Well I just got home from firestone after 2 hours of fun. The advisor looked at my tire and mileage confirmed 5,973 miles on the tire (that has 65,000 mile warranty) and tread depth read at 3/10 of an inch across the tire and the other 3 tires purchased at same time were 9/10 of an inch.

He first sttd that the tire when I purchased was 193/tire and is now 188/tire and with the prorated amount taken off would be $143for tire, install, and lifetime road hazard. Which I polietly refused and his response again was this could only be caused by burning out and racing around on the tire. Which I again told him my driving habit.

At this point he wanted a tech to look at the tire so they drove it in the bay and gave it a quick glance (3-5 seconds) and came back and reiterated the point above and knocked the price down $20 a tire. I again refused and asked when the manger would return and seeing as it wouldnt fit my schedule I asked for district managers info.

This I guess didn't go over to well as the advisor and tech went out to my truck in the bay and started crawling all around looking at it and taking photos and pointing and actually investigating the at this time. Meanwhile other shop members were coming to tell me it was caused by burning out and racing.

they finally took my out to the truck to show me what they called was melted rubber on the inside of the bed side under the housing only under the one tire and asked me what I wanted then remarked sarcastically a free tire. I again reiterated I wanted the district managers info. Once more I was asked what I wanted them to do and I elaborated I wanted a print off of what was done with the district managers info.

Only at this point was a new tire being offered at no charge to replace the old tire and that the new tire may not be covered under any further warranty.

 

Well as i stated, burnouts would be the only logical conclusion i would come to as well given the timeframe and nothing else obviously wrong with the truck. Or, the tire itself was just a lemon. To burn that much rubber off in that short amount of time, i dont doubt they found burnt rubber on the truck. Something made it get hot and melt away. Glad you stuck to your guns but the manufacturer would probably be interested in knowing that a dealer gave you a tire but refused to warranty it. They are the ones that warranty the tires and stand behind them, not the dealer.

 

I understand a burnout could cause something like this to happen but it would have to constantly be burning out the tires and I have never burned out, peeled out, taken turns at high speeds on these tires.

I have driven my truck before in the past with heavy foot and really enjoyed it but that was 2 sets of tires ago on good year wranglers and even gunning it everywhere and jumping off the line at every red light i would still get 50k miles out of those tires. I have sense learned that driving by rpm gauge and not just speedometer will change my mpg on my truck from about 9.5 mpg to 12 mpg.

 

I would still monitor that tire closely for wear. If the differential was locked you would notice it when turning feeling slippage. Hopefully, the tire was made with super soft rubber like a winter tire and your hot summer melted the tire.

 

I wish it was the hot summer but it was put in early December il definetly keep a tread depth gauge and watch it for at least a month im looking at selling and upgrading to a mega cab when I can find one I like.