Tyre wear

sevenhills

Just inspecting my tyres and a front tyre is wearing on the edge. It looks legal, enough tread, but the rubber on the edge is a different texture.
 It hasn't worn to the cord, what ever that is.

born_again

Looking at all the cracks. Time for a new tyre.

Might be worth checking pressures/tracking as well.

Bigwheels1111

On the side of the tyres look for a 4 digit code. 0720, 7th week in 2020.
Tyres with new eco make up do not last long.
3 year old tyres get cracks now days.
As for the wear, worn track rods, ball joints or tracking.
I used align my car.
4 wheel alignment, not cheap £80 ish.
Never had tyres wear on the edge agin in 80k.
Not a kwikfit job. Just wasting your money.

sevenhills

I bought two new front tyres around three years ago, they have a 2019 date. I have done less than 14,000 miles. This tyre seems to be wearing on inner and outer edges, the other tyre looks better. I haven't checked it properly, but both tyres have at least 4mm left. Not felt any play, but steering could be heavy. I will check it some more tomorrow.

marlot

If it's wearing on both inner and outer edges, it's been running underinflated.

KXL88

Either been cornering too much or underinflated. What's the pressure? 18psi? Generally tyre pressures are in 30s PSI. Know someone who didn't check of tyres since new for 3-4 year's maybe, was down to 15 psi! After my badgering they checked and put it to 32psi, much better drive! Uses less fuel too

sevenhills

I do check the tyres often, I generally have them at 32, a Google search says 29-36
They do often need pumping up, but never really get below 28

KXL88

Out of curiosity, which tyres are these? Also what does the tyre info card in the driver's door sill say?

Goudy

You will no doubt need to think about new tyres but as mentioned, get the wheel alignment checked.
Depending on what is out of kilter, you can suffer both tyre drive and drag wear that might not be due to under or over inflation.

Tyre drive wear means just that.
If a wheel is pointing toe in or out to much, that particular edge catches the wear but the other tyres will drag wear as they scrub across the road due to the wheel/s that are out of alignment.

FWD cars tend to toe out naturally, so the inside edges get more hammer.
If one of the fronts is out, it could start dragging the outer edge on either that tyre or the other on that same axle.

I doubt there's any adjustment on the rear axle, but it still needs checking as damage can cause similar issues, particularly if someone jacked it up on the axle beam.

They all need to point roughly (within tolerance) in the same direction, if only one is out it could scrub all the other tyres as it goes down the road.