Originally Posted By: dnewton3
Tires from China have a spotty quality record; worse than most other sources.
How far back in time are you going? You assume nothing has changed in over 10 years. You offer no evidence of any kind to back up your claims. Just making general statements on a hunch ain't good enough for this website. (Well, some people try to get away with that, so welcome to the bottom of the barrel....).
I'll offer the only documented tests and recalls I've heard of, and they have been several years ago.
Car and Driver had some poor performance issue with some LingLong tires 9 years ago. I'm hoping other Chinese tire makers have evolved since then.
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/ling-long-l688-page-3
I think Chinese manufacturers have learned something in the last 10 years or so from dealing with the West. Recalls and lawsuits can cost them. Its 2018 now. They copy other successful designs and processes, and evolve to a level of quality that keeps their factories humming. Otherwise they get disruptions.
http://www.tirebusiness.com/article/2014...reater-scrutiny
UNION, N.J. — The August 2007 recall of defective Chinese light truck tires taught Foreign Tire Sales Inc. (FTS) — and the industry in general — a number of important lessons, particularly contractual ones.
"We now operate with every supplier, from China or elsewhere, with as comprehensive a contract as we can get them to agree to,” said Lawrence N. Lavigne, vice president of operations and general counsel for the Union-based distributor, in a conversation with Tire Business.
“We discuss the potential of a recall up front now, and we feel manufacturers out on what they feel their responsibilities will be.”
Unfortunately, FTS learned the hard way from Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co. Ltd. in the form of approximately 255,000 radial light truck tires sold in the U.S. under the Compass, Telluride, Westlake and YKS brand names. FTS, the importer of the tires, ended up being responsible for the recall.
The controversy began with an August 2006 rollover crash allegedly caused by a belt and tread separation in a tire made by Hangzhou Zhongce. Two men were killed in the crash, and a third suffered permanent brain damage.
The victims’ families filed suit in Philadelphia Circuit Court against Hangzhou, FTS, General Motors Corp. (now General Motors Co.) and other defendants. FTS subsequently sued Hangzhou in New Jersey federal district court, seeking unspecified damages and an injunction against further importation of Hangzhou tires.
Because Hangzhou had no corporate offices or representatives in the U.S., FTS was deemed the “manufacturer of record.”
Tires from China have a spotty quality record; worse than most other sources.
How far back in time are you going? You assume nothing has changed in over 10 years. You offer no evidence of any kind to back up your claims. Just making general statements on a hunch ain't good enough for this website. (Well, some people try to get away with that, so welcome to the bottom of the barrel....).
I'll offer the only documented tests and recalls I've heard of, and they have been several years ago.
Car and Driver had some poor performance issue with some LingLong tires 9 years ago. I'm hoping other Chinese tire makers have evolved since then.
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/ling-long-l688-page-3
I think Chinese manufacturers have learned something in the last 10 years or so from dealing with the West. Recalls and lawsuits can cost them. Its 2018 now. They copy other successful designs and processes, and evolve to a level of quality that keeps their factories humming. Otherwise they get disruptions.
http://www.tirebusiness.com/article/2014...reater-scrutiny
UNION, N.J. — The August 2007 recall of defective Chinese light truck tires taught Foreign Tire Sales Inc. (FTS) — and the industry in general — a number of important lessons, particularly contractual ones.
"We now operate with every supplier, from China or elsewhere, with as comprehensive a contract as we can get them to agree to,” said Lawrence N. Lavigne, vice president of operations and general counsel for the Union-based distributor, in a conversation with Tire Business.
“We discuss the potential of a recall up front now, and we feel manufacturers out on what they feel their responsibilities will be.”
Unfortunately, FTS learned the hard way from Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co. Ltd. in the form of approximately 255,000 radial light truck tires sold in the U.S. under the Compass, Telluride, Westlake and YKS brand names. FTS, the importer of the tires, ended up being responsible for the recall.
The controversy began with an August 2006 rollover crash allegedly caused by a belt and tread separation in a tire made by Hangzhou Zhongce. Two men were killed in the crash, and a third suffered permanent brain damage.
The victims’ families filed suit in Philadelphia Circuit Court against Hangzhou, FTS, General Motors Corp. (now General Motors Co.) and other defendants. FTS subsequently sued Hangzhou in New Jersey federal district court, seeking unspecified damages and an injunction against further importation of Hangzhou tires.
Because Hangzhou had no corporate offices or representatives in the U.S., FTS was deemed the “manufacturer of record.”
