Possibly hit something and took a "slice" from the tread but does sound rather like the sort of structural failure usually associated with truck remoulds.
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Yes it is the 21st Century :-)
I would consider taking some stills and e-mailing them to the Customer Services of the company involved. Tyre companies are pretty interested if there's a problem.
Option 2 ask your local Roads Policing Unit to see if their vehicle examiner would mind having a look....
Edited by Pugugly on 17/03/2008 at 20:28
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Many, many years ago I had something similar with a remould. A flap of tread separated from the tyre, but without deflating. I stopped once to investigate a severe vibration, but could see nothing wrong. The second time I stopped, a few hundred yards on, I spotted the flattened seam welds inside the wheel arch!
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Probably overheated and de-laminated.
When was the tyre pressure last checked ?
We had one do this on the rear of a Sierra about 15 years ago, tyre was 7 years old and was vibrating. I slowed down and was going off at the next services (only a couple of miles off) to see what the problem was when it went. Had blistered and delaminated, took out one of the rear bumper mountings. Quite scary at the time, as was changing an offside rear wheel on the hard shoulder of the M1. Tyre returned to the manufacturer for report, their comment was failed due to age and possibly run soft (It wasn't). I learned my lesson and the other three were changed as well.
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Interesting. Would delaminating rip through the metal strands though and odd that it stopped after about 20 inches.
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