Author Topic: dodge journey tires (Read 4603 times)

journeyjeff · « **on:** November 28, 2009, 05:01:55 pm »

wifey blew out tire on curb! Accidents happen.
Now I need to replace the tire and no-one has it!
Kumho is back-ordered till March!
No dealers in Ottawa area have one.
Chrysler won't help!
I have been in the business for over thirty years with tons of contacts. No-one can help(yet).
Anyone else ever run into this (any Make) and if so what was your solution other than buying steels and winters as I am broke right now ( did I I say I was in the automotive business)

davidy · « **Reply #1 on:** November 28, 2009, 05:34:07 pm »

Have you tried buying a used tire to match your existing ones? Might be looking for a needle in a haystack though.

A cheap alternative is to get a set of four used matching winter tires with rims from an autowrecker. Or a set of new entry level winter tires like the Arctic Claw TXI or Goodyear Nordic (I am not a fan of these....but they are among the cheapest winters when on sale).

Dave

journeyjeff · « **Reply #2 on:** November 28, 2009, 06:04:33 pm »

I guess I am trying to avoid this. I have been spoiled over the years with quality snows contiviking, hakkas etc and i belive the piggy bank will be replenished. I am hoping to find one tire to solve the problem short term. The irony of it all is that I did not want this option on my vehicle but the dealer refused to switch them for a 16" set off another vehicle!

airbalancer · « **Reply #3 on:** November 28, 2009, 06:09:02 pm »

what size are you looking to get ?

journeyjeff · « **Reply #4 on:** November 28, 2009, 06:14:47 pm »

225/55r19
only two companies make them, kumho AND UGHH, GOODYEAR

airbalancer · « **Reply #5 on:** November 28, 2009, 06:16:02 pm »

Quote from: journeyjeff on November 28, 2009, 06:14:47 pm

225/55r19
only two companies make them, kumho AND UGHH, GOODYEAR

What the UGHH with Goodyear

journeyjeff · « **Reply #6 on:** November 28, 2009, 06:34:54 pm »

I don't want toget off topic but -
if gyear and michelin spent as much money on engineering as they did on advertising, they'd have the best tires in the world (IMHO)

davidy · « **Reply #7 on:** November 28, 2009, 06:40:01 pm »

I too am not a fan of Goodyear....had a set of Wrangler AT/S were poor to fair at best. Very pricey for what you get.

Can you minus size to 17 or 18 inch?

Dave

journeyjeff · « **Reply #8 on:** November 28, 2009, 06:47:01 pm »

the minus isn't a problem either - paying for it is!

jamie1 · « **Reply #9 on:** November 28, 2009, 09:26:52 pm »

Those Kumho tires on the Journey are horrible. Working for a Chrysler dealer,we have never seen so many un-repairable tires come into shop as those Kumho's on Journeys. It got so bad,we were taking tires off of stock units because we could not get them and our customers were getting pissed off.

Careener · « **Reply #10 on:** November 28, 2009, 09:39:20 pm »

Ah..the real reason shows itself...

journeyjeff · « **Reply #11 on:** November 28, 2009, 11:06:06 pm »

I am not pissed off - Yet
been in the business long enough that I don't want to hurt fellow employees of dealerships. I am looking for a solution like - what buttons to push at chrysler, kumho etc.

inco · « **Reply #12 on:** November 29, 2009, 07:31:30 am »

Good luck with that.

Try finding someone above who cares - priceless!

airbalancer · « **Reply #13 on:** November 29, 2009, 07:54:44 am »

Tire Rack has some in stock

Careener · « **Reply #14 on:** November 29, 2009, 10:01:22 am »

AB has the solution. Order up from the US.

journeyjeff · « **Reply #15 on:** November 29, 2009, 01:07:19 pm »

286.00 US$

Snow tires and rims 700 Can$

Wow tuff choice!

dash · « **Reply #16 on:** November 30, 2009, 11:37:24 am »

try kijiji.ca (Ottawa), there are some choices of 225-60-18's forsale

blur911 · « **Reply #17 on:** November 30, 2009, 11:54:02 am »

Quote from: jamie1 on November 28, 2009, 09:26:52 pm

Those Kumho tires on the Journey are horrible. Working for a Chrysler dealer,we have never seen so many un-repairable tires come into shop as those Kumho's on Journeys. It got so bad,we were taking tires off of stock units because we could not get them and our customers were getting pissed off.

Just wondering what defects/damage these tires were having?
It is much harder to make a larger diameter tire properly, any slight imbalance or misplacement of parts has a much more noticeable effect at a given speed due to the larger diameter causing higher centripedal forces.
Lower profile tires are also much more susceptible to damage against potholes and curbs, etc.

tortoise · « **Reply #18 on:** November 30, 2009, 12:42:55 pm »

19's on a Journey? That's ridiculous.

How about buying a set of 17's and then tell the dealership to send Journey owners your way when they need to replace a tire. Should be pretty easy to recover your costs.

journeyjeff · « **Reply #19 on:** November 30, 2009, 06:46:06 pm »

the damage was done on a curb. apparently she was going slow but the curb juts out right where she hit it. As i said earlier i don't expect Chrysle/Kumho to pay for the tire, just have one. as much as it galls me I would eeven pay retail for it!
I guess the only true solution is to down-size and sell the remaining tires. There are already two people out there selling them for crazy prices so I should be able to get rid of them fairly quickly.