October 2, 23 -
1st Issue: Paid $700+ for 4 new tires for my livestock trailer to be installed only to find out when I returned home, the tires were NOT BALANCED. When tires aren't balanced, it can cause all kinds of problems and none of them good. Unbalanced tires cause vibration and shaking on a trailer (or car) when you're driving, especially at higher speeds, and can actually be dangerous, especially when pulling a trailer.
An unbalanced tire causes bouncing up and down as the tire spins, which can make the entire vehicle feel like it's shaking apart. My animals could have suffered injuries from their failure to balance the tires. When I went in, I told the "Partner/Manager" that I wanted the best tires they sold because they were for my livestock trailer that I transport my animals in.
Maybe they figured a female wouldn't notice or wouldn't know. I'd hate to think they don't or fail to balance new tires for people which also creates uneven wear, it can affect your ability to control your vehicle/trailer, especially in emergency situations. Definitely not a good thing.
2nd Issue: Once I saw the tires weren't balanced, my husband called the Wixom Firestone dealer and told them we needed the tires balanced. Neither one of us could fathom they failed to balance the new set of tires. They said no problem, bring them back up. I had to drive another 30 minutes to have the tires balanced. When I got there, another woman was at the counter and was visibly upset as she had made an appointment in advance, told them she had to be to work at 4pm and they had assured her that the work would not be a problem - it clearly was, and she was really upset. The guy behind the counter told me to take my tires to the same bay I had picked them up at. The guy that failed to balance the tires in the first place needed to balance them (evidently as some kind of punishment?) He was on a conference call but as soon as he was done with that, he'd balance the tires and wanted to know if I was going to wait. I said yes, I'd wait. After 30 minutes or so, I went back in, was told to go back to bay 1 and they'd load the tires for me. I waited over 5 minutes, no one came to load the tires but 2 guys in the bays watched me take each one of the 4 tires and load them into the back of my truck without a word or an offer to help.
3rd Issue - I had requested the best tires they sold for my trailer and was looking at the Goodyear brand tire. I was offered a brand of tire I never heard of - he said he was putting those tires on his camper trailer. I asked if they were made in America - they were not but they were about $100 cheaper than the Goodyear, American made tires ($25.00 per tire difference) I said no, I want the Goodyear Tires.
I don't know if they do this just to females or if they are simply incompetent at their job. Whatever the reason, I would NOT recommend this place of business for tires based on my experience. Not one person apologized to me for wasting another 2+ hours of my time due to their incompetence. read more