They should have told you about the rims when they put the tires on. Yes, my old car has old rims. Tire shop fixed and cleaned my rims for about 10 dollars, it can happen

You can air your tires up and put water or soapy water around where the tire meets rim and see if air is leaking. If it is, the rim is bent, rusty, or the tire was not installed properly. Take the tire off of the wheel and see if the wheel is rusty or damaged where the tire seals against the rim. Just because you can drive a car, doesn't mean that you know anything about how they operate.

the rims need a wire brush on them. you can deflate the tires w/o removing them. Brush all the way around on both sides where the tire sits on the rim.. Spray some wd40 or rust buster on the rim and scrub until smooth. Use some steel wool to smooth it after. Re-inflate the tires.

They can tell if the rim is out of round if they use the digital balancer.

It happens all the time. Get a tube installed on that tire. I do that all the time.

Yep, they are correct. Starting to happen now from cheaply made rims. Yes I know the wheels arent cheap but the process in which they make them is cheap. The chrome or coating they used is flaking off from rusting or corroding & causing the beads to leak instead of seal

The place I buy my tires uses a wire wheel on a small disc grinder to clean the rust. Then they coat the rim with a liquid rubber and install the tire. I have never had any trouble with leaks.If they don't know about this find another tire shop.

I've worked at a couple tire places and yes its common for the rims to be the cause of your tires going flat, either theres been damage to the rim such as cracks allowing for air to escape through it or sometimes theres damage on the outer edges of the rim or dents allowing for air to escape as well..if it continues i suggest just replacing the rims, theres no sense on wasting money on tire repairs due to them.

Got off of work last night to discover my brand new tire (less than a month old) was flat.

Took the car back to the tire shop I got the tires from and they are telling me that the reason the tire went flat is because the rims are so old that they are rusting and scratching up the tire causing it to go flat.

I don't know much about tires and I know even less about cars, but I have been driving for quite a long time and I've never heard of this being a reason for tires going flat. Has anyone else or are they pulling my leg and just trying to get out of replacing the tire?

At the moment, they charged me five dollars to cover the damage.