I recently purchased an 05 Tahoe with a Regency coversion from the Chevy dealer in town. I expected everything to be up to snuff just like in every other new Chevy I have ever driven. BUT, no, Regency put Goodyear LS P275 55 R 20's and new wheels on the car. Well, the wheel shake was so bad over 60 that the car was impossible to drive. The sales staff told me that that was just that the tires were flat from sitting and it should work out in about 300 miles. That was beginning to make me boil over but instead I just parked it and used the old Suburban over the holidays. When they reopened, I went back to the Chevy dealer and requested a check for $1000. or 4 new tires. After heavy discussion, I said that I would pay to have the wheels balanced this time, they could pay the next time. They took the Tahoe in back and in no time I saw a service man talk to the salesman. There were two bad tires on the car. They replaced those with two Goodyear LS-2 series tires and by that time, the front end was off, steering wheel canted to right the car drifted to left of road and was miserable to drive. Fed up but not ready to throw in the towel, I took it back to the Chevy dealer and in three hours they re-aligned the front end and balanced the two OLDER tires. The ones installed at D**c**t Tires were not re-balanced. Now, nearly ready to boil over, I took the car to my tire shop and the guys went over everything. One of the replacement tires was still out of balance and took 8 ounces of weight. The car drives better but not what I would expect of this car. A buddy of mine can get me four new Michelan LTX M/S for cost and I plan to replace the tires during the week. Since Goodyear replaced two tires under warranty, and I want the others removed, and the car is still less than a month old, does anybody know who I can complain to to get my money back for the new tires??? Chevy, Regency, Goodyear or the dealer? Or all four? I took the dealers decal off this car and feel that the dealer should be the one to reimburse me but how do I make that happen?
By the way, I read the tire reviews for the not so Goodyear tires at the Tire Rack and no one liked these tires save one guy with a Volvo.
TPBeach