I have heard nothing but good things about this place. BUT I went there with my car and had them do an alignment and put on 4 new winter tires.
Well, first the guy said that the tires I wanted were not good enough and that he "wouldn't put them on" a car like mine (Mercedes-Benz). So, I agreed to get some top-line Nokian tires which -I will admit- seemed much nicer.
Well, after I got the tires I realized that they were filled with nitrogen; I never told them to put nitrogen in my tires nor did they ask me beforehand. They just went and did it. So, I paid the $1100 dollars and left.
I did notice shortly afterwards that my car shook a little -but I was told that was because of the "winter tires" (not by Warren Tire but by friends/family). Well, after about a month or two, one of my tires was super flat. So, I filled it back up and in the process realized that another tire was flat too. NOW, the nitrogen is supposed to stay in your car's tires better than air when the weather changes/gets hot or cold. That is the POINT; and that is why it costs more. Well, about a week or two later, the tires needed to be filled again. Mind you, I did NOT run over anything and there is NOT a leak in my tires.
So, when I brought my car in for a free tire rotation (every 5000 miles), they called me into the back. Apparently, my back tires were going bald in the middle and the sidewall of the front right one was wearing away. So, the guy claimed that it is probably the alignment causing the problem. I told him that he and his coworkers had JUST done the alignment THEMSELVES about 2 or 3 months prior. He then stated that it is from the tires being inflated unevenly. I felt like saying, "Yes, but that is because they leaked like a sieve!" Plus, the difference was only like 1 or 2 PSI per tire because when I filled them up, they were all dead even.
So, they rotated my tires and said that my warranty was "probably voided" because (A) I waited longer than 5000 miles to get the tires rotated and shouldn't be going any longer than 3000 with my car (well, they only do it every 5000, otherwise they charge you) (B) I did not keep exactly the same amount of air in my tires. Now I may drive a Mercedes, but it has no TPMS in it, so I don't know what PSI is in my tires unless I check manually. But I can tell you that the difference between the tires was MINIMAL. So, the heavy and uneven wear on the tires was immediately attributed to ME. They took NO responsibility at all. Again, it was because I waited too long after 5000 miles to get a rotation and didn't keep the same amount of air in the tires. Well, the first part is true....but the second isn't. Plus the first part doesn't matter.....tires should NOT wear that quickly no matter what!
So, basically I will only be able to use those super-expensive tires for ONE winter.
($1100 = One Winter from Warren Tire).....at least this was my experience!
So, I went to my mechanic the other day and he put my car up on a lift and said, "Whoa, you got to get your alignment fixed!" He said that the right front tire's wall being eaten up is from my alignment -not from uneven tire PSI. He said that my tires needed to be "toed-in" to run correctly, but they are not. He did not comment about Warren Tire, but I knew at that point that their alignment WAS the culprit all along.
So, long story short, Warren Tire messed up my alignment. My car has been making semi-loud tire noise and has been vibrating/shaking ever since. Plus my tires will NOT stay fully inflated for more than like a couple weeks -especially in the extreme cold. AND the sidewall of my front right tire is almost ruined and my back tires are going bald in the middle. ADDITIONALLY, my front tires are already a little bald in the middle because they used to be on the back before the rotation.
Instead of going good, offering to check the alignment again/redoing it, or even just keeping my warranty in place (rather than voiding it), Warren Tire did nothing to help. Nothing.
I have summer tires that need to go on my car now, but I am going somewhere else because I don't want Warren Tire anywhere near my vehicle. Even if they offered to do it for free to make up for my terrible experience this winter, I wouldn't do it because I would be afraid to let them near my car again. I am serious. read more