Actually at 51000kms on mine, I think I'll hit 60kms before they hit the wear bars - not great, not bad for a full time AWD. Have no idea how anyone would do only 19000k on 'em.
Ps. have 2 new 16' Yoko Geolanders (off of never used spares) available to the best offer (located near Toronto)...
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'06 Grand Vitara JLX-L, RX8, Honda Fireblade, BMW R1150, Harley Road King Classic
We should think ourselves lucky about our tyres,my friend has an Audi Q7.His tyres have worn out at 6500miles and has been quoted £310.00 a corner to replace.
My GV is going in on saturday for new tyres at 24500 miles,not bad i think!!!!
£440 for 4 fitted and balanced.
We have the Bridgestone Dueler H/T 687 as stock. These tyres are terrible on wet roads. You can check their abysmal score from TireRack.
I'm trying to get the Toyo Proxes ST II or the Goodyear TripleTred which scored extremely well on wet traction and hydro resistance.
Well, I have these tires for almost 7 years (2d set is gone already) and use them as all season tires on Rav4 and really happy with them. We went last year to the mountains for skiing and no problems at all. On the wet road they do also good, I can make turns with the speed above 80 km/h. Also I posted my review on tirerack as well. However I know many peopla complain about them. I used to drive GV in Russia last winter with these tires during the snow and icy, so I can admit they are totally bad for winter. And I dont know why two vehicles have quite opposite opinion
You cannot align the rear ends on them! And who ever says they can is full of it! it is set to factory specks, and an alignment will not improve the tire wear. You all should look at a Grand Vitara from behind cause you can see why there is a problem with them. More than not, the right rear tire leans in just slightly, so really look! On what ever year too! Suzuki will not change the problem!
Sorry to hear about your tire troubles (yes, i did read all your posts).
I have approximately 25K kms on the OEM Geolanders and have about half the tread left and all four tires are wearing perfectly evenly. They've been rotated twice. My GV is an 06 MT with AWD.
I can't go outside to check if the right rear is leaning in slightly because its dark and pouring with rain at the moment, but I will.
The fact that one of your rear tires appears to have a different camber than the other reminds me of a problem I had some years ago with a 3 series BMW. The rear ride height was almost 2cm different from one side to the other. The right side was low and the right rear tire had too much negative camber as a result and wore faster than the left. I complained to BMW until I was blue in face but they insisted there was nothing wrong. My lawyer finally convinced them otherwise and when they finally removed the rear suspension and put the unit body on a laser alignment bench they discovered the trunk/suspension parts of the unit body had been assembled and welded together completely out of alignment. They chose to repair it not replace it (there are no lemon laws in Canada).
It just goes to show you that it is possible to have serious problems in the actual manufacturing process. Have you ever had your frame/unit body checked for proper alignment. Not the tires/wheels, but the actual body structure?
That's really interesting what annfan has to say about the possibility of a crooked construction. The GV normally has the rear wheels slanted in a bit at the top. Actually, it's quite noticable. I've seen an explanation for why this is a perfectly good arrangement, and lots of other cars have this.
But obviously both rear wheels should have the same camber. I can't imagine that yours, baya, is off, given the number of people who've looked at it. But I suppose it's possible.
Further, I understand it is possible to use shims to align wheels to get them the way they should be. I was close to having this done on the back axle of our car, which was wearing and cupping one tire badly. At the last moment a place found that the front alignment was causing the problem, even though the front tires were fine.
So if I were you, I'd get a body shop that has the right equipment to do it, to check the frame/axle etc. Even if you have to bring it to one of the big operations in Vancouver. This could be why your situation has stumped everyone who's looked at it. And it would also cause drivetrain problems such as you've had. Having one tire wearing so fast indicates the vehicle is always in an incipient skid, which is unsafe especially in the winter where you live.
I've said this before, though: If the tires are being rotated as per the warranty schedule, any such wear, abnormal or not, will be spread over more tires and so will be minimized.
Our GV has passed 30,000km with the oem tires. They're wearing evenly, and are down to 6/32" or 7/32" tread depth. I'm shopping for winter tires.
My Yokohama's were worn out after 60,000 km. I'm going with the Nokian WR All Weathers. Excellent reviews and one of the only all season tires that are extreme weather rated. The extreme weather rating means that they are accepted as a winter tire. In some of the mountain passes here in Canada, winter tires are mandatory (by law) when certain weather conditions apply.
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