steveayers
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I am curious if anyone has experienced blowout issues with the original tires installed on their Bighorns. We have a 2012 Bighorn that we primarily used within NYS for our first 4 years of ownership. This past November we became snowbirds, and towed our Bighorn to Florida. On the 3rd day of our trip we experienced a blowout of the rear driver's side tire on I95 in Georgia. We had only been on the road for a half-hour that morning. At the time, there was about 3,000 miles on the tires. The tires did not show any evidence of dry rot from over exposure to the sun. They were properly inflated, and the weight was within the maximum loaded weight (15,500). We were traveling at 70 mph at the time. The blowout tore off the fender and damaged the skin around the fender, along with pulling out a hydraulic line in the leveling system. We had the tire replaced and the damage repaired, and made it to our destination the following day. When we had the blown tire replaced, we had the other tires examined to see if they were in need of replacement, and were assured that they appeared to be in good shape. On April 30 we left Florida to come home and experienced another blowout in Orlando on I4. This time it was the front tire on the driver's side, causing similar damage. We were about 200 miles into our trip, and due to traffic were traveling at about 45 mph. After this happened to us again we decided to replace all of the original tires. In discussing our experiences in the tire store, the technician informed us that this has been an all too common occurrence and cited the inferior tires imported from China that are now being put on new RV's. The tires on our Bighorn were, in fact, made in China.
I have been a big fan of Bighorn since I made the decision to purchase one. However, if what I was told in the tire shop is true, than it is disconcerting to learn that customer safety was compromised through the use of cheap, inferior quality tires. Has anyone else out there had similar experiences, or it is just a case of rotten luck for me?
Thanks
I have been a big fan of Bighorn since I made the decision to purchase one. However, if what I was told in the tire shop is true, than it is disconcerting to learn that customer safety was compromised through the use of cheap, inferior quality tires. Has anyone else out there had similar experiences, or it is just a case of rotten luck for me?
Thanks
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