Pirelli P ZERO NERO 205/45 ZR16 83W form mytyres (beware!!)

[Shotgunsjay]

bought 2 of these back in november had them fitted to the front on the 28/11/08 aswell as my tracking checked (was fine),

anyway woke up this morning to find the front left tyre as flat as a pancake grrrr, not having a spare had to jack it up whip the alloy off and take it to my local tyre garage, he checked the tyre and found no punctures but what he did find is that the inner side wall wa thin as f**k, when he pumped it up you could see just how thin it was, the wear on the tread on each side was v similar so doubtfull it was the tracking that has caused this, checked the other front tyre and this was fine......

manufacturing fault? not happy to say the least, going to give mytres a call see what they have to say, i bought the tyre home incase the want me to send it back to be checked

(on the other hand got a part worn goodyear eagle f1 with fair bit of tread for £25 fitted)

 

[c__w]

You mean "on the other hand" or upside

Does sound strange, but sometimes sidewalls are very thin, so thin that you can puish your finger into it easily; just depends on the tyre design but I would have expected those P Zero Neros to be fairly stiff in the sidewall department.

 

[Gstar2006]

I had 2 almost new 195 Nero's stabbed by some cnut over the weekend. Now got other Nero's on the front and Falkens on the rear.

G

 

[rob_clio197rs]

did you drive it with the tyre flat? that would cause the walls to wear out if you did. air could have leaked from the valve or even the tyre bead if the tyre was not sealed against the rim properly

 

[Shotgunsjay]

nope i woke up to find it flat, had to jack it up take the tyre off and a mate take me to the tyre place, anyways heres the email i got back from my tyres,

Dear sir


Thank you very much for your e-mail.
We are very sorry to hear you have reason to complain about the
quality of our products. We can assure you our company is trying to do

its best to keep customers content and that is why the faulty
merchandise can be replaced or refunded.

Our claim procedure states that the faulty tyres will be collected and they
will be forwarded to the manufacturer where a number of tests will be made

upon them. Meanwhile, you can choose to have replacement tyres or a full refund.
If the tests result will reject your claim, you will be charged for the refund/replacements.

If you decide to start the claim procedure we will send you a form by e-mail and as

soon as the filled and signed form is back to us, we will send the couriers to collect the faulty tyres.
The form can be sent by fax or in a scanned format by e-mail.

Please let us know if you want to claim the tyres and whether we should

send replacements or a refund.

We hope this unfortunate situation will not prevent you from doing business
with us again in the future and that this way, you will give
us the opportunity to improve your opinion about our company.


Please do not hesitate to get back to us in case we could provide further information.
Kind regards

Ms Alexandra Candea
Delticom Tyres Ltd.
9 Thames Street
Charlbury Oxford
OX7 3QL
Tel.: 0800 3286532

 

[Si]

The same happened to 2 of my p-zero neros on my old 106 (40 profile). tbh i think it was my own fault for not checking them regularly enough.

 

[Shotgunsjay]

not even had them 3 month

 

[rory182]

the 172 has these on it but 195 - don't rate them at all - pe2's next time for me

 

[Shotgunsjay]

im really tempted to get some 15's and some coilys and fire the 16 off, kwik fit are after £130 for pe2's

 

[MarcoB]

Michelins have the thinest sidewalls Ive seen on a tyre and no-one complains!
Are you sure the wheel wasnt leaking on the rim? Turinis are bad for rust.(Assuming you have them.) Did he actually spray any leakfinder on the sidewall? If he didnt then you cant prove jack-s**t