Potholes keep popping up across CNY
DEWITT, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — As the snow keeps melting, the potholes keep popping up.
'Now, we start to see what happened to our roads over the winter. We are definitely starting to get phone calls and see the pick up now,' said Karl Smith, full-service area manager of operations for Dunn Tire.
Keeping business booming for body shops, like Dunn Tire in DeWitt.
'People are starting to hear stuff in their car, and when they are changing from winter tires to all-season tires, we see a lot of that also,' said Smith.
Smith says some of the biggest problems they see are damaged tires and issues with steering and suspension.
'The two biggest things are probably the steering and the suspension of the vehicle. As soon as you hit a big pothole or a curb, sometimes you'll feel the car pull or hear a noise, and the other one is an impact damage to the tires. An impact damage is when they hit a pothole and you get like an egg or a softball size bubble on the tire, and that is something they can easily notice,' said Smith.
Smith says many times, drivers don't even notice the damage until days later.
'Sometimes, the vehicle will pull to a certain side, if it hasn't before. All of a sudden when you let go of the steering wheel a little pull to either the right or left that is something and also you'll kind of hear that noise. It's like a mild clunk,' said Smith.
Smith also says it doesn't matter if the pothole is big or small, it can do plenty of damage.
'A common misconception is that my car is going straight down the road, so the alignment is fine. But it really can be off just a little bit, and that will really affect your tire wear and your tires will wear much sooner than they would've before,' said Smith.
If you happen to get your rims rocked by a pesky pothole, it's better to be safe than sorry.
'It's much better to get your vehicle checked out sooner, rather than later, because you could go from a low-cost repair to something much more costly if you let it wait,' Smith said.
If you happen to spot a pothole in Syracuse, the city welcomes you to report it here.
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