Given
23%
while driving a
Peugeot 307
(225/45 R17) on
mostly town
for 15,000
easy going miles
Asked my previously trusted tire depot to fit 2 budget tires to front of daughters Peugeot 307 (She drives slowly/carefully and is conscious of good fuel economy). Tire No.1 flat and walls ripped after approx. 8000mls. Told her front tires need to be same so No3 Sunew bought. After another 3000mls approx. tire 2 bursts - put it down to bad lucK - strike stone ??. Bought tire no 4. Noticed some wall cracking on tire3 and sure enough this failed not long after. Newest tire seemed Ok so replaced tire 3 with new Sunew (tire 5). 4 montsths later Tire 4 shows severe cracking on walls. Concerned for daughters( and grandchild's) safety, took car to tire depot and replaced both tires with Unitroyals and asked for tires to be returned to Sunew for refund. After chasing Sunew dealer for 3 months,he reported tires had no fault, but as a gesture he offered a stupid 35% refund on 2 tires returned based on tread wear!
The tread on all failed tires was good, The wall rubber on these tires 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 tires.