Audi: Abnormal Tire Wear?

"Mike" <com> wrote
 

Why? This can result in uneven tire wear.

 
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Can you describe the abnormality of it (or post a picture)? Also, what
size and model of tires do you have?

 
tires.

Such is 'beauty' of Torsen. It's best to replace all 4 at the same time.

 

Yep. Tire rotation is common knowledge these days. Although with quattro,
tires usually wear quite evenly, even if not rotated. Still, the fronts
wear out quicker because they do all the turning, so should be rotated.

 
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18,500 

Personally, I never had an issue with uneven tire wear. If you have summer
tires, 18-20K miles of life is actually not uncommon though. Whether
they're worn unevenly or not, they might be ready for replacement.

The fact that only one tire wore unevenly is strange though. If we exclude
improper inflation (since you said you check it frequently), then I would
look into the following:
a. alignment - dealer can verify if it's needed
b. worn suspension component - again, dealer should be able to check this
c. tire defect - this one will be tough to prove, I'm afraid, and if you
can get any money back, it'll be from the tire manufacturer rather than
from an Audi dealer, me thinks.

Good luck. Keep us posted.

Cheers,

Pete

"Mike" <com> wrote in message news:newsguy.com... 
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tires.

If would help to know what the wear /is/!

In general - more wear in centre = overinflation, more wear on both
shoulders = underinflation, more wear on one shoulder = tracking problem
(dynamic or static)

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Hairy One Kenobi

Disclaimer: the opinions expressed in this opinion do not necessarily
reflect the opinions of the highly-opinionated person expressing the opinion
in the first place. So there!

Just as a data point: I have a 2002 A4 3.0 Quattro with the original
Dunlop SP9000 tires on it. They are just about shot now at 33,000 miles.

-s

"Hairy One Kenobi" <abuse@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message news:<Kc2Vb.692$server.ntli.net>... 

Tire wear is certainly driver influenced, but inflation and rotation
are also major factors. I try to rotate tires every other oil change
and I always inflate to spec. Over air wears the tire centers and in
the quattros it seems to induce a pulse through the steering. Under
air (even a few pounds) seems to make the car feel like it's running
on flatted tires.
I usually get about 35 to 40,000 miles on my summer tires, I have
22,000 on my Blizzaks. Yes, they are pretty shot.
On one of my 100's, I had a couple tires wear unevenly and prematurely
before I realized that my rear struts wear shot. The extra jounce at
the wheels with a bit of out of balance shredded them real quickly.
You might have a bad front strut! Also, these cars are super sensitive
to balance. Be sure they are perfect to get the best wear life.
Finally, it may be the case that you had a bad tire or damaged the
belts by running over something or hitting a curb. In that case, the
tire can look fine, but wear out prematurely. I had this experience on
one of my A42.8Q's after I ran over a ball peen hammer at speed In
that case, I chased the problem for weeks to figure out what was
wrong. It wasn't until we concluded that the belts were separated that
I remembered hammering the hammer.

What are your driving habits?

33K isn't that bad on a set of high performance tires. Tire life and
stickiness are usually on opposite ends of the stick. The treadwear rating
is what..... about 280?

"Steve Thompson" <com> wrote in message
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On Sat, 7 Feb 2004, JPB357 wrote:
 

Yes, the tread wear rating is 280. I usually get about 100 miles per point
of tread wear rating (perhaps that's the point?). Besides the A4, I have a
Passat, and that got 30,000 miles from a set of SP5000's (t/w 300) and
20,000 miles from a set of SP8000's (t/w 200). My daily commute is 55
miles each way, mostly highway, mostly "above 55 mph".

-s

Steve, It sounds like you got good service from them. You can go to higher
mileage tires but... well... It all depends on your driving needs.

Do you have any need for snow traction?

I now have Dunlop Sport A2's on my '01 A6 2.7Tq. They don't stick near as
well as the SP 9000's on an offramp but I get traction in any weather, rain
or snow. They are rated 420-AA-A and cost $110 apiece installed in
Cincinnati.


Jon


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I am "happy" if I get more than 15,000 miles from my tyres.
--
Doug Ramage

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