Warranty issues with larger tires

[Devildog81]

Was debating on posting or not posting this, but I’d like to get some feedback on this if anyone else has ran into this issue. So my truck since new has always had a weird harder than normal downshift at that 30mph area. I took it into the dealer yesterday and the first thing they were asking was about my wheels and tires. I told them the tires were put on yesterday and I had paperwork to prove it. I asked why is it going to be an issue if there is a warranty claim on the transmission? They said Toyota could deny a warranty claim because the tires are not the same size that came on it. They told me Toyota has been cracking down on the warranty claims. Now keep in mind the tires I put on were a 285/70r17 on a +25 offset rim. My truck is a Trd offroad and came with the 265/70r17’s.

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[tacorancher]

Was debating on posting or not posting this, but I’d like to get some feedback on this if anyone else has ran into this issue. So my truck since new has always had a weird harder than normal downshift at that 30mph area. I took it into the dealer yesterday and the first thing they were asking was about my wheels and tires. I told them the tires were put on yesterday and I had paperwork to prove it. I asked why is it going to be an issue if there is a warranty claim on the transmission? They said Toyota could deny a warranty claim because the tires are not the same size that came on it. They told me Toyota has been cracking down on the warranty claims. Now keep in mind the tires I put on were a 285/70r17 on a +25 offset rim. My truck is a Trd offroad and came with the 265/70r17’s.

285/70/17 is nothing — either the dealer is being a little bitch or Toyota is being super unreasonable .. lots of dealers put on big tires and fully warranty the trucks .. my own dealer complimented me on my E load tires when I had them on and they were larger than yours - I asked if it was a warranty issue and he said that unless you’re stuffing massive tires in there they typically don’t care

 

[Devildog81]

285/70/17 is nothing — either the dealer is being a little bitch or Toyota is being super unreasonable .. lots of dealers put on big tires and fully warranty the trucks .. my own dealer complimented me on my E load tires when I had them on and they were larger than yours - I asked if it was a warranty issue and he said that unless you’re stuffing massive tires in there they typically don’t care

I think I’m going to check around at a few more other dealers that are further away from me to see what they say. When they told me that yesterday I didn’t even know what to say, I kinda looked at him and said it’s a 285/70r17 tire? That’s only 1” bigger and it’s a SL rated tire.

 

[tacorancher]

I think I’m going to check around at a few more other dealers that are further away from me to see what they say. When they told me that yesterday I didn’t even know what to say, I kinda looked at him and said it’s a 285/70r17 tire? That’s only 1” bigger and it’s a SL rated tire.

Not to mention that it’s nearly the same diameter as the tires they put on the TH and the Pro (32.8” versus 32.6”) and those trucks aren’t geared any different - sounds like a load of service dept bullshit to me

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