Irregular tire wear
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Irregular tire wear
Is anyone having issues with irregular tire wear? I have 20" Michelin Diamaris tires on my Premier Edition and the tires have been howling lately. I checked them and it looks like all 4 of them are wearing funny. It looks like the leading edge of each tread block is lower than the trailing edge. I have usually seen this kind of wear on cars with bad alignment but only on the front tires. I have never seen this on all 4 tires. I have a service A appt on Mon so I will bring it up then but I thought I would ask you guys.
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Is anyone having issues with irregular tire wear? I have 20" Michelin Diamaris tires on my Premier Edition and the tires have been howling lately. I checked them and it looks like all 4 of them are wearing funny. It looks like the leading edge of each tread block is lower than the trailing edge. I have usually seen this kind of wear on cars with bad alignment but only on the front tires. I have never seen this on all 4 tires. I have a service A appt on Mon so I will bring it up then but I thought I would ask you guys.
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Anyways, any other PE owners with 20" wheels or non-PE owners with 19" wheels having a similar issue?
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The Michelin Diamaris are a summer tire for Sport SUV's. My partner had them on his Cayenne and I believe they are or were used on the X5's. He replaced his at 15,000 and I remember him showing me that kind of wear and complaining of increased road noise as they aged. If you haven't already, check out tirerack.com for user reviews and see what others say. Best of luck!
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on Tire Rack. They have a 111 rating which is above the 110 rating on the stock 18's. I have them on my GL and am happy so far for the first 2000 miles.
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Experiencing the same problem
I have been experiencing the same problem, however I have th 19" wheels with Continentals. I had to have all 4 tires rotated and balanced at 1500 miles due to the "cupping" you described. At that time they told me it was because I was driving my GL in the raised postion occasionally and that unless I was off-road I needed to leave it in the lowered position due to the fact that in the raised position the alignment is off.
After 3000 more miles, all in the lowered position I had to have the tires rotated and balanced again once again due to the cupping problem. They checked the alignment and said it was fine.
Now with almost 6000 miles the problem is showing up again. If they don't fix it this time I will trade it for a Lexus LX 550 the moment they come available. (I've also had problems with the windshield washer container leaking and wind noise from the driver's door - the only thing they've fixed so far is the windsheild washer problem - the wind noise and tire problem are recurring).
After 3000 more miles, all in the lowered position I had to have the tires rotated and balanced again once again due to the cupping problem. They checked the alignment and said it was fine.
Now with almost 6000 miles the problem is showing up again. If they don't fix it this time I will trade it for a Lexus LX 550 the moment they come available. (I've also had problems with the windshield washer container leaking and wind noise from the driver's door - the only thing they've fixed so far is the windsheild washer problem - the wind noise and tire problem are recurring).
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I have the 19's with Continental's also with no signs of wear yet at 1400 mi. I remember at delivery, the salesman made a pretty strong point about leaving the ride height in auto mode as it will wear tires in the raised position. I didn't think much about it at the time. Maybe they are getting complaints of this happening. He was also adament about rotation at 6500 mi intervals or sooner. Hope they can straighten out the problems, best of luck to you!
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I, too, notice wind noise on the driver's door when the wind is blowing at a pretty good clip coming from the passenger side. It is very windy where I live and I definitely notice the noise coming home from work.
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I have the 19's with Continental's also with no signs of wear yet at 1400 mi. I remember at delivery, the salesman made a pretty strong point about leaving the ride height in auto mode as it will wear tires in the raised position. I didn't think much about it at the time. Maybe they are getting complaints of this happening. He was also adament about rotation at 6500 mi intervals or sooner. Hope they can straighten out the problems, best of luck to you!
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'07 GL 450, '02 S 80 T6
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I, too, notice wind noise on the driver's door when the wind is blowing at a pretty good clip coming from the passenger side. It is very windy where I live and I definitely notice the noise coming home from work.
Jen - do you ever drive on 118 when it's windy? I notice the exact same behavior as you described and was wondering if there was anything wrong with mine. But reading your post, I am wondering if the strong winds we have up in SFV are to blame instead of the car.
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There are days when I don't notice it, so I'm guessing it just the really strong winds we've been having lately. I was on the 14 again today out to Lancaster and didn't notice it.
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'07 GL 450, '02 S 80 T6
Originally Posted by Newbie_2_MB
the day I picked it up in Chatsworth
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There isn't. I bought it through my credit union (Premier America) which is in Chatsworth. They bought the car through an auto broker at Laguna Niguel MB and had the car trucked to Chatsworth where I picked it up.