Does anyone know, under normal circumstances, how long it would take a tire to dry rot? I bought a used car, and found out immediately that the tires were dry rotted. The car is only 2 years old, and tires are up to $225/ea. I want to know if I have a fight against the dealership. I had the BMW dealership (not where I bought it) and Pep Boys inspect the tires, and both concluded that they were dry rotted, and losing air because of that fact.
evidently the car sat dry rot is not a fault of the BMW dealer but the tire manufacturer, send them the reports and ask for at least some compensation for their crappy tires. Do you have a validation of the actual mileage, they may replace them
Take it to a tire store and have them pull the DOT manufacturer date code off the side it will tell you exactly how old the tires are. If the tires have been expose to some chemicals they can and will prematurely degrade the tires. I have seen some tires less than six months old dry rot. They have usually been of less than the best quality to start with or were blems or old stock.
the tires aren't two years old then.even if new tires are put on a car and the car is never drove and sit out in the sun for two years the tires would not dry rot. if they told u they were new on the car they lied
