09DWBJOUNEY Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 I just removed my winter tire from my R/T AWD and noticed inconsistent tire wear. Though it does not appear to be to bad. The right rear tire shows almost no wear. The tire still had the rubber nibs sticking out of it. The left rear showed some wear including very slight cupping on the outside of the tire. Is this typical of AWD. The tires were on the car for about 6,000 miles and are 225/75/16 Goodyear Wrangler ST that were mounted on Tire Rack steel wheels. Thank you! DWB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rixell Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 I just removed my winter tire from my R/T AWD and noticed inconsistent tire wear. Though it does not appear to be to bad. The right rear tire shows almost no wear. The tire still had the rubber nibs sticking out of it. The left rear showed some wear including very slight cupping on the outside of the tire. Is this typical of AWD. The tires were on the car for about 6,000 miles and are 225/75/16 Goodyear Wrangler ST that were mounted on Tire Rack steel wheels. Thank you! DWB No, this is not typical wear for a AWD. Cupping usually indicates damage to some part of the suspension. Do you remember hitting any pothole particularly hard? It could also indicate an unbalanced tire as well. Anyhow take it in to have your service guy take a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inuvik Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 No, this is not typical wear for a AWD. Cupping usually indicates damage to some part of the suspension. Do you remember hitting any pothole particularly hard? It could also indicate an unbalanced tire as well. Anyhow take it in to have your service guy take a look. I have over 18000 miles on my 2009 Journey AWD with the 19" rims and I haven't noticed any unusual wear on any of the tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadb1 Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 I got about 33,000 miles out of the tires on my Journey and they all looked the same. Very even wear on all, but I did make sure I rotated them myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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