Given
23%
while driving a
Peugeot 307
(225/45 R17) on
mostly town
for 15,000
easy going miles
Asked my previously trusted tyre depot to fit 2 budget tyres to front of daughters Peugeot 307 (She drives slowly/carefully and is conscious of good fuel economy). Tyre No.1 flat and walls ripped after approx. 8000mls. Told her front tyres need to be same so No3 Sunew bought. After another 3000mls approx. tyre 2 bursts - put it down to bad lucK - strike stone ??. Bought tyre no 4. Noticed some wall cracking on tyre3 and sure enough this failed not long after. Newest tyre seemed Ok so replaced tyre 3 with new Sunew (tyre 5). 4 montsths later Tyre 4 shows severe cracking on walls. Concerned for daughters( and grandchild's) safety, took car to tyre depot and replaced both tyres with Unitroyals and asked for tyres to be returned to Sunew for refund. After chasing Sunew dealer for 3 months,he reported tyres had no fault, but as a gesture he offered a stupid 35% refund on 2 tyres returned based on tread wear!
The tread on all failed tyres was good, The wall rubber on these tyres crack like crazy - then they fail in the walls- they are dangerous and should be banned. If you have any concern for safety do not buy these tyres.