Tire bulge...

Hey, just yesterday, I took my '01 Maxima into get emmissions and safety done, and get registered. Everything went fine. Then today, I get on the freeway. After about 5 minutes, I notice some slight shaking. At first, I didn't think anything of it, because the car badly needs the allignment done, and it has had a slight wobble for a few months. I was just waiting to get new tires before I did it. The old ones are getting close to needing to be replace. Now, as I say that, they are NOT going bald or anything. They are technically still just fine. They haven't hit the little replacement marks yet or anything.

So after about 20 minutes on the freeway, it gets really bad. So I pull over, and on my front drivers side tire, there's a HUGE bulge on the inisde of the tire. Now I realize that this may have been an existing condition, but I think they grossly overinflated my tires at the shop yesterday. Cause I went to a gas station, put on my spare, and checked the pressure of all the other tires. The other front tire was at about 65 psi, and the rating was supposed to be 44. I never overinflate my tires, so they are the only ones I can think of that would have done it.

So what are you thoughts? Could it be that they overinflated the tires, and that one had a weakness in it? I'm just curious cause now I'm going to get new tires, and I want them to help pay for that one!

what they probably did was have a new person over thinking it probably thinking that it would need more pressure since the weight of the car wasnt on it or something. but the steel belts in the tire to break arent all that uncommon, happens mostly in firestone. but the recommended psi for a tire for every day use is between 30-35 psi higher pressure if you are carrying a heavier load which you shouldnt do in your car

what they probably did was have a new person over thinking it probably thinking that it would need more pressure since the weight of the car wasnt on it or something. but the steel belts in the tire to break arent all that uncommon, happens mostly in firestone. but the recommended psi for a tire for every day use is between 30-35 psi higher pressure if you are carrying a heavier load which you shouldnt do in your car

Thanks, that's what I thought. I was just bummed out, cause I was hoping to get at least one more year on those tires. Now it's not going to be worth just replacing that tire, I have to buy all new ones.

youll probably only need to replace the one and let out some of the air in the rest, shouldnt do any harm

youll probably only need to replace the one and let out some of the air in the rest, shouldnt do any harm

Well yeah, but then I got 1 new tire and 3 old ones. Then you get stuck buying a tire at a time here and there. That just seems like it would be annoying. Actually, the alignment has been out since we bought it, evident because the front drivers side tire was wearing unevenly on the inside. That tire is now on the rear passengers side, but you can tell the wearing did the same thing on this one with the bulge. Plus, I really think we'd only get another six months to a year on them before they wear down to the wear mark or whatever it is you call it anyway.

what they probably did was have a new person over thinking it probably thinking that it would need more pressure since the weight of the car wasnt on it or something. but the steel belts in the tire to break arent all that uncommon, happens mostly in firestone. but the recommended psi for a tire for every day use is between 30-35 psi higher pressure if you are carrying a heavier load which you shouldnt do in your car
Recommended tire pressure for average use is what the manufacturer puts on the tire pressure label probably found in the door area or in the owners manual. There is no general recommended tire pressure that fits all cars. The tire pressure found on the sidewall of the tire along with a weight rating is the mximum that that tire is designed to handle and it IS NOT the pressure that the tire should be run at unless your vehicle is overloaded.

Recommended tire pressure for average use is what the manufacturer puts on the tire pressure label probably found in the door area or in the owners manual. There is no general recommended tire pressure that fits all cars. The tire pressure found on the sidewall of the tire along with a weight rating is the mximum that that tire is designed to handle and it IS NOT the pressure that the tire should be run at unless your vehicle is overloaded.

Thanks, that's really good to know! I'm going to adjust it as soon as I can! And FYI, since the last post, I have purchased brand new tires, and had a full allignment done. All is running smooth.