RE: Continental Tires
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RE: Continental Tires - 2/18/2006 11:37:50 PM
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Silver bullit
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Take the car back to the dealer and bitch, They know they have a problem and will help you. They have helped me with my first and now my secong set of tires. I have 32K and i know that i should not be replacing tires at 32K. I have doone every thing by the book and they are going to help me , So i say to you go to the dealer and let them know your not happy with the present situation.
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RE: Continental Tires - 2/21/2006 9:59:35 AM
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henry
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ORIGINAL: Silver bullit
Take the car back to the dealer and bitch, They know they have a problem and will help you. They have helped me with my first and now my secong set of tires. I have 32K and i know that i should not be replacing tires at 32K. I have doone every thing by the book and they are going to help me , So i say to you go to the dealer and let them know your not happy with the present situation.
Not exactly true.
The OEM tires are not warrantied by Chrysler. They are warrantied by Continental, so unless the Dodge dealer is also a Continental dealer he is under no obligation to help you.
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RE: Continental Tires - 2/21/2006 12:55:13 PM
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pdjmwj
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I also had terrible issues with the front end on my SXT, but it was not the tires. My tires started to wear from day one. Constant hard pull to the right. I had it back in the shop 8 times before the regional Dodge rep got it fixed. At 11,000 miles they replaced the tires and finally fixed the front end. The Continentials were bald, no tread left. When I get home I'll post some pics. In rain the car was all over the place.
I had to pursue lemon law at less then 8,000 miles to get it fixed. That was the only thing that got Dodge's attention. Not an experiece I want to go thru again. Still love the Magnum, but I also sold it for reasons not related to the car. Actually hated to see it go. At 24,900 miles the new tires were perfect. It was fixed. They had to readjust the front end cradle what ever that means. The early Magnums had many front end issues, just check this site.
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RE: Continental Tires - 2/21/2006 9:31:00 PM
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Silver bullit
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Your right in saying the dealer is not or has no obligation . but if they want there costemmers to come back and if the dealer cares then i think you have a shot at getting some help. My dealer replaced two sets for me on my car. They know its and issue and conti knows they have to do some thing or they are going to cause Dodge to lose money on there new cars. now that you know this will you buy another car from them with out asking some questions about tires and warrenties. I have a AWD and the tires cup after 10k. they put on a set of michelins and so far cool. I will wait and see but i also will be out of the warrenty by the time the tires start to cup if it comes back at all..
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RE: Continental Tires - 5/6/2006 2:55:36 PM
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god_complx
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Just to let you know, the pillar post says to have tires set to 30 psi, as I only have 9000 miles on my contis I cant yet tell u what the diff is, but, I am going to keep mine around 30 for the duration and hope I can pull out more than the 15-20 you seem to be getting.
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RE: Continental Tires - 6/8/2006 8:22:38 AM
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I have a set of Goodyear Assurance (2006 OEM take offs) for sale in the classifieds. They were far better than the Contis I drove on the demo. No hydroplaning, no noise.
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RE: Continental Tires - 8/11/2006 7:58:01 PM
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hegerskk
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I'm actually going through the same issues right now. Continental gave me a slap in the face and suggested I'd pay $100.78 plus installation on the replacement tires at 20 000 miles of the warranted 60 000. I told them I'd pay no more than 1/3rd and definitely no installation and that if I was t pay anything at all I would also require warranty on the new tires. We'll see how that goes.
Has anyone contacted the BBB?
I do not agree that Dodge or the dealer is not obligated to do anything in this case. It's kind of like the guy with a camcorder filming a guy getting a beating. Never mind satisfying your customer how about just protecting them and taking action. I found out that they had decided it was officially an issue, not by Dodge giving me a call but rather during a scheduled maintenance. Where of course they promptly recommended that I replace them right away and they would happily charge me $170 per tire to do so.
How about fighting this battle for us, consumers didn’t pick this tire for their cars and certainly did not have an influence in how well this combination was tested.
I love the Magnum, but I am very disappointed in both Dodge and Continental in how this was handled. They could at least have informed me at purchase so I could have made a better decision or at least be ready to replace the tires at 20 000 miles.
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RE: Continental Tires - 8/15/2006 9:12:54 PM
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MikeyB
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Crapinentals is junk, pure and simple. Mine has made it 18k miles and just about down to the wear bars. With so many great tires out there why anyone would want to replace with another set of crap tires.
I have a set of Hankook Ventus ST in 255/55/18 on the way.
MikeyB
< Message edited by MikeyB -- 8/15/2006 9:19:14 PM >
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RE: Continental Tires - 8/16/2006 11:31:03 AM
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god_complx
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the only thing I can see as a benefit is that when they finally go, and you are looking into new rims, buy winter tires for the stock 18s, and some good performance for the new wheels! 18000 will get me just in time for winter!
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I don' think it is the tires, I think it is the car. I have been trying to get help with my problem but have no help from the dealer or "customer service" If anyone knows how I can contact a regional or corporate dodge rep please write back. Thanks
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