Winter tyres vs. warranty

[Moped]

Hello everybody, having driven my MG4 Trophy now for some 6 months, I am about changing to winter tyres. Please allow me a, maybe, slightly odd question: can I have tyres changed at any garage or do I have to do that in an MG garage? I don´t want to get in trouble with any warranty T&Cs that am I not aware of. Thanks for any help,
Holger

 

[siteguru]

Any garage ... tyres are consumables so don't form part of the warranty (except in a limited way). Changing them does not in any way impact on the warranty, as long as the new tyres meet the specifications for the car (size, load, speed).

 

[Rolfe]

I just had mine changed by the garage in the village here, no issues at all with the warranty. I know @QLeo had his done by a small specialist tyre fitter near where he lives (near being very relative in his case). It's not a problem.

 

[Ian Key]

Hello everybody, having driven my MG4 Trophy now for some 6 months, I am about changing to winter tyres. Please allow me a, maybe, slightly odd question: can I have tyres changed at any garage or do I have to do that in an MG garage? I don´t want to get in trouble with any warranty T&Cs that am I not aware of. Thanks for any help,
Holger

Just remember to ask the garage to put the wheels back in the same position as they came off to stop the TPS sensors indicating the wrong wheel.
Also check your tyre pressures when you get home and the tyres are cold.

 

[Rolfe]

There is that, yes...!

 

[tsedge]

Checking tyre pressures is essential even on new cars.

I once had a new Nissan Qashqai and the front right was delivered at 72psi!

 

[Rolfe]

And it didn't burst?

 

[Bricktop X PWR]

And it didn't burst?

You would need a compressor capable of blowing it up to 180 psi +, before you would get a failure. (HGV)

 

[Rolfe]

Really? Every day's a school day!

 

[olliewebb]

Checking tyre pressures is essential even on new cars.

I once had a new Nissan Qashqai and the front right was delivered at 72psi!

Saved time by inflating one tyre on the front axle to 72 instead of each to 36. Smart thinking. Whoever did that has got 'Management Material' written all over them, in felt-tip probably.

 

[Ian Key]

Saved time by inflating one tyre on the front axle to 72 instead of each to 36. Smart thinking. Whoever did that has got 'Management Material' written all over them, in felt-tip probably.

Written in crayon surely. You can't rub out felt tip

 

[olliewebb]

Written in crayon surely. You can't rub out felt tip

Implication is they're a big dummy so would use permanent marker.

 

[siteguru]

You would need a compressor capable of blowing it up to 180 psi +, before you would get a failure. (HGV)

Really? As much as that?

On a tangential note:

I was once called for jury duty in the local Sheriff's court (like county/magistrate's court in England but also with a jury when needed) - every day we were sent home, then on the Thursday it looked like a case might actually go to trial. It was a corporate manslaughter case where an apprentice at a tyre company (who had a contract with the local council for vehicle tyre maintenance) was left to inflate a replacement tyre on a bin wagon (I think). For whatever reason the tyre over-inflated and exploded, killing the young lad.

Fortunately (?) the accused took a plea bargain so no trial was required ... I say fortunately as I'd have had to declare a potential conflict of interest - the accused was the father-in-law of a guy I worked with at the time, and I'd previously had car tyres replaced at that company.

 

[tsedge]

And it didn't burst?

No.

 

[Bricktop X PWR]

Really? As much as that?

On a tangential note:

I was once called for jury duty in the local Sheriff's court (like county/magistrate's court in England but also with a jury when needed) - every day we were sent home, then on the Thursday it looked like a case might actually go to trial. It was a corporate manslaughter case where an apprentice at a tyre company (who had a contract with the local council for vehicle tyre maintenance) was left to inflate a replacement tyre on a bin wagon (I think). For whatever reason the tyre over-inflated and exploded, killing the young lad.

Fortunately (?) the accused took a plea bargain so no trial was required ... I say fortunately as I'd have had to declare a potential conflict of interest - the accused was the father-in-law of a guy I worked with at the time, and I'd previously had car tyres replaced at that company.

I worked with tyres a lot in the forces and had a rough idea.

Google reckons a bit more......

The standard tire is inflated to about 30 to 35 pounds per square inch. Under hot weather and highway conditions, the temperature of the air inside the tire rises about 50 degrees. That increases the pressure inside the tire about 5 psi. The burst pressure of a tire is about 200 psi.1 Oct 2007

 

[olliewebb]

The burst pressure of a tire is about 200 psi.

That's a lot of potential energy to release in one go.

 

[davidhrix]

Hello everybody, having driven my MG4 Trophy now for some 6 months, I am about changing to winter tyres. Please allow me a, maybe, slightly odd question: can I have tyres changed at any garage or do I have to do that in an MG garage? I don´t want to get in trouble with any warranty T&Cs that am I not aware of. Thanks for any help,
Holger

My last car was a Mitsubishi ASX. Whenever I had winter / summer tyres fitted I had probs with Tyre Pressure sensors. Although the tyre is a consumable, the sensor is covered by the Warranty and so tyres should theoretically be changed by a dealer.
I'd welcome any input on this as we live in the pennines at about 900 ft and winter tyres are advisable.

 

[Deep purple]

That is why testing of pressure vessels is done with water not gas as the stored energy with water is hugely less in the event that the vessel under test fails.

 

[Rolfe]

My last car was a Mitsubishi ASX. Whenever I had winter / summer tyres fitted I had probs with Tyre Pressure sensors. Although the tyre is a consumable, the sensor is covered by the Warranty and so tyres should theoretically be changed by a dealer.
I'd welcome any input on this as we live in the pennines at about 900 ft and winter tyres are advisable.

It's not mandatory to have every routine bit of maintenance done by a dealer to preserve your warranty, not even servicing, so long as it's done to the required standard. Normally the manufacturer's own parts should be used but I wouldn't think that would apply to tyres.

 

[Redoralive]

My last car was a Mitsubishi ASX. Whenever I had winter / summer tyres fitted I had probs with Tyre Pressure sensors. Although the tyre is a consumable, the sensor is covered by the Warranty and so tyres should theoretically be changed by a dealer.
I'd welcome any input on this as we live in the pennines at about 900 ft and winter tyres are advisable.

The sensor doesn't need to be touched when changing tyres.