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My OEM Tires are already worn out

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tornadog

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The goodyear tires on my 2010 Pilot are at thread rating of 4, according to my last service. I am at 17700 Miles, and my travel is mostly in city betwen home, schoola nd work, about 10 miles a day. No offroading at all and about 4-5 interstate trips. What could be causing so much wear?
 
Because OEM tires are garbage. My Bridgestones lasted only slightly longer. Replaced them with some Toyos, which I've had for almost as long, and I notice hardly any wear.
 
Unless the alignment is out then it could just be a load treadwear rating on the tire. What is the model? And if you can't tell then on the outside of the tire it should be imprinted somewhere (ex: treadwear: 300). It will be in small print, probably right alongside the rim.
 
If the wear is even, then there is nothing wrong with the alignment.

Most manufacturers put inexpensive and very soft (eg fast wearing tires) on new cars. They want them to ride as quiet and smooth as possible on the test drive and after initial purchase. @20K on OEM tires is not that far from normal for most cars.
 
Treadwear warranty?

My brother got his OEM Wranglers replaced with Michelin LTX tires under the Goodyear treadwear warranty. The Wranglers were gone in under 15K miles. It was a prorated deal.
 
how do u do the treadwear warranty. does it have to get to a certain number before they will replace it? on the goodyear page, I see 2/32 as the number.
 
Odd, OEM tires are usually the lowest rated (below 4.0) on tirerack, but the Goodyears on the Pilot actually have a 7.6/10.

Either way I'd get newer, better tires. Michelin LTX A/T 2, Bridgestone Dueler A/T Revo 2, or Michelin Latitude Tour look good.
 
tornadog said:
how do u do the treadwear warranty. does it have to get to a certain number before they will replace it? on the goodyear page, I see 2/32 as the number.
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We went to the dealer, the dealer sent us to the local Goodyear rep. They examined the tires and the alignment, and agreed that the tires wore out way too early. Got the LTX's for about half off.
 
Your tires should have lasted longer, given a tread ware rating of 440.

My OEM Potenzas are almost shot at about 12,000 miles, but those get thrashed on a lot and have a tread wear rating of 140...
 
LTC8K6 said:
We went to the dealer, the dealer sent us to the local Goodyear rep. They examined the tires and the alignment, and agreed that the tires wore out way too early. Got the LTX's for about half off.
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The dealer sent me to the local Bridgestone store. They told me to jump in a lake.

YMMV (literally and figuratively).
 
That's pretty bad. The tires on my '08 CTS had 36k on them when I turned the lease in and still had more tread than required.
 
Pretty bad? That's terrible.....the tires that came on our truck, Uniroyal Laredo, almost refused to die, damn them!

I wanted to get all the wear out of them before we replaced the set. Finally got them down to 3/32 and pitched them. But it took almost 95K miles to get them down to that point....almost 4 years. They weren't outstanding dry performers but really came into their own sphere of suck in the wet.
 
2010 pilot? isn't that a small SUV? what size and brand/model tires?

15-20k tires are nothing new...on cars with 17-19" low profile performance tires and aggressive suspension setups. on trucks and SUV's with bigger tires that usually have at least 12/32" from the factory? that's shit.

did you rotate every 7500 and maybe throw in a balance somewhere? as asked, are they worn evenly across the tire and all around the vehicle? also realize that one man's 4/32" could be closer to 5 or 6 (especially if work is slow), and you don't hit the wearbars until 2.
 
Not surprising, OEM tires suck. My girlfriends 09 Matrix came with Goodyear RS-A tires that started to feather real bad before we hit 10,000kms on it and we took them off at 17,000kms and 2 were down below 10% tread and 2 were at 30% but to feathered to be used.

We rotated them every 3 months and checked the alignment when we swaped them out and it was still perfect. Dealer would not warranty the tires, never buying another toyata again since they also would not warranty the battery that exploded.
 
Rifterut said:
Not surprising, OEM tires suck. My girlfriends 09 Matrix came with Goodyear RS-A tires that started to feather real bad before we hit 10,000kms on it and we took them off at 17,000kms and 2 were down below 10% tread and 2 were at 30% but to feathered to be used.

We rotated them every 3 months and checked the alignment when we swaped them out and it was still perfect. Dealer would not warranty the tires, never buying another toyata again since they also would not warranty the battery that exploded.
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I have no idea why OEMs pick the RS-A. Such a terrible tire.

EDIT: Looks like they are one of the cheapest available.
 
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