Dodgy tyre or general wear and tear

what7

Replaced my front tyre with ATS, Avon zt7, December 2019, since then I only drove 1790 miles. 

The driver side tyre are now showing cracking on the side.

They were doing £26 off discount so only paid £78 for 2 tyres.

Is it a dodgy tyre they were trying to get rid of???

Is it normal it show cracking this soon, only been 15 months.

Flatulentoldgoat

Does the doggy tyre bark when you go over a hump? If so it needs to be taken back to the tyre kennel.

what7

Amended

I have now found the deal, it does appear it is a ATS Avon deal, so does it sound like they were trying to get rid of stock, potentially faulty/not brand new tyre(?)

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/25-off-two-or-50-off-4-avon-zv7-mid-range-tyres-various-sizes-available-3353426

AVON mid-range tyres currently on offer at ATS euromaster for various sizes. For example AVON ZV7 225/40/18 for £63 per tyre fitted. Minimum Purchase of 2 tyres for offer.

Save up to £50 when purchasing AVON Tyres WINTER 2019 – Terms and Conditions

ATS Euromaster’s online Retail Customers will receive an exclusive online discount when purchasing 2 or more AVON car, van or 4 x 4 tyres for a single vehicle in a single transaction, online, between 29th October to the 2nd January (inclusive).

Offer is only available on AVON car, van or 4x4 tyres. This offer is exclusively available for online purchases and not available in Centre.

*The discount will be -

£26 (inclusive of VAT) for purchases of two AVON car, van or 4x4 tyres

£39 (inclusive of VAT) for purchases of three AVON car, van or 4x4 tyres

£52 (inclusive of VAT) for purchases of four AVON car, van or 4x4 tyres

This offer is available to online purchases only. It is not available in Centre, or to ATS Euromaster’s Business or Account Customers.

By participating in this offer, claimants agree to be bound by these terms and conditions and by any other requirements set out in the promotional material.

When purchasing online the discount will be applied automatically at the basket stage of the transaction

ssparks2003

As you have driven so few miles in the time, have you kept the tyres correctly inflated?

AdrianC

No, it's unlikely to be a stock clearance thing... If it was, they wouldn't be running it across every single size and so many branches...

Simple way to check - look on the tyres for the manufacture date.

One sidewall of each tyre will have a string of codes that will end in a four-digit number. WWYY - week number, year. I'd expect tyres fitted new in late 2019 to be early-mid 2019 manufacture, possibly 2018, unlikely to be much older.

Let's see a pic of the cracking...

justworriedabit

Check the date on the side wall.
The cracks are they the side wall or the outer edges?
I've got cracks in my tyres two of them we were advised during a service. I think they are
dunlop sport type tyres but the cracks happen with little driving. We've hardly driven this year and
we were led to believe that lack of driving causes that not sure how true but the service garage said
it was within safe limits and did not try to sell us tyres.

what7

It is 3619. The crack doesn't seem that bad to me, it came up on the servicing in local garage

I go to ATS for MOT so best not to cause a fuse about it. 

I will see if I can upload some picture

https://ibb.co/c6SjkyS

KimJongUn88

That tyre looks as if it maybe under inflated. Have you checked the pressures?

AdrianC

So manufactured week 36, 2019 - 2-8 September.

No, they really aren't anything to be concerned about... but they're not impressive for an 18mo tyre.

Doesn't look like it's been run markedly underinflated.

what7

https://ibb.co/0Dv9xCt

It looks worse where the writing is.