I bought 4 used tires here less than 3 weeks ago because I had an alignment issue and all 4 tires were badly worn on the outer edges. The 4 tires they sold me were great and had a lot of wear left on them. I also had them do an alignment to rectify the uneven wear issue. They came back and told me that there was nothing out of alignment and it was good. I explained to the technician that I was was skeptical since all my tires were so badly and unevenly worn. He printed out the alignment results and told me if I have any trouble with it, just bring it back. My drivers side front and rear tire already starting to wear just as the last tires did. Today I went back and explained my situation.
The "service rep" that "assisted" me did nothing but make excuses. He tried to blame the weight in the back of the truck (maybe 200 lbs of tools etc) for the uneven tire wear. I retorted that I bought this truck new and now have nearly 100,000 miles on it and this has never happened before. He said they could re-check it if I wanted. I asked about the 2 tires that are less than 3 weeks old that have significant wear on the outer edge and a lot of they would be replacing them. He said that since they were used they would have different levels of wear and that he couldn't know if the 2 tires are worn or they just sold them to me like that. I retorted that I would not have bought them if they were already that bad. Further, I got my truck inspected the same day they did the tires and it definitely wouldn't pass inspection now.
He then told me it is not an alignment issue because the truck cannot be aligned in the rear, only the front. After listening to his back-pedaling and excuse making I just got in my truck and drove off.
I went directly to another tire company just down the street and explained what I was told. These knowledgeable service technician that the rear is, in fact, out of adjustment and that the thrust angle was out of alignment. They fixed it AND the front alignment that silence did not correctly handle and showed me the computer again and all is now right. Tomorrow I go back to buy 2 more tires to replace the 3 week old ones I got from Silance.
This turn of events is disheartening as I have referred several people to Silance and between myself, my son and my wife we have been to Silance many times on the past but this marks the end of that. Very bad customer service and short sighted from you Silance. And in the future you CAN adjust the rear axle, it's called the "thrust angle". Their tv commercials have a slogan; "at Silance, we'll get you going, fast". Well it's a true statement for me.... I got going away from them and their shiesty business practices, fast! read more