M3P pinched tire

[yankees25]

You can see in the picture at the bottom spoke on the left side there's a tear in the sidewall from a pinch surely from hitting a pothole. 5,000 miles. Think it's still okay or am I ripe for a blowout?

 

[Soul Surfer]

That's the risk of low profiles. I've seen lately, a lot M3P drivers adopting to go with 18's even. This is particularly annoying when one lives in a place with bad roads. And yes, I think you might be rip for a blow out too. It almost looks like you're riding on the rim. Also not good for damaging the rims. Just my 2¢.

 

[MARKM3]

Any damage to the sidewall of tires is a big no no for driving.

 

[Konicom04]

Front and Rear passenger side M3P, during winter months well under 3K miles *facepalm
Chicago roads

 

[Unclepaul]

Get to a tire shop. Have someone inspect your wheel as well for impact damage.

Most tire shops can offer inexpensive tire damage warranties when they install new tires.

 

[Konicom04]

One thing is for sure - no more Pirelli on my cars - none of these hits were really hard. I know exactly when that happened.

 

[yankees25]

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Front and Rear passenger side M3P, during winter months well under 3K miles *facepalm
Chicago roads

Ouch!

 

[BigNick]

What's even worse is the damage that happens on the inside of the tire where you can't see it.

If you do your own rotations, check the inside of the tires also.

 

[JDoug]

Pirelli will warranty the tire (replace for free) due to road hazard within first 12 months of purchase and 2/32 of wear. Had something similar happen on my ‘22 MP3 fitted with the OEM Pirellis and it cost me nothing at Discount Tire. It’s due to the PNCS categorization. See the linked thread which proved very useful to myself
PNCS road hazard warranty

 

[yankees25]

I think we may be out of luck on the Pirelli warranty though. It looks like they changed it, and I don't think these are considered Run Flats or sensorized. They took out the verbiage that used to be in the road hazard warranty for PNCS:

https://d3nv2arudvw7ln.cloudfront.n...sumer_Warranty_2023-05-01_C90-CD-QA-018-K.pdf (page 4)

Road Hazard Coverage for Run Flat and sensorized tires Pirelli provides road hazard coverage on Pirelli Original Equipment Tires and Replacement Tires that are sensorized or manufactured with Pirelli Run Flat technology. If a Pirelli Run Flat or sensorized tire becomes unserviceable due to road hazard damage within the first year from the date of purchase, or within the first 2/32” of the original usable tread, whichever occurs first, the Pirelli tire will be replaced with an identical or comparable tire at no charge for the tire to the owner.

 

[heavyD]

I voted yes based on the first photo showing a small tear in the rim protector band but then I scrolled down to the bulge photos which is a NO.

 

[yankees25]

On closing inspection on mine, the sidewall is starting to bulge / rip in the same spot. So yes, replacement tire it is. These 235's are just too narrow / stretched on the rims to offer any kind of protection from this happening.

 

[fholbert]

You can see in the picture at the bottom spoke on the left side there's a tear in the sidewall from a pinch surely from hitting a pothole. 5,000 miles. Think it's still okay or am I ripe for a blowout?

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You need a 3rd choice in the poll. Don’t see a tire in your picture.

 

[yankees25]

You need a 3rd choice in the poll. Don’t see a tire in your picture.

Initially it was that little rip you could see in the first picture. But then the sidewall started to go. The tire is toast.