Goodyear - Viva2 Tires Review

22,000 miles would make the case of proving them defective hard. With them having even wear that is another issue that would not prove them defective either. If they wore even and had 22,000 miles I can't see where they were not balanced right either. An unbalanced tire will not wear evenly, it will cup the tread. So Walmart was within their right to prorate the tires and that was generous of them. I have been working on cars for over 35 years so I know what unbalanced tires or a bad alignment does. It sounds like your car had a good alignment and the tires were balanced. How Toyota could say they were defective is beyond me.

Well to play the devils advocate here I have to go with them on this. An unbalanced tire will not cause a vehicle to pull to the right or left, that is an alignment issue, so since your vehicle was not aligned properly they attribute the tire problem to your vehicle and not the tire. Even though they failed to balance them the alignment issue is mechanical and even a judge would probably side with them. I feel for you because of what you went through however. I would have taken the prorate deal and then tried to get it resolved through the B.B.B. in your area or Goodyear.

Last edited on Mar 10, 2008 at 11:57PM