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Originally Posted by ss1letx
No not normally. Stress cracks normally happen do to long run times under inflated or over loading the tire, as in having a tire not rated for the load of the car on the vehicle. The other problem could be found in the manufacturing of the tire or just the way the tire was designed. Now the reason Goodyear tells use not to run our tires in cold weather is because as the temp drops the rubber they used to make them become less flexible and thus makes the sidewalls very stiff. This is what leads to the problem we would probably see on the 1LE or ZL1.
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Good to know, thanks. My car is sitting in the garage as we speak (waiting for spring, unfortunately). I will make an effort to closely monitor the tire pressure on my ZL1.