Feathering tires only 8000 miles, 2018 cm

I'll be sure to Mark it tomorrow before it goes in.

 

Check this out for some help

 

yea i know, but it's not just wearing, there's uneven wear on each thread, like it dips and then lifts. Also at times down a clean flat straight away i can feel the truck bounce a little. hopefully they can figure this out as it's currently at the dealership.

 

Sounds like balance is out of whack

 

I had the same issue (Same Sport and same tires). The outside edges feathered and wore down much faster than the rest. I rotated every 5,000 miles to try and even it out, but still had to replace them at 38,000 miles. The center part of the tire still had decent life left, but the shoulders were worn almost all the way down.
I replaced with Cooper AT3 XLT tires. I only have a couple thousand miles on them, but so far it looks like it wearing good. On the OEM Bridgestones I had to take it back to the dealer within 2000 miles from buying the truck to have the alignment checked - I could see the feathering almost immediately on the brand new tires. They adjusted the alignment, but it kept wearing like that.

 

Interesting, good to know. What was your PSI? I wonder if bumping it up would help long term. I don't mind if they last 30k.. I just don't want to replace them at 20k or so. But at the rate i'm racking up miles, it may be another 2 yrs. I only drive 10-12k / yr.

 

Could be.. Esp if the right side (passenger front) shows more wear.

 

They were very low, I think 28 when I bought the truck. After the first 2,000 miles and already significant wear I upped it to about 36 or 38 - somewhere around there. It was better, but still wore at the shoulders. I probably could have gotten more miles out of them, but I installed a leveling kit and decided to do the new tires at the same time ( I bumped it up 2 sizes on the sidewall height from 55 to 65) The 55 tires would have looked silly with the 3" lift, so I bit the bullet and just added the new tires at the same time. I am sure I would have been able to get at least 42,000 or maybe stretching it to 45,000 if I really wanted to, but there would have been nothing left on the shoulders at that point.

 

Mine was also more on the passenger front. It is typical. The roads are built with a 2% cross slope for drainage. Due to this your truck always wants to wander to the right. Good alignment specialist will actually keep this in mind when doing an alignment. However, due to this sideways force and you having to slightly steer to the left to keep going straight, it is typical for almost all vehicles to wear out the front passenger side more than the others. I just walked through our yard here at work where we have a dozen or so trucks parked, and almost all of them (Chevies and Fords) have the front passenger tires worn more than the rest, and also almost all of them the outside shoulder. It is not always significant enough to notice if you just walk past it, but it is there when you measure it.

 

My wife’s 2019 Honda Pilot has Bridgestone, I think same model. If you check the reviews online many are oem and reporting only 20k tread-life across car brands. When I first read this thread I wanted to blame the tires, and I still do. Therefore I am posting to blame the crap tires not the truck. In 9k miles no problems to report with our tires, but I am constantly checking them. FWIW I was and still am prepared to replace the stock tires on the Pilot at 20-30k miles because of the significance of reviews I read online pre-purchase. Good luck, thanks for sharing.

 

No problems here with 41k on odo and with BFGs at 46-50 psi. I think it might be the tire pressure is too low.

 

Once the tire wears unevenly, then there is no bringing it back.

What exactly is a Kerb?

 

I remember years ago my jeep tires feathered due to the toe being out of spec. That is a possibility too

 

A kerb is a curb. The rest of the world call it that. USA is always different than everyone else.

 

kerbie!

Jk, aside from the jokes. I think there's some logic in that. But my 2016 Silverado had the same or similiar bridgestones, I didn't see that problem after 24k miles. So no it's not just the tires. I know OEM mfg's like to use the cheapest tires possible but this isn't happening to my wife's 2019 Ascent (with 8500 miles and we travel on the same roads all the time) or to my coworkers 2017 F150. So, I don't think it's the road per se.

I'll know shortly what they think the problem is. I hope, if they don't find any solution, I will just inflate it to 40psi. Again, this wasn't as noticeable the first 5000 miles before the oil change. It quickly went downhill after that, basically in the last 3000 miles.

and I always see the dents, scratches, wheel/tire curb marks that my wife doesn't see.. so I do notice things that wasn't there before.

 

Different colour strokes for different flavour folks.

 

UPDATE. The dealership called and said they checked alignment and everything is within tolerance. So that leaves the only other option, inflate the tires to higher PSI. I will likely just pump it to 40psi on all 4. I could get a second option at a real shop but i'm not sure if I wanna pay them just to check or take time off work just to do this.

Best case, helps with the feathering/uneven outer wear,
Worse case, Nothing happens and tires are stupidly wearing fast and won't last 25k. I'm ok with the latter too, I have no problems buying new tires if the old ones no longer good.

At least they got the recalls done with this too.

 

Does your truck have the factory 20" wheels? That's what I have on my truck, but 40 PSI seemed like to much air pressure to me. Truck rode rough, so I lowered mine to 35-36 and seemed to smooth things out. Maybe I'll need to go back to 40 PSI too.

 

Yes, all stock 20" wheels & tires.
I think it was higher when I bought it, I think I lowered it but I don't recall. When it was in for service last time, I think they adjusted the PSI I'm not 100% certain. Right now it's 32 cold, 33-34 warmed up. I could try 36 or so.. i will check it later when i pick it up.

 

I am running 275/65/20 [BFG KO2s] at 40 psi. I wonder how many on here are running similar sized tires at higher than that? I'm having no wear problems, so ... but I don't think 5 more psi is too much, either.

 

My factory OEM tires became dangerous at 15k miles. Start saving for some new treads.

Any PSI over 35 and I start losing rear teeth. 32-35 is the sweet spot. Your next set of quality new tires should last longer and not wear badly like the factory crap even with lower pressures.

 

I inflated the tires to 37. The tire says do not inflate over 40psi.

Money is not the issue , I just can't reason with the wife that I need new tires until these are shot! Like she says I don't need Android auto or mod cause my truck is new.

If they need replacing it won't be a problem then.

 

Are you sure that it says max is 40 and not 44? I tried 30 psi up front and my sidewalls were almost touching the pavement. I bumped them up to 35 on all 4 and she rides better for sure and the tires are wearing evenly. Also, at 30, the fronts were wearing on the outsides and cornering was sloppy. But, like a previous poster stated, anything around 40 will cause your fillings to fall out whenever you hit a large bump.

 

the side wall shows do not inflate over 40 PSI. Sorry no photos at the moment. I inflated to 37 on my digital meter but the TMPS monitor shows only 35-36. I'll try that for a while.

 

That is what I thought on a F150 I had. Some F150s were real tire eaters and this one was one. It turned out that the problem was lower ball joints.

 

Quite true, so how do I go about finding the problem? If the dealership refuses to do that check? I can't force them. Taking it to another dealership means time I need to take off work - just a hassle. The dealership I bought from is 35 miles away, little too far but i bet they would treat me better since I bought it from them.

 

Being a Ford I'm not surprised. Always the lower ball joints. On my last two this happened.

 

I have the same exact tires on my 2023 and have “feathering” at 5k miles. Variable speed vibrations and bumpy on flat roads just like you had. Did you ever get new tires and it was fixed?

 

The sad part is when I called a Ford dealer and told them I only had 33k on the truck they said I was fortunate some only make it to 25k.