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Right. Never let a dealer touch a tire.Gotcha. Never been a fan of the dealer touching my tires or wheels. But that's me just being me.The only reason I mentioned aftermarket is that I have lost count how many I've had to replace for customers.
really?..dealers don't put tires on vehicles anymore? wow....
Don’t know. I haven’t used a dealer to install tires in a long time. My brother was a Parts Department manager, and told me a while ago they don’t keep tires in the store - if a customer needs tires he orders them for next day delivery. Some dealerships seem to not have the equipment need to replace and balance tires though - just from me walking around and looking into the bays.
We charge $88 to mount and balance 4 tires. If I had to guess we have 60 sets of tires in stock. Mostly oem replacement and can get almost anything next day from multiple venders. Last year we purchased 2 tire machines and 1 updated road force balancer. Yes dealers do tires.
Not every dealer does
Makes no sense in a customer service industry that they try to provide. Those dealers are probably the ones without a water leak tech.
Back in 2006 when I had a nissan suv the dealer sent the tires out to get replaced. They didn't do them in house. Don't know what they do today
Small town dealerships like those in my town don't have things like tire shops or body shops. When that kind of work needs to be performed they have an actual tire shop or body shop do the work. Pretty common around here.
The next 3 closest dealers near me are in towns with under 2200 people and they have tire equipment. Body shops I get.
Maybe they opted to have a water leak technician and not tire change machines
That's great, good for them. What does that have to do with dealerships where I live?
Just stating small town dealers can do tires too. Has nothing to do with town size but I am glad your small town dealer can take care of all your needs.
yup, I was being sarcastic...I can't imagine a dealer NOT doing tires at LEAST occasionally...not having a valve stem on hand is ridiculous...
Yep. Last time I had a tire get cut, I went to the closest dealer to get it replaced under the tire and wheel coverage. Small town dealer that also sells Chevys. They only stock a few dozen cars. Had tires in stock, and had me in and out in less than 2 hours.
There are different types of valve stems with TPMS. Some are metal, some are rubber, some just the stem or sensor are replaceable, some are one piece.
It was a rubber valve stem and they transferred the sensor. Did not catch the price but it was pretty quick.
