Questions about cracked wheel

[supton]

Seems like an odd failure. Did they unmount the tire? I'm wondering what it looks like on the inside.

Any indication of any dent or other deformity? No signs of hitting something? I'm guessing manufacturing defect.

Out of the box thought: during a tire unmounting, is it possible to screw up placement and have that tool come down on the rim? I don't know why a new tire/wheel assembly would need to have it unmounted during manufacturing of the car, so maybe it was at the OEM or it was at a dealer, but is it possible to crack a rim doing an unmount operation?

 

[Jay73]

If you can determine which pothole caused the damage you can contact the city/county/township responsible for maintaining the road to see if it will pay for a new wheel. Some municipalities will pay for damage.

Many years ago there was a spot by Midway airport that had been patched but due to cars/trucks running over it it sunk again like no patch was ever done. I ran through it at night and by the time I noticed the drop bamn instant tire blowout but luckily the rim held up. I mailed pics/description to the city and figured I'd never hear anything about it but I received a letter saying utility company did it with a check from them for the tire receipt I mailed in.

 

[dogememe]

Seems like an odd failure. Did they unmount the tire? I'm wondering what it looks like on the inside.

Any indication of any dent or other deformity? No signs of hitting something? I'm guessing manufacturing defect.

Out of the box thought: during a tire unmounting, is it possible to screw up placement and have that tool come down on the rim? I don't know why a new tire/wheel assembly would need to have it unmounted during manufacturing of the car, so maybe it was at the OEM or it was at a dealer, but is it possible to crack a rim doing an unmount operation?

No signs of any damage to the tire or anything else on the vehicle.

Until we took it apart to investigate the crack there should have been no reason for the tire to be removed, we bought it new and it has about 20k miles.

 

[supton]

No signs of any damage to the tire or anything else on the vehicle.

Until we took it apart to investigate the crack there should have been no reason for the tire to be removed, we bought it new and it has about 20k miles.

I'm wondering about PDI. Came in, someone drove it, realized it had a shake, so off came the tire. Or while moving around in inventory, someone ran over a curb. Or on a test drive someone hit a curb. Even if you bought it with 5 miles on it and no one prior to you drove it--it's possible for the dealership (or someone prior) to do something to it.

 

[dogememe]

I'm wondering about PDI. Came in, someone drove it, realized it had a shake, so off came the tire. Or while moving around in inventory, someone ran over a curb. Or on a test drive someone hit a curb. Even if you bought it with 5 miles on it and no one prior to you drove it--it's possible for the dealership (or someone prior) to do something to it.

I see… well that ship might already have sailed as I had a buddy “fix” it temporarily and now it holds air for a week not a day. But ultimately we’re hunting for a set of wheels/tires with more sidewall. Like off a Traverse or Colorado. Only thing that’s annoying about that is I have to have the TPMS sensors swapped

 

[dogememe]

I've messaged 10 people on Facebook marketplace today trying to buy used wheel/tire sets and NOBODY has responded... GRRRRRRR

 

[Kestas]

Thanks.

For the record, I can't tell what is going on. The crack doesn't fit any of my notions of how wheels fail.

It would be interesting to open the crack and perform fractography on it to see if it's a single event overload or something else.

 

[zzyzzx]

A 2025 vehicle shouldn't have a bead seam leak. That type of thing usually takes 20 years to happen.

 

[dogememe]

It would be interesting to open the crack and perform fractography on it to see if it's a single event overload or something else.

I don't know what that means but what I do know is I do not have the ability to do such a thing lol

 

[K2K2]

Check out hubcap haven. Showing $689 which will at least save a little.