your mileage might (quite literally) vary.
I think the OP might be comparing to what heās used to. Most peopleās lifestyle is fairly constant, driving styles fairly constant etc, so I wouldnāt be surprised if he/she (rightly) concludes that longevity wise, the AS5 are rubbish compared to other brand/type tyres heās/sheās had before?
I think youāre correct 100%. But at least the OP can vote with his/her wallet/purse.
Car is parked outside, roads are awful out here in the sticks but no track use. Car is driven with a degree of enthusiasm.
Would be interested in opinions on tyres that might survive a bit longer. Always found Michelin best in the past (on other cars) but at a price.
Never bought Goodyear before (came with car) and canāt see me starting now 
I got advisories on my Defender tyres for about 3 years before the tester told me I needed to change them before the next mot which was due in about 6 months. Loads of tread on the old ones and at about Ā£150 each (I needed 3!) it really hurt. Sunlight doesnāt do them any good.
TBH I noticed some cracking in 2023 and half expected an advisory last year. May seek a second opinion but difficult to see a tyre specialist telling me they are fine and itās all just cosmetic.
Must admit that despite what many people said, I found my NDās Bridgestone S001 to be very fair wear wise. 16K miles, Sept '17 tyre date and 2.8mm on the back when replaced.
Iāve had Michelin PS4 a number of times on a higher torque FWD car and got about 13K miles and I find MIchelinās crack a bit here and there. Iāve got CrossClimate2 on an Nissan ELgrand Iāve got, but Iāve only done about 1.6K on them in 10 months.
Regarding wear, a MINI Iāve got in the family has Pirelli Cinturato P7C2 from new which, after 26.5K miles, still have 4mm on the front of a FWD car, with no tyre roation. 26.5K miles!!
I donāt know mate, but those donāt look the best in that pic.
I have the same with my swifts, 2019 cars and both have re gently had the tyres changed due to cracking rather than wear. Bridgestone ecopias I believe.
Always ask for the date stamp details on the tyre before they are fitted, it will have the week and year of manufacture on the sidewall eg. 33/2023. They could already be 12 months old before purchase depending on how busy the tyre business is. UV is the most significant factor, if a car is kept undercover in the shade most of the time, tyre life should be longer than a vehicle kept outside. Five or six years is probably the maximum safe life, cheaper than the consequences of a high speed blowout I would have thought.
Good advice on date codes.
Tyres are considered to be ānewā and are suitable for retail sale for, up to 5 years from the original date of production with recommended storage guidance from tyre manufacturers. The industry standard for tyres, based on the German BRV recommendation, is the ā5 year ruleā for new tyres.
Yes, my Potenza S001 I recently got to replace the originals on my ND, two about 3323 (and we were in mid June of '24) and one almost a year old (as in a few weeks away). As a low mileage user I was disappointed and wrote to BlackCircles. When I had 4 CrossClimate2 tyres for my Elgrand, the date on them were 3 weeks old!
So, in theory you could put a ābrand newā set of tyres on your car - which happened to have been manufactured 5 years before - and then get an MoT advisory the next day saying that the tyre are 5 years old and you should consider replacing them?
I donāt think MOT looks at date codesā¦itās a visual inspection. Iāve had a car pass an MOT with tyres way older than 5 years.
I have a 2008 Mercedes still on its original tyres and my 2004 MX5 tyres are 12 years old. Neither have had a problem at MOT time and after asking various tyre suppliers about replacement they all said they were fine, no worries.
