Hi,
I have a Grande Punto Sporting 1.9 diesel which is giving me problems with the tyres. When I bought it over a year ago all was well. Then a couple of months in I noticed that both front tyres had chunks missing from the outer wall so I had them all replaced. About a year on, this April the car went to a local Fiat agent for a service where they advised that the n/s/f tyre was dangerous due to the inside being blistered and showing the inner wires? Less than 2 months on a wheel wobble resulted in a trip to Kwik (slow) fit where a similar problem was diagnosed with the o/s/f tyre. The rest of the tread was like new!
The tyre size is 205/40/17. Does anyone know if this is a common problem and what is the best cure? I'm assuming that the combination of hard suspension and tyre aspect/ratio/whatever of 40 isn't helping but dont know if a switch to say 55 or even 16 inch tyres would help or whether the car has a suspension or other problem bearing in mind that it was looked at by a Fiat dealer who surely would have considered a greater problem due to the state of the tyre??
Thanks for your time, any ideas welcome.

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Hi, alas i have been having a lot of problems with "Branded Top range tyres" they just rot for want of a better word! due to being made with Eco matters in mind, the odd thing is Cheepo tyers (i now use) seem to last longer....., ( info via my local tyer center on problems with modern tyers...) one thing that might help is to use tyer dressing to keep the tyer wall in better shape,

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Thanks,
I have been using a cheaper tyre- maybe in this case more expensive ones might have been better

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We had a problem of both front tyres with bulges on after less than 12 months (Goodyear I think) and less than 6k miles. I returned them to the tyre fitter and paid for new tyres, they then returned tyres to supplier/manufacturer, after quite some time we got a full refund. It is possible the tyres could just be faulty. (Owers were fitted to a diesel Mondeo, initiall suspect of damage from speed humps)

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Cheers Colin
Other peoples experiences are always helpful as I ponder what to do next!

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