Should Australia Have a Ban on Tyres Over 10 Years Old?

aussie_paul · Guru

Should Australia Have a Ban on Tyres Over 10 Years Old?

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

That would assume that all tyres are made the same and that all tyres are treated the same.
Neither is true.

Cheers,
Peter

Woody n Sue · Guru

We changed ours simply because of age still 80% tread .
If they go bang and they sometimes do , it will cost a lot more than new tyres

Woody

Dickodownunder · Guru

Yes...
Provided the date of manufacture is available.

rockylizard · Guru

Dickodownunder wrote:
Yes...
Provided the date of manufacture is available.

Gday...

The date of manufacture is stamped/moulded into the wall of the tyre, Dickodownunder.

Copied from the article in the OP link -

"With age obviously a critical factor, how do you know the actual age of your tyres? The easiest way to tell is to look at the last four digits of the Tyre Identification Number (TIN) on the wall of your tyres. It will be in the format WWYY, where the WW represents the week and the YY represents the year. For example, if it reads 1812, it was manufactured in the 18th week of the year 2012."

Cheers - John

hako · Guru

My thoughts on any bans on tyres over 10 years old or cars over 15 years is that it is being driven by manufacturers (profit) and resellers (profit) assisted by the government (taxes).

Good Luck.

swamp · Senior Member

Hi
Some tyres are close to 5 yr old when sold new .!!!!!
Tyre life span in Ozzy would not work . Ozzy is the dumping ground for tyres in the asia region if not the world . We just donot do enough volume to be considered a priority .
Some of the Ozzy importers are treated like sh.t by manufacturers.

Cupie · Guru

If we were to go that way then the first step would be to ban the sale of tyres more than say 6 months old.

I wonder if the vested interests would support that?

Once again I suppose that self regulation would be supported by our legislators. We all know how well that works.

oldbloke · Guru

Use by dates are always very conservative because makers get a huge say and work the system to increase profit.

rockylizard · Guru

oldbloke wrote:
Use by dates are always very conservative because makers get a huge say and work the system to increase profit.

Gday...

The date stamped on the wall of the tyre is a manufactured date - not a use by date.

Not sure they could manipulate that too easily. hmm

Cheers - John

iana · Guru

It will make vintage cars an interesting hobby?

Cupie · Guru

rockylizard wrote:
oldbloke wrote:
Use by dates are always very conservative because makers get a huge say and work the system to increase profit.
Gday...
The date stamped on the wall of the tyre is a manufactured date - not a use by date.
Not sure they could manipulate that too easily.
Cheers - John

J .. Perhaps Oldbloke means the 'recommended' use by date supported or published by the various vested interest groups.

I must say that I have had two 'past use by date' tyres have the tread lift ... one on the patrol >10YO and one on the van of a similar age. Both had lots of tread left but were tyres that had spent their life as spares through successive tyre changes. I buy sets of 5 at the 7 year mark these days. By good luck the one on the patrol went 'thump' 'thump' and alerted me to the problem & a passing motorist on the Gold Coast Freeway waved me down indicating the tread lifting off the van tyre. Neither tyre deflated. In fact because I had left the wheel brace at home on the workshop bench, I needed to crawl the 7 km home on the faulty tyre.

-- Edited by Cupie on Monday 19th of March 2018 03:56:46 PM

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

The less used tyres are, the more problematic they will usually be with age.

Cheers,
Peter

the rocket · Guru

We recently had tyres put on caravan. The old ones were 10 yrs. old with plenty of tread left. Caravan repairer said when fixing our van "the tyres need replacing sooner rather than later". I did not know about dates before that so went to tyre shop. They could get 3 but the 4th would need to b ordered and from a different batch. i said i wanted 4 tyres all stamped the same date. Amazing what u find out. Anyway, i am a happy camper now.

T1 Terry · Guru

Tyres past their use by date generally have their own may of getting replaced :lol: Had 2 let go at 100km/h on the Hino motorhome. A lot of noise and a bent mudguard. A 60km/h crawl for the next 65kms and 3 stops after a bit more peeled off and bent the guard up again, but that was about it.
Had a steer tyre on the Mazda let go at a tad over the 100km/h, think the rim actually came apart on that one and not much tyre left by the time we found a suitable spot to park up for the night. Again, a lot of noise but that was about it. If the vehicle becomes seriously unstable after a tyre lets go then maybe the problem is with the vehicle design or the way it is loaded. Had a lot of trailer tyres let go over the yrs, same thing, a nuisance but never a dangerous loss of control or anything.

T1 Terry

Tony Bev · Guru

Not sure how it can be policed, as the date on the tyre is not easy to see from any distance

I am led to believe that manufactures recommend about a six year life, or thereabouts

If the date was in large raised numbers, it may be something which could be policed in the future

I changed the tyres when I purchased my secondhand motorhome, as they were eight years old

Tyre fitter told me that there was nothing wrong with the originals, and did I want to take them with me

I had to tell him that I had noticed very small cracks on the sidewall, when they were pressurised, and that the manufacturer recommended a six year tyre life

I further explained that as I intend to do long distance trips, it would be inconvienient to have a blowout, in remote places