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Cracked rim.... Warranty?

9.2K views 25 replies 10 participants last post by  cobra259  
#1 ·
I was rotating my tires today and while doing so I noticed one of my rims has 2 pretty good size cracks in it. I have never hit anything with this car especially that hard. The rim has a little curb rash but that was a long long time ago and not done by me. Is this something you think warranty would cover?

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#2 ·
If I were yo I would take it to the dealership.
 
#4 ·
this happened to me about 2 mouths after I bought my kia.. never tried to repair from kia if they can not do anything you can find stock rims pretty cheap at lkq
 
#11 ·
I Drove on my for about 2 years 50k miles and still did not have a issue. but after that the tire place I go to would not put a new tire on it so I just went ahead and bought a new one


and yes factory wants 320 at my dealership
 
#14 ·
$320/wheel? Wow! My dealer told me $850/wheel + inserts @ $20each
Now that's koup wheels, but still... That an awesome price. Lol

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#16 ·
$320/wheel? Wow! My dealer told me $850/wheel + inserts @ $20each
Now that's koup wheels, but still... That an awesome price. Lol

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You're also in Canada. You are going to pay an automatic 17% more because of the taxes/duties required to get that part into Canada, plus the extra provincial taxes, higher sales taxes etc, and we haven't even got into the exchange rate.

And y'all think your education and healthcare are "free". HA!

Warranty will not cover impact damage. Potholes cause all sorts of wierd and strange cracks. I see them from Honda/Acura every day. You might get it covered on insurance, but that is about it.
 
#12 ·
Does the crack go the whole way through? If it does, I would be very careful. The dealer should cover that, a rim shouldn't crack like that. Especially a stock rim, they are usually chunky like that so they will be stronger.
 
#13 ·
xtray my was not at first but it progressive got bigger and spread to another post and went through all the way around
 
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#19 ·
Called it. Impact damage is not a warranty issue. It's an insurance issue. It's no different than bumping into a pole and cracking the headlight. Would you expect warranty to cover it because you hit a pole? How about is you get rearended? Should they cover the bumper and lights? No.