Table 1 shows two common tire related problems of the 2007 BMW 550.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Tire Bead problems | |
| Tire problems |
While driving at highway speeds on the nys thruway, I hit a very small pothole and both right side tires ruptured at the tire bead. At least twenty other cars passed over the same pothole and no damage was done to their tires. The tires partially separated from the rims making driving the extremely hazardous. Even though the cars has run flat tires, the tires separated so far from the bead it made driving the car dangerous. This is the third time small objects in the roadway caused these runflat tires to rupture dangerously on very small potholes. Had I continued driving on them as stated by BMW, they would have separated from the rims and caused an accident.
Rear tires on my 2007 BMW 550i wear dangerously low on the inner tire vs. The part you can see.