Bought car from main dealership last week and tyres in poor condition - advice please

Cracking would normally be from age which shouldn't be the case on a 192.

How old are the tyres? Guide here https://www.kwik-fit.com/tyres/information/tyre-age

It would be very unusual for two year old tyres to show signs of the rubber perishing. What is the manufacturing date (week + year) on the tyre sidewall? Are the tyres the brand shipped by the manufacturer? The tyres it wheels might have been swapped out, either by the garage or by the previous owner before trading it in. Either way they should be roadworthy.

Tyre place is pulling a fast one I'm willing to bet. How big are the cracks? small cracks on the threads are normal.

A lot of cars sat on lots for 6+ months last year, or longer. Could have been a contributing factor in pre-aging the tyres?

Tyre minimum thread depth before changing here is 1.6 mm so your tyres should be OK ..

Looks like off road driving there.Wouldn't perishing be on the side walls of a tyre? Would be asking the dealer to replace but as one poster said they might budget price tyres,so pick your brand and pay extra if needed-best way out of it

That's poor from a 2 year old Dunlop with 17k on them, if it was a dongwong I'd say fair enough!

The OP's post @ 9.12am state they probably are Dunlop.

Which type of Dunlop tyre is that OP? Pretty shocking failure for a 2 year old big brand.

Hankooks would be in the same kind of league as Dunlops anyway and are original equipment on plenty cars.

the cracking is unusual and by no means a result of not being a top tier brand.

Are you on crack?

I bought a used car from a Ford dealership.

I believe the guidelines the dealer signed up to were that all tyres should be replaced with new tyres but, i forget whether it was 1 or 2 that weren't.

The salesman told me that the car would sail through the nct and he'd put right any problems.

Car passed nct but there was an advisory on the tyre .. salesman said he didn't have to replace it as he'd only put right nct fails. Then he said, "tell you what, I'll call the mechanic over and see what he says."... Well the mechanic must have mistook the wink for "let's sell him a new tyre" rather than "tell him it's good for another 50k miles" because the mechanic said "aye, could do with a new tyre"

My only gripe with a main dealer and tires was with a parent on nearly new car between inspecting the car and taking delivery of it, one of the tires was replaced ( I assume due a puncture) with a new tire of unknown brand, obviously of much less quality than the other tires. Didn't notice it till a few months later when the owner mentioned to me about tire pressure warnings. When I checked the tires I discovered the tire swap. Was annoyed with myself for not noticing it. Thought it was very penny pinching on a 20K+ sale. Affected my opinion of that dealer ever since, we've never bought another car there.

Also reminds me of another experience of buying a cheap used car at another main dealer. The GF at the time was buying the car, and got a relative (mechanic) to check it out. I wouldn't have picked this car, but I didn't have any input on it. After getting the car, I noticed two things, wind noise I didn't remember from the test drive, and the radio was different. On inspection the drivers door frame was slightly bent. Obviously the radio was robbed in the dealers yard, and they made a poor repair. (which was bit odd since the original radio was nothing special) Car went back and they did a better job. But again I'd never go back to that dealer, knowing they hide this from a customer.

Though I heard a worse on, of someone buying a new expensive European brand, and having problems with the paint. On an independent inspection it was discovered this brand new car had been extensively repaired. Apparently a wall fell on the car, they'd repaired it and sold it as new. Can't remember where I heard that one.

This thread is more about tires. You can have bad batches of really good tires. Just bad luck there. Its not really a issue with the dealer since they resolved it. But you'd think they'd have advised better tires when selling it.