Are retreaded tires safe?

[crosses]

I need to get some new tires for my car and was wondering if anyone know whether retreaded tires are safe? They are a lot cheaper, but how do they last? Or is it just better to purchase new tires? Any information would be helpful.

[miclason]

I used to work for a transport company and, we used retreaded tires on the trucks....they lasted about the same as the new ones, at a fraction of the cost...Never had any reports of increased risks or accident on trucks with retreaded vs new tires, either...

[Momtwo]

When I lived in NY, that is all we bought. They lasted great.

Here in AZ, I would not put them on my car. The heat is terrible on tires here!

[amomof4]

Here's my 2 cents. I quit having flat tires when I guit buying retreads. An old employer once said that I needed concrete tires & rubber streets. But I admit that a lot of improved techniques have come since the days of the dinosaur.

Of course, if it were me, I would buy a cheap tire instead of a retread.

[terry1156]

If you choose to buy retreads, make sure that you buy them from a reputable dealer. If you do that, I don't think you'll have any problems. I'd be very careful about getting retreads from a business that you don't know about well.

[MrsChambers]

yeah... Arizona here.. and my vote is NO!

[akaivyleaf]

The whole concept of something being retreaded or recycled when its THAT important to my safety and that of my family I would be too afraid to use. Think of how the rubber on the side of the road that we see when we're traveling got there. It has come from trucks with RETREADED tires. It just pops off at will, or varying degrees of road temperature and road condition, its not made out of a continuous rubber product, but rather placed over an existing "intertube" and if you've ever been behind a truck and see the rubber flying off, that can be quite dangerous for both your vehicle and for other vehicles around you.

For me, why take the chance, I'd rather have new tires than recycled ones...its a small expense for added safety, and I know some of you might say, what about Goodyears fiasco with Ford trucks. Well they were new tires, and there was legal action that could be persued under warrantees and I don't think you have that with retreads.

i've been using retreaded tires for years now and have never experienced a problem with any of them. as for the rubber on the side of the road from the "big rigs" the tires failure is caused by underinflation...and whether or not it is a retreaded tire has nothing at all to do with it. a brand new tire would react exactly the same in that situation as a retreaded tire so please don't let anyone scare you away from lower cost retreads with that statement...and as for the retreads coming apart in temperatures or conditions where a new tire does not i have never seen any documented proof of that... but if you or anyone else feels safer buying new tires instead of retreads or has had a negative experience with retreaded tires please feel free to buy them. as for me i will continue to purchase retreads as i have for years and pocket the extra money. and i'm not worried about retreads "vanishing" any time soon because everyone saying how unsafe they are has no documented proof of that as a fact...if it was a fact that retreads were so unsafe they would not be allowed on the roadway at all....although...you have to make sure you buy retreads from a company with a good reputation for producing quality products....it is possible to buy a bad retread from a company who does not care about making sure the retrading process is done properly....the company i have purchased all of my retreads through has been in the business for over 40 years and all of the tires i have purchased from them have outlasted others i have purchased brand new.