Dent in tires? 🤔

[ValenciaOrange]

Take them back and you might experience the risk of damaged rims when you inspect your truck. Take pictures of all rims if they agree to change them.

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[LadyMav]

Also when you bring it back if you live anywhere that has snow tell them to give you the Faulken Wildpeaks AT3W tires. If not then you should be fine but as a base for these trucks in snow the wildpeaks are Great I have them from the factory ( I did not order my truck just bought it from dealership in October) and the truck is nearly unstoppable in Maine snowstorms so far.

Take them back and you might experience the risk of damaged rims when you inspect your truck. Take pictures of all rims if they agree to change them.
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I'll take pictures the day I go in, great idea.

 

[Sjbuck2021]

Wonder if that could have been caused by straps during transportation on train and/or trucking to the dealer?

I have noticed the same thing on one of my tires, didn't check the other tires. I have checked and these tires seem to be the cheapest tires you can get for this truck, so no wonder they are crappy.

They are not cheap tires. I ran many sets of contis on my vw's over many years getting great mileage and never ever seen dents. I agree with the previous poster that being on all 4 tires it was the transport straps being overtightened that caused the indentations. The dealer should replace them.

 

[LadyMav]

Update:
I visited the dealer this week and they told me it was normal. Every continental tire on the Ford bronco and a another model had the same indentations. After I left I went to Goodyear, Firestone and one other Tire Specialty store, they all told me it was normal.
Thank you all for your responses, it's about 50-50 replies saying they should replace all four and the other half telling me it's normal.

 

[ffoc01]

We've had so many people bringing these tires back to us about this appearance issue, Ford actually had to issue a service message clarifying it's a normal condition and tire replacement for it isn't able to be covered under warranty.

 

[Chris_G]

Update:
I visited the dealer this week and they told me it was normal. Every continental tire on the Ford bronco and a another model had the same indentations. After I left I went to Goodyear, Firestone and one other Tire Specialty store, they all told me it was normal.
Thank you all for your responses, it's about 50-50 replies saying they should replace all four and the other half telling me it's normal.

Thanks for reporting back, I learned something.

 

[Michaelkov]

Don't worry - it's totally normal for retread tires to show marks along the sidewall.

 

[Big_T]

We've had so many people bringing these tires back to us about this appearance issue, Ford actually had to issue a service message clarifying it's a normal condition and tire replacement for it isn't able to be covered under warranty.

Yes, and that SSM was even quoted in this thread in post number 24.

@LadyMav hopefully you're comfortable with the appearance of the tires now, you've certainly done your research about it. I was looking at mine today and it seems like they have smoothed out a bit since putting a few hundred miles on them. Not really noticeable without looking closely.

https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/forum/threads/dent-in-tires-🤔.10119/post-208711

 

[Mymaverick2021]

You have broken belts in your tires most likely and no that is NOT A NORMAL problem.. period I worked as a tire technician for 10 years with certifications from Good year and Michellin (I know that isn't spelled right) and ANY tire that came in with dents like that would be and immediate return and the company could replace them. There is no reason to take a chance on it.

I wouldn't have taken possession of the truck until the dealer put new ones on

 

[Chris_G]

I wouldn't have taken possession of the truck until the dealer put new ones on

I'm sure the dealer would be very happy if you walked away.

 

[Mymaverick2021]

I'm sure the dealer would be very happy if you walked away.

No walking just give me new tires and all's good

 

[Big_T]

No walking just give me new tires and all's good

You want fries with that too? LOL

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