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Hyundai - Tyres on Mobility car - Jimmymoto

Well today took the car for its 2nd service, technician has mention the wipers not being in great condition (its only pine neddles getting stuck under the rubber), and both my rear tyres having a puncture (although I drove 2500 miles road trip to Europe and not had any alert for low pressure and I have also checked regularly, puncture on both tyres both on the part that has more rubber,irreparable they say... funny thing is they replaced them but with different brands and one doesn't even look completely new, neither they did the complements wash and vaccum although it's on the invoice. Being a mobility car I don't pay anything but I think it's a rip off, like trying to get Motability to authorise the bacteria cleaning of the Ac, seen the prices at the dealer.... What would be correct, or would you complain about the tyres even though they were free, I wouldn't had put them on different brands on each side myself. I just think there is some kind of cowboy outfit there and they are always trying to make money out of Motability every time. If you cant get the tyres on both sides same brand that day, wouldn't it be better to wait...?

Edited by Jimmymoto on 15/07/2022 at 20:24

Hyundai - Tyres on Mobility car - Adampr

Yes I would complain. I always replace tyres in identical pairs.

Hyundai - Tyres on Mobility car - Crickleymal

Yes I would complain as well.

Hyundai - Tyres on Mobility car - bathtub tom

Didn't you see the spurs on their boots?

Hyundai - Tyres on Mobility car - John F

I have never understood the blanket prohibition by tyre repairers on repairing punctures on the shoulder or sidewall.....apart from the bleedin' obvious but unstated reason!

If the puncture is tiny and slow, I can't see that removing the small offender and sealing the minute orifice with the usual goo and repair patch would result in either failure or undue risk. The pressure it has to withstand is usually only a fraction of the pressure in my flimsy and oft repaired bicycle tyre tubes.

'Free' motability servicing appears to be a licence for a garage to print money. I would have got them to swap the tyres front to rear at around 15,000 miles to achieve equal wear and best practice of eventually replacing all four at the same time.