Using Goodyear Eagle F1s you might want to read this

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Seriously, this is bad. I did a search and couldn't see this posted here, if you have Eagle F1's on your car get outside and check them ASAP.

Some tyre places are (possibly unknowingly) selling Goodyear Eagle F1's which were made in Thailand. These tyres may be illegal to use in the UK which could NO SWEARING your insurance plus which you have not got what you paid for.

See this thread:

http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?p=232124

And this mail which I recieved today from Goodyear:

Thanks for your e-mail. Please find a link on our sister company Dunlops site to a tyre sidewall. http://www.dunloptyres.co.uk/ourTyres/car/sidewallMarkings/...

The letter F on the link shows you a box or a circle and inside this is an E with a number eg E13 or E5. Outside that box or circle should be a further number. The number outside the box or circle is the E mark. If your tyre does not have the number after the E13 / E5 then the tyre is not E marked and illegal for fitting in this country for use on UK roads.

By clicking on letter F you will find out more information on E marks. Should you need to contact me my number is ***** ******.

If you have a non E marked tyre you will need to advise your dealer who supplied the tyres or trading standards.

Regards

***** *****
Product Support & Service

Cheers,
John
 
Reeks of bull to me.

Mine are "made in china" E13 marked and have no squeaks or "crap grip".

Scaremongering IMO.
 
paradigm said:
Reeks of bull to me.

Mine are "made in china" E13 marked and have no squeaks or "crap grip".

Scaremongering IMO.
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But do they have the second number outside circled E13 If they do then they are the proper compound for the Uk. If they don't have the number they shouldn't be used in this country as they aren't E marked :)
 
Surely if they have e13 and E13 they are "E" marked due to being marked with an "E".

I haven't checked for this "other" number, but I still call BS.
 
paradigm said:
Surely if they have e13 and E13 they are "E" marked due to being marked with an "E".

I haven't checked for this "other" number, but I still call BS.
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Dunlop said:
All car tyres sold from 1st July 1997 must carry an 'E' marking. The 'E' or 'e' mark consists of an 'E' or 'e' followed by a number included in a circle of 12mm diameter or a rectangle. This symbol is followed by a further number

The 'E' certifies that the tyre complies with the dimensional, performance and marking requirements of ECE Regulation 30.

The 'e' certifies that the tyre complies with the dimensional, performance and marking requirements of DIRECTIVE 92/23/EEC.

The number associated with the letter 'E' in the circle or 'e' in the rectangle is the code number of the government which granted the type approval (No. 11 for the British Government and a different identifying number for each of the other European countries involved).

The number outside the circle or rectangle is the number of the type approval certificate issued for that particular tyre size/type.
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So i'd guess without the outer number no approval certificate was issued.
 
Ripped from another forum

Just had a nice chap from goodyear ring me back!The tyres are made by goodyear good news i guess bearing in mind i have been fast on them,but the compound is not designed for this country,the tyre has an E mark but no number after it,so it should'nt even be in this country!The european market tyre thats made in a factory Germany that wins all the tests has more silica in it that reverses its properties so it gets harder when hot,and softer when cold to help stop it getting slimey when hot and to help out in our winter.The POS things that are on mine at the moment he does'nt even know what compound they are.
The thing is i did'nt even think to check when they where fitted,and i cannot stress just how bad the ones from Thialand are,they are just nasty!
Good news is that the people that fitted them are coming out Tuesday to fit some more that are going to be ordered from goodyear direct,they did'nt even put up a fight,which tells me they might have known .
Edited to say that i did'nt buy these cheap or on offer,or mail order.So its not like i set myself up for it.
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[TW]Fox said:
So..

Goodyear have two production lines. One making nice, safe tyres. The other making seperate death tyres.

Ummm.
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The other tyre is made for really hot countries, the one there meant to sell over here is a different compound (see a few posts up)
 
[TW]Fox said:
So..

Goodyear have two production lines. One making nice, safe tyres. The other making seperate death tyres.

Ummm.
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yes actually one is for hotter climates and Not E marked for UK use and the other for colder climates like ours and are E marked for use in the UK. :)
 
I don't know about this case but I had something weird with Avon a couple of years back.

Basically I purchased 4 ZV3 tyres for the Sportwagon. About 3 months later I got a slow puncture on my way home from work so I dropped into National tyres for a repair. To my surprise the guy said both rear tyres were near enough bald!! I had only done 3K on them and it was a front wheel drive car. The fronts were fine.

I returned the car to the garage I had them fitted but they were not interested. I contacted trading standards who advised me to contact Avon. The representitive asked for all the info off the side of the tyre which I gave him. He then told me to take the car to the nearest tyre place immediately to have 4 new tyres free of charge. I never did find out the fault and the next set lasted 25k.
 
[TW]Fox said:
Becuase it's never hot here, and its never freezing cold at night in 'hotter' climates, is it?
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No no, its something to do with the average temperature the tyre will stay at, the thai tyres are harder, so in thailand they'd be a bit softer as its warmer there on average, over here they'd be a bit too hard - aka not sticky enough!
 
[TW]Fox said:
Becuase it's never hot here, and its never freezing cold at night in 'hotter' climates, is it?
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Correct. I know we close railways when it's plus 30 and call it "heat", but believe me, between you in relatively stable weather wise Plymouth, Chen in jungle during heat wave and Sacha trying to fire up his Lada in -35 degree Moscow winter morning you are all talking about completely different rubber with the same label.
 
O RLY!?

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