- Report: #127265
Complaint Review: Discount Tire
| Discount Tire 200 Brown Road
Auburn Hills, Michigan United States of America |
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Discount Tire Dont acknowledge defective tires, blame the car, rims, enything but the tires Auburn Hills Michigan
*UPDATE EX-employee responds: Discount Tire Company....... Wasted your money & time
*UPDATE Employee: Spell check anyone?
*Consumer Suggestion: To the loyal customer since the 80's
*Consumer Suggestion: To the loyal customer since the 80's
*Consumer Suggestion: To the loyal customer since the 80's
*Consumer Suggestion: To the loyal customer since the 80's
*Consumer Comment: You Cry Baby
*UPDATE Employee: Other things not mentioned...
*Author of original report: if there was a solution then it would have been met
*UPDATE Employee: A helpful tip from a current employee...
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As I drove home on a small freeway jaunt I noticed a slight vibration so I went back and they told me that 2 tire were off balance. I though that was strange since it didnt on the way in but none the less I was on my way. The weekend was almost a trip from hell as the car vibrated a LOT at any speeds above 70 MPH. I stopped in Traverse city and again had the tired re-balanced, they told me that they were "off".
Back from the vibrating weekend went back to my local Discount and spoke to my "friend" Chris who looked at me dumbfounded and stared at the tires as they were on the balancer, the tires were obviously out of round. This is normal I learned that day, tires arent round. He said my rims "could" be bent so I picked up a couple fresh ones that were within .008, had them switch em around and everythings good again. I ate that thought about tires not being round after another re-balance and drove away.
About a month or so later with another trip ahead I contacted Discount, the salesman was very compassionate and asked me to come in, they did find a defective tire and mounted it, balanced and sent me on my vibrating way.
In the meantime I had the front end of the car rebuilt, the struts replaced etc., avan though my mechanic said that there was nothing wrong with anything. I just insisted I had a vibration that didnt go away, he said its the tires...grrrr.
Anyways after all that the car still was off balance, back to see my new friends and "upgraded" tires for a mere 400 bux extra. No biggie, I'm blatently rich at this point and anything that it takes to make my "ultimate driving experience" Ultimate.
Well on that weekends trip guess what, same thing. Back went to a different Discount and paid for a "road force" balance that makes the tires drive smooth, well since I have as much money to be throwing away as Bill Gates does I figured that this is the cure...NOT
Went back, nothings wrong, a week later went to a different Discount and they were pretty snotty saying, "look, we put 2 sets of tires on the car with the same results, you had a road force, it's obviously the car." I was pissed but thought, heck they must be right. Stopped off at another tire store on the way back home and they called me into the shop to show me how out of round the tires were and told me that I simply have defective tires. These things were between square and round! what junk.
Discount denied that the tires were bad when I went back the next day and said "theres obviously something wrong with the car"...GRRRRR "what can we do?" was the quote.
well its getting close to winter, i'll put some cheap winter treads on and worry about it after winter. Got some cheapie tires for $240 bux, had them thrown on thwe same rims for 40 bux at Kmart and away I go.
NO VIBRATION!!! At all! Im like WTF? So I know I have a good suspension and struts and I must have gotten lucky to have mail ordered "round" tires! Now whats the chance of this, I mean after 18 or so trips to Discount over that same issue, spending thousands of dollars needlessly, the missed time off work, the coy reactions of the salesmen after they simply couldnt balance the tires.
I am NO LONGER a customer of Discount and their overpriced tires. The last year and a half of frustration, wasted money and dissapointment convinced me that they really dont give a s**t after they make the sale.
$240 + 40 mount balance is a LOT better than the frustration and $800 dollars worth of junk Discount sells. Anyone want a set of good used tires?
Jeff Clarkston, Michigan
U.S.A.
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Search Tips#1 UPDATE EX-employee responds
Discount Tire Company....... Wasted your money & time
AUTHOR: Dave O - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, October 08, 2008
You have no vibration when the car went in for tires, right. You have a vibration when it came out, right. Why on earth would you replace rims unless they were the problem? At this point the tires still have not been ruled out. Every time you had them rebalanced, you said they were "out". It would seem everyone had a defective balancer that tried to fix them, Right.
Here is the problem weather or not you agree. The problem is the wheel. Let me say it again, the problem is the WHEEL. Its not bent or has too much run out. Its TOO SMALL. Your saying W T F too small. When the tire is mounted to the wheel, its the air pressure that keeps the tire from moving on the wheel. Once the assembly is balanced and you start driving on it. the forces of accelerating and stopping cause the tire to turn on the rim thus being out of balance. I have seen this in many cases mostly with particular makes of wheels and even with certain tire/wheel combinations.
What should have happened, after changing tires didn't fix the problem, was to road force balance the assembly, mark the tire and wheel orientation and drive a few miles. I have seen tires turn 180 degrees in only 1/2 mile. That can cause a pretty severe vibration. For what ever reason the "CHEAP" tires have a"bead package/shape" that is complementary to the shape or your BMW wheel, and presto no vibration. The combination doesn't rotate.
