WTH causes this on tires?

[yellowstang]

Pic's will be uploaded shortly, but what the hell causes these bubbles on tires, and how bad to drive her car is it? Front tire on a Focus, maybe 10K miles on it.

[yellowstang]

[talisman]

Hitting a curb.

[yellowstang]

[V8tt]

Needs more air!

[yellowstang]

Hitting a curb.

Nope, she said she has never hit one.

[V8tt]

On a serious note: I would drive that shit right back to the dealership.

[yellowstang]

On a serious note: I would drive that shit right back to the dealership.

Yeah, I told her to contact Skip and see if it would be covered under the warranty, car is not a year old yet. It is a Focus tho.....

[Buck Nasty]

I had a tire do that after I hit a bigass pothole.

[talisman]

Nope, she said she has never hit one.

Key word being "she." A woman could drive off the side of the Grand Canyon and insist that she only hit a pot hole.

[Chili]

I had that happen to one of the tires on my Mustang not long after I bought it new. The dealership gave me a prorated warranty on the tire based on the mileage. They first pulled the tire to determine if it was damage vs defect.

[Strychnine]

Those are impact bubbles. Get that off the car now.

Potholes and other sharp impacts rupture the sidewall support and cause it.

[Fast.0]

I had a tire do that after I hit a bigass pothole.

dumb ass

[71chevellejohn]

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=159

[SMKR]

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