i had a 6th generation 4 cylinder, and i had those tires.. maybe he has a I4? btw, u sure its only 1 yr, 12,000 miles, dont quote me on that, i forgot what u wrote already, but make sure, cuz my manual i swore said something else.. and if its a defect, not ur fault they should do more than a discount. unless ur car is lowered, cuz than they'll probably never say its their fault. cuz i kno when my tires were messed up(due to being lowered 4 inches at the time), bridgestone local dealer said they would give me free ones(cuz i raised the ride to stock height, LOL), but than again, that was during that time with the Ford EXplorers, so maybe it was just cuz of PR(their public relations sucked at that time, bad image) they did for me.