I Had a Flat On My 2025 Toyota Camry, The Toyota Dealer Charged Me $400 For One Tire, and Now They Tell Me It’s Another $800 For A New Wheel

In the photos above, the car is low maintenance.

Run on your spare tire and get a used rim /at the wreckers even if you need to wait a while. READ your warranty . Don’t be a dealers victim.

Tay should run as far away from whatever Toyota dealership she had her tire replaced at. Not for the cost, we all know dealerships cost more. But for the total incompetence and negligence of the individual that changed her tire and failed to notice a bent rim and if you do a new tire it’s common to do a balance, which would have presented the damaged rim. Run Tay run as far away from this dealership that you can. If they can’t do a simple tire change correctly, just imagine what the rest of the work they do on your vehicle will be like.

First of All, when you buy a new car driving directly to discount tire and buy the tire warranty from them it’s about $160-$180 well worth it I have been doing that for 15 years. As far as the tire is concerned, unless The rim is useless, most of those tire rim warranties Are very limited. And the rim has to be destroyed before you can get one by one of their warranties. So the next best thing is to go on the Internet, find a place in town that carries rims and they can usually procure a factory rim.

She destroyed that rim and tire. Who drives thru a consturction area?? Whatever charges occur its her responsibility. So sick of the poor me mentality. Tires have been expensive for last 2 years. Stock rims for any vehicle from a dealer will also be expensive.

She should've consulted a wheel repair specialist. There are svereal here i Atlanta, and they all charge a flatbrate of $150 per wheel. The cost includes everything, including paint. If you wanted to change your wheel color and have a bent wheel, it only costs $150. $400 for the tire is ridiculous, and she should've refused and told them to take it off and put the old one back on. She could've bought another wheel off ebay for what they were charging for the tire. Seems like should could really use the road hazard insurance. Seems like she needs to practice her driving.

Rip Offs !!!!

The prices you mention are pretty common and even on the low side.

Even with a run flat 300 would be on the higher end for a Camry wheel replacement, having a hard time believing they charged 400. Should have got an independent quote.

Same with the bent rim...you can generally get those fixed for about 400.

It's not the dealers fault when you bend a rim and have to fix a tire. Warranty work covers standard wear and tear, not abuse.

Probably could have got a new tire and fixed the rim for 700-800 at an independent shop

I purchased a 2023 Camry XLE brand new and I had to replace all four tires at 27,000 miles. The dealership wanted to sell me 4 tires at a cost of $850. Went to a local Farm & Fleet payed $750.00. No matter what cars you purchase today your replacing tires. At no time was information shared with me about tire protection. Total rip-off and the dealership didn't support me at all.

This is such a pointless post. $1200 dollars for a wheel and tire for a 2025 Toyota is fully in line with current pricing for factory parts. Anyone that says otherwise thinks they know more than they do.

Any person that thinks a cars warranty would cover them ramming a pothole or curb or something that would bend a wheel and puncture a tire should be at all events held be democrat lunatics

In all reality you never authorized them to perform the tire replacement in the first place. They made a mistake by replacing it to be honest. At that point they can and should have just good willed it. If the wheel was bent that bad, they definitely would have noticed it when they balanced it. They should have caught that during their road test...Poor quality work to say the least.

Number 1.... don't go to a dealership for tire work. Their rates are high. Tire shops have flat rate not hourly.
And B.... tires ain't cheap anymore. Plus with their hourly rate that $400 bill sounds about right. Shop rates are $150/h and up. Do your research beforehand. Due diligence and common sense are lost these days

You destroyed your car. To thi k that is under any kind of warranty is laughable . Should have bought the rim online and definitely not bought the tire from Toyota. They screwed you but you have to drive more carefully.

At that high price for a Tire and Wheel protection plan I would think there is quite an expectation that there would be an issue. Time to stop and rethink that purchase.

Who doesn't know the dealer cost way much more than anybody else. And who would take their car there to get it fixed by them? You deserve what you got

It's crazy to me that they moved forward with completing work without advising the guest. Perhaps some info is being left out? Maybe not. If not, I would have fought that. For them to replace a tire but not see the wheel was off or bent when balancing is strange. That all being said..The pricing isn't too far off what Tire rack would sell it for. $328.38 + call it $35 for mount and balance + ATL sales tax brings us to $395.72 + disposal fee for the 1 old tire. Brings us right to the $400. OEM Wheels are known to be expensive. Don't buy a new car without researching these things or without the extra $15-$20/month of protection for a tire and wheel package. Live and learn

Never, ever, ever buy tires from dealers. If you have Sam's membership, they have good deals usually, in my small town our local tire dealer is loads cheaper in tires and labor.

Should have filed an insurance claim

Even though I just paid $1,200 for new tires (From Toyota), we paid that amount (from Costco) for another vehicle.

A bent wheel can be straightened for much less. Check your area for this service

Any competent tire shop would have seen that the rim was bent out of round. Claiming the customer should have seen it is total BS!

Why would the dealer cover a tire? The rim was damaged because the car was driven on a flat tire. Should have taken it to a tire store. The dealer is probably trying to screw hou for the rim. Put a tire on it and if no vibration your good to go.

Sounds like tay got ripped off hard. That's ridiculous. Dealers always take you deep
Maybe you could learn how to drive better. That would save a lot of$ on rims and tires

You could have easily went to an independent. If the tire had 10k any distribution spot (Tire Discount or something like that) the tire build warranty would have prorated the cost. Next the wheel could be fixed on avg about $225 even if cracked. I have a wheel company and have bee seeing dealers do this for years. The only reason to even replace the sensor is if they broke it on removal of the tire or the sensor itself. Also, when the tire was installed the bend would have been evident in the balance stage. This dealer just took advantage. But dealers that sell reliable brands know they have the customers in the palm of their hand and will take advantage of the fact they are a fan of the brand. Next time just know if you didn't authorize the repairs you can make them eat the cost. It's all in the paperwork. The diag only let's them do that, the repairs are elective.

If she had a good man like me in her life, I would have saved her the time and money and not even spent half of what she did. 400 for 1 tire is outrageous. Dealers always charge more. It's how it's always been. Now she knows.

Tire and wheel damage are covered under your auto insurance for damage's because of road construction etc .unless you have a high deductible some may even cover it under comprehension part of your insurance.

Let me see the invoice. Guaranteed there's an alignment in there, which would be priced right with a new tire of that size. A new factory rim is also right at about 700 plus install and sales tax.

This article is a complete waste of time. Who doesn’t know a bumper to bumper means anything in between the bumpers that isn’t wear and tear items. Do you think Nike would give you new shoes if you wear out your shoes or somehow ruin them yourself. It’s normal. This is stupidity the culture we live in today.