Tire Wear

[frog2]

Hi Suzuki Owner
The dealerships are not the ones you should be approaching with this problem. Dealerships are instructed by the Regional Rep. What ever he says they do so the person you need to contact is the Regional Rep and better still Suzuki has a headquarters back East that has a national rep. I had his name in Canada but I will have to look for it. It will at least get the ball rolling and good luck.
Frog2

[frog2]

Originally Posted by TimMcCabe

justicecenter,

Not every 04-06 Aerio will experience the tire wear issue, only the ones at the ouside limit of the original rear toe spec (and even then, it's not every car). If there is an issue, it will usually show up by 10-12,000km's as excessive wear on the outside edge of one, or both of the rear tires.

Adjusting the rear toe to the new spec (2.6mm +/- 2mm) will fix the issue for sure. I'd recommend setting it as close the the minimum spec (0.6mm toe in) as possible.


Tim

Hi Tim
I had seen a TSB regarding a problem with Suzuki's repair/adjustement spec's for rear toe, but when I brought this to the dealers attention they told me it was only for AWD models. Do you know if this is true and where can I see the TSB online. Our car is front wheel drive only. I want to take our car to an alignment specialists and it would be helpful if I could pass on this information to them.
Frog2

[jljbtm]

My 03 has 88,000 miles on it and is now on it's 5th. set of tires, it does'nt matter what brand you get i have tried them all and each time i get new ones the old ones are pro rated.

[pmcn500]

Originally Posted by louiec62

Did anyone else have their tires wear out way too soon? 24000 miles on my 2002, I rotate every other oil change and I will have to replace my tires real soon because of wear.

I've just replaced my back ones..... 42,000 miles.... (67,000 km..?)
front ones were replaced around 30,000 miles.... (48,000km )

I have found though that the Bridgestones are the best wearing....

[jenni1395]

I bought my 2005 Aerio used (23,000 miles) in November 2006. Had 2 tires replaced in Jan 2007, 2 more in May 2007, and all 4 in November 2007. I have them rotated with every oil change. I was just told yesterday that I again need to have 2 tires replaced. I went with the orginal tire brand until last November. I bought 70,000 mile tires and have only put 13,500 miles on them. My Service people tried to tell me it was the way I was driving...Glad I'm not going crazy. I'll give them the info on the TSB (NHTSA #0211225) and see what they say then...

[petierk]

Originally Posted by louiec62

Did anyone else have their tires wear out way too soon? 24000 miles on my 2002, I rotate every other oil change and I will have to replace my tires real soon because of wear.

Hi, I had the same problem with my car and my dealership told me that they had a bulletin that suzuki send out to fix the problem, tell you'r dealership to call mine. Paul Blouin Suzuki in Augustan Maine..... or check for a bulletin in suzuki system ... I hope that helps..

[SUZI's ZUKI]

Originally Posted by petierk

Hi, I had the same problem with my car and my dealership told me that they had a bulletin that suzuki send out to fix the problem, tell you'r dealership to call mine. Paul Blouin Suzuki in Augustan Maine..... or check for a bulletin in suzuki system ... I hope that helps..

I had posted earlier on this tire issue. At 30,000 miles & 3 sets of tires (new adjustments at the dealer couple of times) I gave up and traded for a Ford.

[ninjaer]

Bridgestones??? Must be a steel wheeled sedan?