Dunlop SP Sports are the Tires that came on my 14 VW GLI and they are a defective tire. The sidewalls cannot hold up to normal daily driving. 3 of my 4 tires have HUGE bubbles in the sidewalls. Sure the tires have taken some minor bumps in the road, but nothing major at all. With a little research I found out that this is clearly a well documented problem with these specific tires. I called my dealer and they too told me that they have seen this issue multiple times.
I contacted Goodyear (Dunlop) and they told me to take my car to a GY dealer, which that dealer said they were caused from road hazards and wouldn't be covered. GY gave me 60 off a Goodyear tire anyway, which was nice of them I suppose. I was extremely frustrated replacing tires on a car that is only 9 months old. These tires clearly can't handle any road conditions and the Dunlops are $220. No way I would even replace 1 of these tires with the Dunlop SP Sports, people have and within weeks they are replacing another. VW should stop using these tires when GY makes a better tire, that is also cheaper. These things are junk, read any review and know that its not an isolated incident.
GY customer service was solid, I wasn't happy with their product at all and wanted more then $60 per tire but take what you can get and move on.
and of course my tire blew out on the way to have them inspected, go figure.
Dunlop SP Sports are the Tires that came on my 14 VW GLI and they are a defective tire. The sidewalls cannot hold up to normal daily driving. 3 of my 4 tires have HUGE bubbles in the sidewalls. Sure the tires have taken some minor bumps in the road, but nothing major at all. With a little research I found out that this is clearly a well documented problem with these specific tires. I called my dealer and they too told me that they have seen this issue multiple times.
I contacted Goodyear (Dunlop) and they told me to take my car to a GY dealer, which that dealer said they were caused from road hazards and wouldn't be covered. GY gave me 60 off a Goodyear tire anyway, which was nice of them I suppose. I was extremely frustrated replacing tires on a car that is only 9 months old. These tires clearly can't handle any road conditions and the Dunlops are $220. No way I would even replace 1 of these tires with the Dunlop SP Sports, people have and within weeks they are replacing another. VW should stop using these tires when GY makes a better tire, that is also cheaper. These things are junk, read any review and know that its not an isolated incident.
GY customer service was solid, I wasn't happy with their product at all and wanted more then $60 per tire but take what you can get and move on.
and of course my tire blew out on the way to have them inspected, go figure.
- jkeichl1, Glen Burnie, MD, US