Lease Turn-in Inspection

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Well, had my lease turn-in inspection today with my MB E350. The process is different than my last one - they come to you first with an independent party to inspect the lease.

I have one “non-matching” tire that I got cited for. I called Mercedes, and I said no where in the contract that I signed did it say the tires all need to “match.” They agree that I signed nothing to that effect, but they still say all four tires need to match. I asked for a Supervisor to call me back, but no call yet. Trying to fight City Hall ain’t easy! I even called the Used Tire places, but they don’t have the exact match.

Anyone have this experience with “matching” tires?

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It’s a standard requirement, I believe. At least I remember seeing it somewhere in my leases (not MB though)

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What @Ursus said. With my Audi all tires had to match and have at least 4/32 of tread life.

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Ya thats pretty standard. You will have a very hard time winning that one

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can’t call around to all the possible used cheap-ass tire places and see if any of them have the tire you want?

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what kind of tire? i had good luck once buying new tires on ebay, they also have used there.

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It’s a liability for any car company to sell nonmatching tires because the stopping distance will be different and etc. I returned my Merc last month but I did spent $900 12 months prior to get all 4 tires replaced.

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I’ll keep looking for a match for the ContiProContact 245-40-18R 97 V at the used tire places. Worst case is I pay the $279 MBFS is claiming upon turn-in. But I still say the contract says nothing about “the tires having to match.”

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As stated earlier, I have had good luck on eBay finding all sorts of used tires

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I’ll check it out, but due to timing, I’d have to find something local listed.

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$70 bucks for a used one on Amazon. Ebay has them for ~$72.

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Thanks for the heads-up. I saw a nice one on Amazon.