Having same bald rear tire problem at 14K
Bought car new in Aug 2005 and Suzuki not helpful at all and even blaming US because dealer didn't rotate tires at 7500 miles during routing servicing!
I am filing every complaint I can, including FCC. This is outrageous!
It's obvious that there is a problem with the car. This is not a defective tire issue. Also went to Yokahama and they insist not defective tire and wrote a letter for me. THEY were the ones who mentioned there is a bulletin on this problem, which was amazing to me as SUZUKI denying.
In order to get on with my life, and after having spent 2 days at Suzuki dealer and on phone, I finally paid $600 for 4 new tires yesterday (at 14K miles) and I can only pray that the rear ones don't go bald again.
I did put better tires on the car but Suzuki refuses to acknowledge that there is a problem with the car and rear tire wear. Blaming the owner is NOT a good idea, SUZUKI! You will regret this!
My rear tires had NO TREAD whatsoever. And we have saved both tires as expect to end up in court or class action...
Car is auto AWD. Don't know if this has anything to do with it, but may help to have.
AWD is actually better for your tires,it prevents traction loss.
You and the others have an alignment issue,probably do to a defect in the design of the car.
You might want to take the car to a personal service person and have them evaluate the alignment angles on your car.They can print up before and after alignment, and you can see how close to straight they can get it.If they can't get it straight you have your proof.You will have to pay more money.But this will help in establishing your own proof of a defect in the design of the car,and not in the tires.
AWD is actually better for your tires,it prevents traction loss.
You and the others have an alignment issue,probably do to a defect in the design of the car.
You might want to take the car to a personal service person and have them evaluate the alignment angles on your car.They can print up before and after alignment, and you can see how close to straight they can get it.If they can't get it straight you have your proof.You will have to pay more money.But this will help in establishing your own proof of a defect in the design of the car,and not in the tires.
My 2006 Aerio SX has eaten all 4 tires at 14,000 miles...Dealer says he did a 'tiny' alignment but it's really Yokohama's fault. Yokohama says it was probably out of alignment when it left the factory. Local tire company said he just sold new Falcon tires to the twin of my car with 13,000 on it. I am not loving to drive my cute car any more.
There is a TSB on this from Suzuki. Take your car into the dealer to have the alignment done.
Suzuki has changed the spec from 6.2mm +/-2.0mm toe in on the rear to 2.6mm +/- 2mm
The upper strut mount was NOT properly aligned with the spring...It looks like they used two "right" side set-ups (the mounts and springs are identical, but rotated 180*, the spring was the mount wasn't) I replaced them with 2 aftermarkets and a new set of Pirelli P3000 tires (90K warrenty). Most impressed with the tires.
Re-alignment was of course required...man do I love Hunter5000 alignment racks...only took me 30 minutes and I am now spot-on.
Wow, thanks for last 2 posts. I am taking this info to my dealer. It's the best ammo I have had so far, so maybe we can get back to lovin' our Aerio SX. Southern charm just wasn't getting me anywhere with dealer.
After 3 hours in the alignment/tire shop I HOPE I have my problem fixed. You mechanical wizards will understand this better than I do----he had to install magna CAM kits, 4 wheel alignment & 4 new tires.....there was a problem with some 'bolts?' Evidently at the time of manufacture.
My private shop owner offered to sketch it out & explain to the dealer what the problem was but I said no, I do not trust the dealer to fix it right. So my private shop seems to have fixed the tire-eater. We shall see. Thanks to all your input on this matter (he read them all & understood what he was looking for).
Unless you have hit something, the camber bolts are not needed, and negative camber slightly out of spec is NOT the cause of the tire wear.
Excessive toe in on the rear is the root cause.
Make sure the alignment shop sets the rear toe as close to the minimum spec as possible (2.6mm+/-2mm, so go for 0.6mm toe in). This will fix the tire wear issue.
The small amount of negative camber on the rear is not going to cause outside tire wear (negative camber will cause inside tire wear). Only too much toe in will eat up the outside of the tire. The use of aftermarket camber bolts are not recommended by Suzuki, and can cause more trouble then good in the long run.
I own since april Aerio 1,4DDIS and after 15000Km rear tires are so good as not usefull anymore ... Tires in front of are in perfect condition. The rear tires have same production date as front tires . This why I suppose that it cann not be Yokohama tires problem.(all cars i had have until aerio showed oposite tendency--> front was wearing more speedy as rear side).
I hope it is setting of rear toe problem only because I like car very much.
I also had the tire wear prob on our 2004 awd aerio. After wearing both front and rears bald on the insider edge, at 20K the local dealer did the TSB for the wear, this included a new viscious coupler, new alignment specs and a brand new set of tires, not the geolanders this time around, some off brand (Republic) tires, atleast they were free. Seems to drive and handle much better, doenst feel like the front and rear are fighting each other. Cheers Mike T
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