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Is that the inside or outside of the tyre ? It looks like its has lost a whole strip of the tyre, far more than just wearing badly. Possible vandalism ?
Cosworth2000 is correct, each wheels' alignment is somewhat isolated and adjusted independently. Their only link is through the structure of the vehicle. Any one wheel or any combination of wheels can be out of alignment. The way I see it is you have 3 possibilities of cause:
The tire went "bad" and failed, inside tread de-laminated
At some point you drove over something sharp and sliced the tire
Your toe adjustment is off causing the leading edge of the tire to scrub
These are questions without answers. One of these can be answered easily, definitively and with evidence to eliminate or confirm it as the cause, #3. Take the car to a shop that specializes in alignments, a true alignment garage. A process of elimination should lead you to your answer.
Of course you can also do nothing, throw another tire on there and hope for the best.
Cosworth2000 is correct, each wheels' alignment is somewhat isolated and adjusted independently. Their only link is through the structure of the vehicle. Any one wheel or any combination of wheels can be out of alignment. The way I see it is you have 3 possibilities of cause:
The tire went "bad" and failed, inside tread de-laminated
At some point you drove over something sharp and sliced the tire
Your toe adjustment is off causing the leading edge of the tire to scrub
These are questions without answers. One of these can be answered easily, definitively and with evidence to eliminate or confirm it as the cause, #3. Take the car to a shop that specializes in alignments, a true alignment garage. A process of elimination should lead you to your answer.
Of course you can also do nothing, throw another tire on there and hope for the best.
Good luck!
But I have read that rear wheels cannot be aligned, so it's wrong ? are you sure about what you are saying ? thank you.
But I have read that rear wheels cannot be aligned, so it's wrong ? are you sure about what you are saying ? thank you.
You posted a single picture with no further information, asking what could be the cause. I'm trying to help by providing my assumption and best guess as to the cause. I'm not saying I'm right, I don't have enough information to be confident I'm right. What you do with this info is entirely up to you.
Barring an outright failure of the tire, from what I can see the tread wear looks even, so I can assume your inflation pressures were good and your camber is good, so that leaves me thinking toe.
I can say is if it were my car, I'd be at my alignment dude right away eliminating one unknown variable.
@benzw205 Instead of arguing about what you think it is, may I suggest you take it to a garage and get them to look at it. People have tried to help you but clearly you have a different opinion on what the problem is.
Please do let us know what the problem was when you do get it diagnosed.
Cosworth2000 is correct, each wheels' alignment is somewhat isolated and adjusted independently. Their only link is through the structure of the vehicle. Any one wheel or any combination of wheels can be out of alignment. The way I see it is you have 3 possibilities of cause:
The tire went "bad" and failed, inside tread de-laminated
At some point you drove over something sharp and sliced the tire
Your toe adjustment is off causing the leading edge of the tire to scrub
These are questions without answers. One of these can be answered easily, definitively and with evidence to eliminate or confirm it as the cause, #3. Take the car to a shop that specializes in alignments, a true alignment garage. A process of elimination should lead you to your answer.
Of course you can also do nothing, throw another tire on there and hope for the best.
Good luck!
Originally Posted by Keith66
You posted a single picture with no further information, asking what could be the cause. I'm trying to help by providing my assumption and best guess as to the cause. I'm not saying I'm right, I don't have enough information to be confident I'm right. What you do with this info is entirely up to you.
Barring an outright failure of the tire, from what I can see the tread wear looks even, so I can assume your inflation pressures were good and your camber is good, so that leaves me thinking toe.
I can say is if it were my car, I'd be at my alignment dude right away eliminating one unknown variable.
@benzw205 Instead of arguing about what you think it is, may I suggest you take it to a garage and get them to look at it. People have tried to help you but clearly you have a different opinion on what the problem is.
Please do let us know what the problem was when you do get it diagnosed.
Sorry but I do not have an opinion, I am just trying to know more than the stealer who is going to fix it.
Just so you know.. the Part 3 can't be adjust really much as it lock in. I tried to get it to O but there could never get it there as you can't move it in on the W205 AMG cars.
I still don't know the cause but I found people with the same problem, so there must be a fix ?
had this happen to me, get it aligned. $100 solved the issue. Possible causes is worn out rear bushings (which ones, don’t know till u get it checked out)
happens often when lowering vehicle without getting an alignment after.
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