I metioned by local Suzuki service that there is (should be)TSB on this issue. They sey this is not true. could You or somewho tell more details about this?
Or publicated it ? or send me? It looks that they do not have interess to keep me as customer...
go over to the aeriostyle forum and look under aerio faqs, there will be a list of TSB's that you can print out, just click on the one for rear tire wear, then you will have a hard copy to shove in the face of the service manager, I would get him and the dealer owner/manager in the same room, since they are basicly lying to you but the TSB for rear tire wear. Cheers Mike
The TSB was for North America.. it might not have been released in Europe. Different alignment specs are used for different countries, so it might not apply to your vehicle.
Just my 2 cents. I can confirm the issue with too much toe in on the rear for the Aerios. I had noticable wear by 16k miles and had to replace at 20 when one of them was getting a very bad wear pattern. The affordable tire shop in town had seen 3 Aerios over the past year or so all with the same excessive toe in at the rear when the car was placed on a rack.
I have the same problem with my 2004 aerio. Tires were bridgestone potenza and were shot after only 17000 max, maybe 3000miles left max. I have also done alignments and rotation regularly.
We have two 2005 Suzuki AWD Aerios and at under 30,000 kms, I'm on my 3rd set of tires, and am in need of new tires once again! My husband doesn't use his as often, and is on his 2nd set. I do also get the vibration in the steering wheel- most pronounced at higher speeds. Is there nobody that understands how dangerous this is? There have been numerous visits to the have alignments and replacement of viscous couplings, and still it conyinues. What other recourse do we have- other than spending our pensions on lawyer fees, or losing money by dumping them now? When they work, they're great fun, but as a retirement car- nerve wracking!
I think this is a problem with most Suzuki's. I had this same problem with my Forenza, and now with my Reno as well. Replaced tires at around 20,000 on the Forenza, and the Reno is at 22,000 and needs them replaced as well. This was with 2 alignments ans scheduled rotations for each. Seems like the vehicles are horrible with keeping an alignment. I think that it has alot to do with the cheap suspension components they use. I have also had problems with both cars losing air pressure from the tires quite often.
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We'd not be as annoyed if the tires went at 20,000 kms- but 4 sets in under 30,000!? And that's not counting the snows we had on last winter! This is really unacceptable.
Hi its me again. Im going to contact my dealer and suzuki because this is obviously not a tire issure but a mechanical issue. And if they give me the run around Im going to look into legal action and possible a class action suite against suzuki because so many other people are having the same problem! Im sorry but replacing my tires every 8,000 miles is not acceptible!
Wow, this is an old thread. As some of you already know by now Suzuki has attempted to remedy this issue by publishing a TSB, which for some (AWD vehicles I believe) calls for a new viscous coupler, and new alignment specs. Also, our DPSM (District Parts & Service MGR) has authorized tire replacement in some or most cases. See your dealer for details, or call the customer support hotline # .
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