PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE HELP! 2008 Mazda 3

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I had 4 new tyres (Evergreen make @ £65 each) fitted, within weeks of buying my current car.

Approx 5,000 miles later, they still look brand new.

Either there's something wrong with alignment/suspension, or you are Jeremy Clarkson, and the car is really a McLaren SLS.

Iceweasel

Exactly what brand are these tyres and what pressure do you set them at?


Could you post a pic of the tread?

agrinnall

Trillionaire wrote: »

1. I have it serviced & MOT'd at a reputable garage every year. I asked them about this but they said that some cars are just like that! They mentioned something about a BMW model having this problem.

But BMWs are rear wheel drive, so you'd expect their rear tyres to wear more quickly than the fronts - although I seriously doubt if there is any model that has the sort of wear rate you describe when driven in anything approaching a normal manner (i.e. not by the Top Gear team in hooligan mode). Which to my mind calls into question just how reputable the garage you are using really is.

scotsbob

Go to the Mazda 3 users group forum and ask there. There will be a member living near you who will advise. Also ask for help on that forum and see if others have had the problem.

http://www.mazda3forums.co.uk/

More specifically look on the wheels and tyres section of that forum

http://www.mazda3forums.co.uk/index.php?PHPSESSID=f9f28c63aae6ac1383a90e4f3f95220a&board=22.0

facade

I had a similar problem on my nissan note, but it only took the outside edges off the tyres, turned out the rear wheels had far far far too much toe-in, miles outside the manufacturers spec. Some shims seem to have fixed things though.

Out of interest, and so we can shake our heads and tut-tut, what are the first two letters of your VIN number?

If it starts with a J then you have a made in Japan model.
L is China
There are some more exotic possibilities......

Trillionaire

Iceweasel wrote: »

Exactly what brand are these tyres and what pressure do you set them at?


Could you post a pic of the tread?

My hubby changed the tyres today as he said they were illegal.

Trillionaire

scotsbob wrote: »

Go to the Mazda 3 users group forum and ask there. There will be a member living near you who will advise. Also ask for help on that forum and see if others have had the problem.

http://www.mazda3forums.co.uk/

More specifically look on the wheels and tyres section of that forum

http://www.mazda3forums.co.uk/index.php?PHPSESSID=f9f28c63aae6ac1383a90e4f3f95220a&board=22.0

Thank you for this info. I will get my hubby to join & post the question.

AdrianC

Trillionaire wrote: »

1. I have it serviced & MOT'd at a reputable garage every year.

There ain't no way it should be killing rear tyres in 4000 miles. Sure, cheap rubbish tyres will die more quickly than decent brand - and not grip as well on the way - but, even so. You should be expecting at least five times that life.

But wearing _evenly_? That's a puzzle. Definitely get a full four-wheel computerised alignment done from somewhere truly reputable. NOT a national as-seen-on-TV chain. I'd expect to pay up to £50ish for that. It's not a routine part of a service or MOT, but given that you've just wasted several times that on rubber, it's a no-brainer.

IamNotAllowedToUseMyName

agrinnall wrote: »

But BMWs are rear wheel drive, so you'd expect their rear tyres to wear more quickly than the fronts - although I seriously doubt if there is any model that has the sort of wear rate you describe when driven in anything approaching a normal manner (i.e. not by the Top Gear team in hooligan mode). Which to my mind calls into question just how reputable the garage you are using really is.

FWIW on my old Merc it still wears out fronts quicker than rear, all that steering and braking load. The difference is on all my front wheel drive cars the rear seem more likely to perish or puncture than ever wear out, 30k miles easy.

Ultrasonic

IanMSpencer wrote: »

The difference is on all my front wheel drive cars the rear seem more likely to perish or puncture than ever wear out, 30k miles easy.

This doesn't help the OP, but in case this is still what you are experiencing I'll just mention the following. The next time you need to replace your front tyres, swap your existing rears to the front and put the new tyres on the rear. This is recommended for safety, but it also has the effect of getting full wear out of the rears rather than throwing them away on the basis of age.