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SUVs Mitsubishi Outlander Why NOT to buy a 2007 Mitsubishi Outlander XLS
127 messages, Last post on Nov 28, 2008 at 3:26 PM
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Replying to: 20vcq (Jul 09, 2008 10:01 am)  dealer. They took off the "worse" one and looked for belt separation and didn't find anything wrong. I will have Goodyear take all off and look for defects.. PS I will not buy Goodyears for replacement as I hear nothing "GOOD" about "GOOD"YEARS. 
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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 08, 2008 6:12 pm) all. Will go to Goodyear tomorrow and try to get them to remove all tires and check for belt separation,etc. Pain in the buttocks. All I know from reading all the tire info is that the next set will not be Goodyear LS's. PS I also had a problem w/the "clock" spring in the steering wheel going "click,click,click, while turning the sterring wheel. Had it replaced and it still did it. They took it apart and checked it today and found that it "unraveled" jsut like the original one. It is now corrected. I posted this is another message earlier and someone else had the same problem but I couldn't remember who it was.The mechanic made a boo-boo the 1st repair job.
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Replying to: olliexls2007 (Jul 11, 2008 5:18 pm) Thanks for the updates.
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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 11, 2008 7:08 pm) The "force balancing" now does seem to have helped a bit.Yesterday I din't notice improvement but today it seems better. I checked w/Tire Rack and settled on Goodyear Assurance ComforTred. My price including shipping and then going to Goodyear locally re:mount,balance,etc was $720. At the Goodyear store it was $1001 for exactly the same thing. I asked the manager why such a big difference and he told me that if there was a tire claim of a problem w/a tire that had to be looked at I would have to take it off and send it to Tire Rack and then pay to sip it back again and then pay to have it remounted,balanced,etc. Do you know if this is standard proceedure or was it that I told the Gooyear guy that I couldn't see where Tire Rack(TR) had a Road Hazard(RH warantee..I look closer at my TR printouts and discovered that they do have the RH warantee. It would be a real pain to be w/o tires if there was a problem. It seems to me that if TR has a RH warantee that it should be honored by Goodyear. Still confused
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Replying to: olliexls2007 (Jul 12, 2008 10:54 am) If there's a warranty issue, the local guy would go to bat for you with the manufacturer I guess. But for a $300 difference, you could buy a new tire and still come out about the same. I suspect that Tire Rack could ship to your Tires Plus store too, and they may be cheaper on mounting and balancing.
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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 12, 2008 2:39 pm) a Goodyear store. We will be moving to western NC in 2 years & I haven't seen a Tires Plus store up there yet so I don't need to keep going to them here as I have for the last 20 yrs or so. The top of the line Goodyears will last me least 3-4 years (I hope). Heading to the NC mtns for 2 weeks starting this Friday. I hope whatever tire(s) are going bad will last til I get back. Over and out for now. tom 
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Replying to: olliexls2007 (Jul 13, 2008 6:54 pm) |
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Replying to: 20vcq (Jul 16, 2008 10:57 am) (This is in the "Highway all season" category). |
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Replying to: olliexls2007 (Jul 09, 2008 8:13 am) The verdict was that something happened with the tires during its life (20K miles) and perhaps overloaded by luggage weight for such a long journey. I bought 4 new tires (Yokohama) and the problem was solved and then I sold this SUV last year.
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Replying to: batman47 (Jul 19, 2008 4:27 pm) I think I will change out my Goodyears and go with the Yokohama YK520 97HB.....They are rated very high by customers on Discount Tire Direct....I may even go with a higher profile tire than 55 that are the OEM's....Maybe a 235/60/18 because I use alot of mountain backroads to access hiking trailheads that have alot of big rocks strewn around. I could use that little extra clearance...
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