Help - my tyre has shredded on on one side

[beaker218]

I was just now washing the car and noticed that one side of my front tyre has shredded (see pic). The tyre is a P Zero 275/30 20r run flat. I need to get to the tyre place but its 7 miles away. Obviously I would drive very slowly but does anyone know how dangerous it is for me to drive the 7 miles. I hoping that as it is a run flat it will get me there OK.

 

[Doodle]

Put it this way, if the police stopped you they'd seize the car on the spot.

 

[400ixl]

Can you not take the wheel off and take it up to the fitters in another car?

 

[James Copeland]

Call Mobilo

 

[alzieboy]

Phone around for some Tyre Places that come to you for fitting

 

[Yex]

Call “Tyres on the Drive”. They fitted 4 Michelin Pilot Sport 4s’s To my C63 yesterday and were excellent.

 

[Stratman]

Out of interest, do you straddle speed humps?

 

[Kamisuma]

Well worn on the outer both sides.

You often get this when tyres are under-inflated and still applies to run-flats!

 

[flowrider]

I was just now washing the car and noticed that one side of my front tyre has shredded (see pic). The tyre is a P Zero 275/30 20r run flat. I need to get to the tyre place but its 7 miles away. Obviously I would drive very slowly but does anyone know how dangerous it is for me to drive the 7 miles. I hoping that as it is a run flat it will get me there OK.

Have you checked the tyre clearances, that tyre damage looks like it has been rubbing on a bolt/nut to me.

 

[Doodle]

Heavy wear (due to poor or extreme geometry or incorrect inflation) will give the same result - those tyres are well worn.

 

[Peter103]

What does it's opposite look like?

 

[zipdip]

I would get the geometry,checked possibly on a Hunter machine,as for the tyre well not a great lover of P zero's ,but it is just legal IMHO and unlikely to blow on the way to a tyre fitters.

 

[grober]

Looks like classic under-inflation damage.

 

[beaker218]

Really grateful for all of the replies chaps.

The damage has not been caused by over-inflating or under-inflating though as I have always checked the pressures regularly. Anyway, the damage isn't through wear as it just seems that an entire centimetre strip running across the tyre and 3mm around the circumference has been cut away. The other front tyre is fine although only has 2.5mm tread just like the damaged one. I have checked for bolts and there are none there that would have caused the damage. I avoid speed bumps whenever I can so I don't really know what could have caused it

 

[Trickythemerc]

My money is on a failed control arm........?

 

[grober]

Have you always owned the car? i.e. do you know the entire life history of the tyres?

 

[beaker218]

OMG now I am worried! The car is only just over 2 years old.

If it was a failed control arm though would I have not felt vibration in the steering wheel or the car would have wondered a bit? I have had a quick look behind the tyre and cant see any visible signs of wear or damage.

 

[ioweddie]

2.5mm tread fine??????

 

[beaker218]

The car was a demo and 8 months old when i bought it from Bristol MB dealer and it had done 5k miles so who knows who had driven it before I bought it.

 

[beaker218]

Yea I know 2.5mm is bad but they will both be replaced by the weekend