This is my first posting on the forum. I experienced a tyre blow out for the first time in all my years of driving. It happened on the N4 approximately 15km from Witbank on 29th Dec 2014. The tyre in question was a Yokohama Geolandar G902. The tyre was fitted to the vehicle in August 2014 (never used and therefore "new"),been the spare with the manufacturing date been 41st week of 2011, along with 3x new G902s. The spare was fitted with the best of the three tyres been replaced at the time. All tyre pressures where checked the day before departure, so it is somewhat of a mystery as to what caused the blow out. The tyre delaminated and caused damage to the right rear mud guard and protector. This happened at 120km/h, and was quite a scary experience, but with a cool head and I believe the ASC, I was able to bring the vehicle to a standstill in the yellow lane. I'm considering fitting tyre pressure monitors to avoid this type of incident in the future.
Hi garym,
Welcome to the forum.
Glad to hear that you managed a safe stop.
Was it a front or rear tyre?
It sounds like the tyre pressure reduced slowly and then heat build up led to delamination and ultimate failure.
I had a similar incident a year or so ago with a rear tyre - very scary as I was overtaking an articulated truck on a narrow tar road with no proper hard shoulder.
A tyre pressure monitoring system should eliminate that possibility - I use the Valor system and have all 6 tyres fitted with sensors, because Murphy's Law will guarantee that if you only fit to 5 tyres, it will be the second spare that will puncture. Been there - got the T-shirt.
Welcome to the forum.
Glad to hear that you managed a safe stop.
Was it a front or rear tyre?
It sounds like the tyre pressure reduced slowly and then heat build up led to delamination and ultimate failure.
I had a similar incident a year or so ago with a rear tyre - very scary as I was overtaking an articulated truck on a narrow tar road with no proper hard shoulder.
A tyre pressure monitoring system should eliminate that possibility - I use the Valor system and have all 6 tyres fitted with sensors, because Murphy's Law will guarantee that if you only fit to 5 tyres, it will be the second spare that will puncture. Been there - got the T-shirt.
Thanks Andrew.
It was the right rear tyre. Do you perhaps have more detail as to where one may source the TPMS you installed?
It was the right rear tyre. Do you perhaps have more detail as to where one may source the TPMS you installed?
@ garym,garym wrote:Thanks Andrew.
It was the right rear tyre. Do you perhaps have more detail as to where one may source the TPMS you installed?
Try Adrian Green [adrian@tyrecheckers.com] cell 0823399983
- he is one of the partners in the company that imports Valor afaik.
Its also very possible you might at some stage have the tyre "damaged" by road debris that did not initially show an issue and the tyre has now eventually popped at the weak spot.