Rotating my Cooper AT3 4S tires last night and...

[MobileMatt]

spotted this egg on the inner sidewall. 

 

Not sure what inspired me to do the tire rotation last night, but grateful that my guardian angel kept me safe for however long I was rolling on that.

 

These tires have 3 years and 30k mi on them. I have been pretty pleased with the tires and did a lot of reading and research when I bought them.  My initial reaction last night was, I'm getting a new set of tires and switching brands.  However, in going back to my research from before the reason I chose these were because they had good on road performance, relatively quiet for an AT, lighter than most (44lbs each), aggressive enough tread for the limited off-roading I do, and plenty of load capacity for the hauling/towing I do. 

 

I went ahead and scheduled an appointment tomorrow for 4 new AT3 4S's

 

Change my mind.  Should I consider another brand like Falken? Go back to the noisy/heavy BFG's?  Something else?

 

 

Thanks!

[JimCost2014]

Put a set on my truck earlier this year, nothing but good things to say about them. Great tires so far.

[mikeyk101]

I have the Falken Wildpeaks (275/60R20) and I've been pretty happy so far. I had them installed in Feb 21 and at 52k miles. I'm now at over 75k miles and still in great shape. I did have to have them road force balanced again back in July of this year because I was getting some vibration. Luckily I bought them at Duscount Tire and can get them rebalance for the life of the tires as well as free rotations. They confirmed that one tire was off a bit and corrected it. Nice and smooth again after that...

Edited October 25, 2022 by mikeyk101

[99silveradoz71]

Got my Coopers before last winter and no complaints.

[MobileMatt]

Well.....Replaced all 4 today with a fresh new set of Cooper Discoverer AT3 4S.  Drives like a whole new ride.  Love the smell of brand new tires!

Great service from a local shop and even get a $70 rebate from Cooper.  

[IGG]

On 10/25/2022 at 12:58 PM, MobileMatt said:

spotted this egg on the inner sidewall. 

 

Not sure what inspired me to do the tire rotation last night, but grateful that my guardian angel kept me safe for however long I was rolling on that.

 

These tires have 3 years and 30k mi on them. I have been pretty pleased with the tires and did a lot of reading and research when I bought them.  My initial reaction last night was, I'm getting a new set of tires and switching brands.  However, in going back to my research from before the reason I chose these were because they had good on road performance, relatively quiet for an AT, lighter than most (44lbs each), aggressive enough tread for the limited off-roading I do, and plenty of load capacity for the hauling/towing I do. 

 

I went ahead and scheduled an appointment tomorrow for 4 new AT3 4S's

 

Change my mind.  Should I consider another brand like Falken? Go back to the noisy/heavy BFG's?  Something else?

 

 

Thanks!

https://www.winknews.com/2021/03/04/more-than-430000-tires-manufactured-by-cooper-tire-recalled-for-potential-sidewall-separation/

 

Had the same tires and had them replaced due to recall  Replaced them with different brand  Got full MSRP credit for the Coopers

 

[DDogg]

I had a set on mine as well, but I too got a bubble on the outside tirewall.  I also went on ratings and loved the tires, but didn't have the change and had a 10 hr drive the next day so I went with Canadian Tire El cheapo's until I can afford another set.  Wonder if it is a manufacturing defect.

[rockusaf]

Did you reach out to Cooper to see what they had to say? I just had a set installed on my truck and now I'm going to constantly give them a look over for anything like this.

 

Rock

[mikeyk101]

7 hours ago, DDogg said:

I had a set on mine as well, but I too got a bubble on the outside tirewall.  I also went on ratings and loved the tires, but didn't have the change and had a 10 hr drive the next day so I went with Canadian Tire El cheapo's until I can afford another set.  Wonder if it is a manufacturing defect.

Probably. A link to recall was posted by @IGG in his comment above

 

https://www.winknews.com/2021/03/04/more-than-430000-tires-manufactured-by-cooper-tire-recalled-for-potential-sidewall-separation/

[RedLT]

Had a set of them on a 2013 Tahoe, rode smooth for a decently aggressive looking tire.

[MobileMatt]

On 10/27/2022 at 9:03 AM, IGG said:

 

Thanks IGG!  I had no idea about the recall and didn't think to check. I will give Cooper a call and see what can be done.

 

 

[IGG]

No problem. Good luck!