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Front tire date codes are: 6JP0622 & 6JP1822.
I bought them in November of 2023, so at the time of purchase they were ~1 year old, and they're now 3 years old...
Wow, so those are good tires with not a ton of miles on them. I don't what would cause that, but thanks for the info. I'm just as intrigued as you. I hope we come to a conclusion here!
This manufacturer must have designed the tire with a special thin outer layer of rubber compound to save money. Looks as if you have begun to wear though that outer layer of rubber at those outer edges. Won't be long before that layer begins to come off in larger chunks and sheets. You may consider another manufacturer once you address the cars alignment.
Check the tire year of manufacture.
I seen a 6 or so years old, good brand tire has its sidewall broken off, due to age.
Yep, its like brittle rubber, BROKEN into pieces it did.All air is lost.
Inspect in detail the side walls innner side and outward side.
I had a similar condition on a tire early in my driving career (45 years ago)...
The problem was my driving rather than tires/pressure/alignment.
I was swinging into my parking spot at full lock at speed, which very quickly ground the outside shoulder off (and could chunk like that if there is sand/stone/gravel present).
At that age, replacing a tire was a significant expense, so I slowed down, and the next set of tires on the same car lasted around 30k miles with no outside shoulder wear/chunking.
Don't know if this is the issue with your tires, but it's what happened to me.
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Choppy Tires
