Cracked Tire X6

[ggatlin]

Well, today driving at night from San Salvador to San Pedro Sula I hit a hole in the road, which cracket the front left tire. Arrhh, Hurts. Only have 2200 Kms in the car!! I inmediately felt the car want to go left, and thus slowed down, then the Idrive displayed Loss of Tire Pressure. I kept driving until the next gas station, where I then proceeded to change the tire. The spare is really small!!! And you can't drive over 80Km per Hour. Should have just left the tire, and came home.....

My questions is, I will buy a new tire, since the one bad is cracked on the side. Will having a new tire on the left affect the performance? The wheel looks good, no damage, is is possible anything else was damaged?

Thanks for your comments and suggestions. George

[JOHNBMWM5]

Originally Posted by ggatlin

Well, today driving at night from San Salvador to San Pedro Sula I hit a hole in the road, which cracket the front left tire. Arrhh, Hurts. Only have 2200 Kms in the car!! I inmediately felt the car want to go left, and thus slowed down, then the Idrive displayed Loss of Tire Pressure. I kept driving until the next gas station, where I then proceeded to change the tire. The spare is really small!!! And you can't drive over 80Km per Hour. Should have just left the tire, and came home.....

My questions is, I will buy a new tire, since the one bad is cracked on the side. Will having a new tire on the left affect the performance? The wheel looks good, no damage, is is possible anything else was damaged?

Thanks for your comments and suggestions. George

When you get the new tyre,get the garage to check the wheel with the old tyre removed,BEFORE they fit the new tyre, they can spin the wheel (NO TYRE) on there machine and see how much it's out of ballance. They will be able to give you advice from there.

[Deda]

Originally Posted by johnbmw6

When you get the new tyre,get the garage to check the wheel with the old tyre removed,BEFORE they fit the new tyre, they can spin the wheel (NO TYRE) on there machine and see how much it's out of ballance. They will be able to give you advice from there.

Yes, i agree...just check alloy for any damage after removal "destroyed" tyre and to spinning the wheel without and with new tyre.
NEW TYRE WILL DO THE SAME RIDE!

DONT WORRY,ENJOY!

[dmlgc]

Originally Posted by ggatlin

Well, today driving at night from San Salvador to San Pedro Sula I hit a hole in the road, which cracket the front left tire. Arrhh, Hurts. Only have 2200 Kms in the car!! I inmediately felt the car want to go left, and thus slowed down, then the Idrive displayed Loss of Tire Pressure. I kept driving until the next gas station, where I then proceeded to change the tire. The spare is really small!!! And you can't drive over 80Km per Hour. Should have just left the tire, and came home.....

My questions is, I will buy a new tire, since the one bad is cracked on the side. Will having a new tire on the left affect the performance? The wheel looks good, no damage, is is possible anything else was damaged?

Thanks for your comments and suggestions. George

George sorry to here this, depending on the speed I would have front end checked too.

For those of you that haven't picked up your X6 yet I highly recommend the wheel and tire protection, it is really useful for just this type of incident. When you trash a tire and/or wheel like George did they replace it.

I don't know if this is a US only thing but worth the money considering the cost of the X6 tire/wheels. My protection cost $950, which I view as cheap as I can image the cost of replacing the rear 20's to be ridiculous.

[Deda]

i dont understand....what do you mean under "wheel and tyre protection"? and cost 950 $?

[dmlgc]

Originally Posted by Deda

i dont understand....what do you mean under "wheel and tyre protection"? and cost 950 $?

This was offered by my dealer like ext warranty , maintenance, etc
as I said don't know if it's offered everywhere but if it is , get it.

[xDrive50i]

Originally Posted by dmlgc

George sorry to here this, depending on the speed I would have front end checked too.

For those of you that haven't picked up your X6 yet I highly recommend the wheel and tire protection, it is really useful for just this type of incident. When you trash a tire and/or wheel like George did they replace it.

I don't know if this is a US only thing but worth the money considering the cost of the X6 tire/wheels. My protection cost $950, which I view as cheap as I can image the cost of replacing the rear 20's to be ridiculous.

I had added that to my order too. The nice lady at the BMW dealer ship was kind enough and explained EVERY detail of this additional warranty and as dmlgc mentioned, it gives you peace of mind.

My cost was C$899.00 for the 5 year tire and wheel protection plan. It does NOT cover regular tire wear and scratches on your rims (eg you hit the curb while parking and scratch up your rims). Over a five year period, I think this is cheap. If you do end up getting a flat and if it ruins the RFT, they will replace the tire!

I highly recommend this warranty!

[Deda]

A-ha..i have same thing in my isurance policy..yeah cool thing.

[leonelm3]

Good to know.

I will Inquire with BMW PRF CTR hwne we take delivery. right now, all i have planned is the ext BMW MAINTAINCE warranty for $1995. I am not sure if I can/will benefit from this Tire/wheel warranty if I have pland a set of 22s pretty much right after the 500 mile break-in period is complete!