Recent Storms Unearth More Potholes Across the Bay Area

The caller rains person unearthed much potholes crossed the Bay Area, damaging cars and leaving drivers with costly repair bills.

Gary Mitchell, proprietor of Ross Tire and Automotive Repair successful San Jose, said he's seen a large spike successful customers coming successful with tyre and alignment damage.

"Fifty percent summation successful tyre harm and assemblage harm from potholes successful San Jose," Mitchell said.

For 1 Lexus driver, they were looking astatine $4,000 successful repairs aft hitting a pothole connected Highway 17.

Mitchell said definite cars are astatine higher hazard of damage.

"A batch of these Teslas and cars that we person successful Silicon Valley person the debased illustration tires, truthful it doesn't springiness you overmuch country for erstwhile you deed a pothole," helium said. "It goes close to the rim and it cracks the rim and the tire, too."

For others, potholes are conscionable a nuisance.

"Due to the potholes, we person to enactment aerial perpetually successful our tires," Elizabeth Olson of San Jose said.

If drivers are wondering what they tin bash if their car is damaged aft hitting a pothole, filing a assertion could beryllium an option.

"If they consciousness that the metropolis is liable for harm to their car, they tin record a assertion with our metropolis attorney's office," San Jose Department of Transportation nationalist accusation manager Colin Heyne said.

On California highways, drivers tin record a assertion with Caltrans.

Last year, the metropolis of San Jose repaired 3,300 potholes. If drivers spot one, they tin study it by calling 311 oregon utilizing the 311 app.

The metropolis said it repairs astir potholes wrong 48 hours of a complaint.