Less than 10k miles, rear tires are good, but front will need replacement soon. Is this typical for c300 4matic?

 

19" Summer tires, right? Does it get cold in your neck of the woods?

 

That was the case for me even in a RWD C63. 15k miles and the rear still had room to go but the front was just worn. Also unevenly because they were under inflated during the winter months.

 

2015 C300 4matic with over 11,000 miles and all tires still in great shape.

 

what brand is it? Is it pirelli p zero summer tires?

 

those look like the continental summers

 

Yes, Continental 19" summer tires
I have the same tires on my E63 and at 15k miles they look much better....

 

Just swapped my summer tyres for winters. The car came with Hankook ventus s1 evo2 tyres been fine in use no complaints. But i am surprised at the degree of wear the tread is 5.8mm so i suspect they will need replacing after next summer. So far the car has only covered 9600k about 6500 miles so they are either very soft or the c is hard on its tyres.....it is a 250 diesel 4matic estate.

I had a glk 4matic 220 diesel previously and the summer tyres covered 22 to 24000 miles and still had 5+mm of tread left when i disposed of the car. That was fitted with continentals premium contact 3. The e class rwd i had needed new tyres around 18000 looks like thec will eat its tyres in the same way. Need to budget!

 

I'm seeing outer shoulder wear on my C400 with Pirelli RF's after 8500 miles of rather mundane driving. I'm going to bring it up to the dealership but I won't hold my breath for them to do anything. I think I'm going to dump the runflats when it comes time.

 

I am having the same problem. I talked to my service advisor today and he says that's common for the tires on the C-class to wear fast. I looked at him like he was crazy. I said I have only had the car a year and I need tires! They quoted me over $1100 for tires + $150 to install.

 

Can you clarify what does it mean "the same...": front tires wear out faster on the outer shoulder?
If yes, then something is wrong with the front wheel alignment...

 

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I have the same problem. At about 5,000 miles the outer edges of the tires were cupped, which increases road noise. The dealer replaced them with no explanation of anything being wrong. Now 4,000 miles later the new ones are cupped as well. I have 18 inch wheel with Continental rft. 4matic

 

I already replaced one of my front 19' Pirelli's due to a nail but my other one with only 7500 miles has to be replaced due to excessive wear

 

My fronts are just about wiped at 11,500 miles. Well, the outer shoulders are. I already took it in and they did a front-end alignment but wouldn't do anything about tires. I think I'll probably go to non run-flats and plan to use my AAA service if I get a flat.

 

My factory fitted Continental lasted 20K miles on the rear (about 7 months) and just on 40K miles on the front. The rears were replaced with Michelin and have now done 25K miles with around 4.5mm tread left on them; the front are now also Michelin with 5K miles and still look fresh!

 

I'm assuming your car isn't 4matic?

 

21'000 km on Pirelli P Zero fronts, replaced due to a savage pothole (figured replace both fronts at the same time) warping the sidewall.
Funny thing, the same place I was getting replacement tyres, an A45 AMG was having the same thing done from the same pothole on the same road.

 

I had the same problem with my Continental Sport Contact SSR tires. I contacted Continental and they offered me 50% off of my next set of front tires. Maybe you could try that and see what they offer you.

 

RWD

 

I bought my car C 220 Bluetec Sport under the Mercedes Used car warranty scheme with c.7500 miles on the clock and as part of my pre-sales checklist, I got the dealer to photograph the undersides of the car (both front and rear) whilst jacked up on their workshop ramp prior to me actually taking delivery. The dealer was 120 miles from home and I essentially wanted to be sure that no damage had been occasioned to the underside by previous (1 owner) before committing to buy. The car is well within manufacturer's warranty period. Satisfied that no damage was apparent, I bought the car, but on taking delivery I did notice that the outside edge of both front tyres showed noticeable wear at relative low mileage. I queried this matter with the dealer who shrugged off my concern suggesting that it might have been caused by over use of the 'Active Park Assist' feature fitted to my car. I monitored this wear closely and after a few months (approx 2,500 miles later) I noticed the wear was evidently increasing although I had only ever used 'Active Park Assist' twice, just to check it worked OK. I reported my concern to my local Mercedes Benz dealer who said that tyre wear was not covered by warranty as such wear is most likely caused by driver error, ie. knocking the steering geometry out of alignment and I'd have to bear the cost of having steering alignment checked and re-adjusted myself. So I then looked more closely to the photos as originally taken by the dealer who sold me the car and although not specifically focussed on the front wheels, they did show the wear present, as described on both front tyres. Armed with this Mercedes did agree to undertake a steering alignment test on my car. But importantly the dealer referred to 'new toe-in values', as issued by MB engineers at Bremen to be implemented by Mercedes Workshops after 04/11/16 and they confirmed that my car had been adjusted according to these new values. This to me suggests that Mercedes are clearly aware of the problem of excessive front tyre wear and have made some attempt to rectify the issue. However, as ever time will tell.

 

I have just had my Annual 'B' Service carried out and the condition of my front and rear tyres featured as an 'advisory comment' that although well within legal requirements, tyre wear is evident. As I take particular care when driving not to exert extreme braking or steering pressures, I am concerned about this apparent 'excessive' tyre wear issue with the C class.

 

Thanks for the info on the alignment changes made by Mercedes. What size wheels/tires are you running on your car?

I ask because I ran the 18" AMG wheels/all-season tires on my old 2015 C300 Sport 4matic...put 6,000 miles on them, and the tires front and back still looked brand new when I traded it in for my 2016 C450. Now on my 19" AMG performance tires, I started to notice slight wear on the front tire outside edges after only a couple thousand miles...which would be expected from a performance tire.

 

The tyres fitted are 17" Continental ContactSport 225/50 R17

 

I currently have over 36000 on the fronts of my W205 but changed the rears at less than 21000, admittedly I do carry around 150lb of kit in the boot/trunk at all times.