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My daily driver has ruined 2 sets of rear tires in 40,000 miles...
At 18,000 miles I brought my beater to the dealer to address a wobbling coming from the rear of the car, I figured a wheel bearing went bad. They checked out the car and told me the rear tires were shot (fwd car). They were visibly wavy and if you ran your hand over the treads you could feel the peaks and valleys. They then asked if I had rotated the tires and being a dumb ass I said no, so they blamed it on that and sent me on my way. I told them I was going to rotate them at 20k, but they told me that 10k was more the norm.
I replaced all 4 tires, assuming that if the backs were bad due to my lack of rotation then the fronts were on their way out too. After 10k I rotated the tires, and all was well. After the next 10k I rotated them again. Once again, the rear tires were wavy and riddled with bumps (but the fronts were fine). I couldn't even drive over 60 mph with them on the front the shaking was so bad. So I put the fronts back on the rear.
So tomorrow I'm bringing it back to the dealer but I don't know how I can convince them something is wrong with the rear suspension and its killing tires very prematurely. These are regular all season tires with a treadwear rating of 300 (or 400, I can't remember right now).
Am I screwed since this is going to be hard to prove?
Oh, and by the way, yes this is simple tire tech, but this is the first car I've ever owned for more than 10,000 miles. :thumb:
Eddie
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