Advice on Tire Gouge Needed

Hi Everyone:

I was hoping for advice about a tire gouge.

I have a 2000 Honda Accord and hit a curb at slow speed. I knocked the wheel cover into the rim and also slightly gouged the rubber on the side of the tire about an inch or two above the rim. There are two gouges. They are not deep, though easily noticable. I would describe them as slightly more than superficial, which is why I am concerned. Each gouge is about an inch long. The tire is not leaking air.

Are gouges on the side of the tire, near the rim a cause for worry in terms of the tire weakening over time? I just bought the tire last year and only have about 18,000 miles on it.

Thank you for your time.

Dave Schoen snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com

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dms64dms
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Approximately 11/16/03 17:00, snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com uttered for posterity:

Take it back where you bought it and ask them to look at it. You may or may not have a road hazard coverage that can pay for a new tire.

Lacking a direct psychic feed, it is impossible to determine whether or not you've done significant or merely cosmetic damage to the tire.

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Lon Stowell

Depends on how thick the tires are too in the area of the gouge.

I drove for over a year on a tire with a rather deep gouge in it. (Probably

1/4" at the deepest spot).

It, too, was a new tire. I drove on it until the tread wore out... never did go flat or blow out.

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Clem

in rec.autos.tech,

Dave,

If it is not loosing air, I would not be concerned about it. Do pay attention to it, keep monitoring the air preasure, and make sure it does not change at all for the next month or so. I would even thing about moving it to the rear, just incase it does blow out, it's not on your stearing axel.

~Brian

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<not

The rubber shell on the inside and outside of the tires serves only to keep the air from leaking out, and in the tread area serves to provide traction. The ouside rubber shell also has UV inhibitors in it to extend its life. Use a dull instrument such as a spoon handle and a light to pry open the gouge and see if it made it down to the fabric in the sidewall. That fabric may deteriorate if it is exposed to air, eventually causing tire failure. If you can't see any of the cords, then the tire's fine and just ignore the gouges.

JazzMan

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JazzMan

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