I have nearly 20 years in the tire business and have seen the exact problem before and have corrected it without a dozen rebalances and tire changes.
#2 UPDATE Employee
Spell check anyone?
AUTHOR: Adent42 - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Friday, September 12, 2008
#3 Consumer Suggestion
To the loyal customer since the 80's
AUTHOR: Bg069 - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Saturday, August 30, 2008
Im am sorry to report that you have thrown needless amounts of money away to a company that is all but discount. I went you purchase a pair of tires for my vehicle which cost me $270. When i left i also had the vibrating problem at which point i decided that i would take care of it when i would go to purchase the other 2 tires. A month later i went to buy the other tires when they quted me $290. I told them that was ridiculus and that there was no justification for the cost. $560 for 4 14" tires that were the cheapest they have in stock. I asked the sales man how they can call themselves discount tires. He said the reason for the price is that they have to be H rated tires. I just laughed at his face and left. I went to a privetely owned used car tire shop and got a better grade set of tires for $120 and no vibration.
#4 Consumer Suggestion
To the loyal customer since the 80's
AUTHOR: Bg069 - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Saturday, August 30, 2008
Im am sorry to report that you have thrown needless amounts of money away to a company that is all but discount. I went you purchase a pair of tires for my vehicle which cost me $270. When i left i also had the vibrating problem at which point i decided that i would take care of it when i would go to purchase the other 2 tires. A month later i went to buy the other tires when they quted me $290. I told them that was ridiculus and that there was no justification for the cost. $560 for 4 14" tires that were the cheapest they have in stock. I asked the sales man how they can call themselves discount tires. He said the reason for the price is that they have to be H rated tires. I just laughed at his face and left. I went to a privetely owned used car tire shop and got a better grade set of tires for $120 and no vibration.
#5 Consumer Suggestion
To the loyal customer since the 80's
AUTHOR: Bg069 - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Saturday, August 30, 2008
Im am sorry to report that you have thrown needless amounts of money away to a company that is all but discount. I went you purchase a pair of tires for my vehicle which cost me $270. When i left i also had the vibrating problem at which point i decided that i would take care of it when i would go to purchase the other 2 tires. A month later i went to buy the other tires when they quted me $290. I told them that was ridiculus and that there was no justification for the cost. $560 for 4 14" tires that were the cheapest they have in stock. I asked the sales man how they can call themselves discount tires. He said the reason for the price is that they have to be H rated tires. I just laughed at his face and left. I went to a privetely owned used car tire shop and got a better grade set of tires for $120 and no vibration.
#6 Consumer Suggestion
To the loyal customer since the 80's
AUTHOR: Bg069 - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Saturday, August 30, 2008
Im am sorry to report that you have thrown needless amounts of money away to a company that is all but discount. I went you purchase a pair of tires for my vehicle which cost me $270. When i left i also had the vibrating problem at which point i decided that i would take care of it when i would go to purchase the other 2 tires. A month later i went to buy the other tires when they quted me $290. I told them that was ridiculus and that there was no justification for the cost. $560 for 4 14" tires that were the cheapest they have in stock. I asked the sales man how they can call themselves discount tires. He said the reason for the price is that they have to be H rated tires. I just laughed at his face and left. I went to a privetely owned used car tire shop and got a better grade set of tires for $120 and no vibration.
#8 UPDATE Employee
Other things not mentioned...
AUTHOR: Adent42 - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, March 25, 2008
#9 Author of original report
if there was a solution then it would have been met
AUTHOR: Jeff - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Saturday, August 25, 2007
Your rebuttal is a lame attempt of trying to fix the shady operations if the company of Discount tire. I will broadcast my unhappy results for the rest of my life. K-mart fixed a set of cheap snow tires and only hung weights on the back of the rims and it was perfect. Either teach your people about tires or close down. I am not the only one to have got ripped off at your stores... NEVER AGAIN!!!
#10 UPDATE Employee
A helpful tip from a current employee...
AUTHOR: Allens - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Saturday, August 25, 2007
In that time, we do occasionally recieve vibration complaints from customers. There are many reasons this could happen, many being simple to fix...air pressure, out of balance, etc.
There are occasionally those times when a simple fix does not work.
At that time we are trained to follow the most logical steps to fix the problem...starting with a simple fix and continuing until the problem is solved. There are occasions when we end up replacing the tires for the customer with either the same thing at no extra charge, or we work out a deal to upgrade to a better tire.
From what I see you have spent quite a bit of time and money at Discount Tire to solve the vibration problem, but you have yet to leave happy. Our goal is that every customer leaves happy...
I encourage you to contact either another store, or the corporate office, and let them do their best to make your purchase worth it. I am at a loss to understand how you can blame the vibration on a tire problem after all four have been replaced with something new. Usually replacing all 4 will eliminate tires as the culprit.
Nonetheless we want you to leave happy, and we want to earn the right to call you our customers with our trusted expertise. We go through extensive training to give you the most accurate advice we can.
I personally would again, invite you to contact our corporate office and talk to the regional vice president, who would be happy to do what it takes to earn your business again.
Discount Tire is in the people business...we just sell tires on the side :-p

