SAFETY ALERT...BAD VALVE STEMS From China
Yesterday i went out to my El Camino and I had a tire flat, I got out my compressor and started pumping up the tire, when i was done I took the compressor off and the tire started going down again, this time I put the compressor back on and low and behold the Valve stem just fell right off. I was looking at it this evening when i got home and it said Made in China on it, so I did a google search and found out that there is a major problem with these valve stems from china. I told my Brother about it and he had one come apart while he was on the inerstate, and he almost crashed.
here is an alert , I would advise everyone to check their tire valves tems to see if they were made in china, and if they were go directly to the tire store you got them at and demand a USA replacment stem. I am going as soon as i can and do just that myself. http://www.newsomelaw.com/resources/...-safety-probe/ |
That's why you don't put communist parts on your car. They suck.
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My tire says it's made in Germany...I really hope the valve stems were, too....checking, now.:yikes:
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I am calling them tomorrow about this. |
on further investigation you cannot tell they are the bad ones without dismounting the tire and looking at the bottom of the valvestem, but if you have had your tires replaced sometime since 2006 you may have them.
here is another link http://jalopnik.com/5045535/chinese-...ced-since-2006 this is very serious because it could happen with no warning on perfectly good tires. mine have less than 5,000 miles on them. It is not a tire problem but a valve stem problem... |
I got a recall notice from Discount Tire for these valve stems. Still need to find the time to go get that taken care of...
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BTW I called my dealer he assured me that theirs were not those stems, but I am still not sure. I am still having them look at the other 3 on my car, I have never had one fail before. and i talked to a friend of mine here and he has had to replace all 4 of his because of that..he was another lucky one that his failed in his driveway. |
in az i have gone thru bout 3 valve stems on my car in less than a year.... i finally got them replaced with metal ones from enkei rims. the dry heat here makes them crack
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