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have a 2.0 L 2004 New Beetle.
Only got about 25,000 miles out of a pair of tires and was told by tire dealer that my total toe was out of spec in the rear.
I have been rotating the tires about every 8,000 miles.
The tire tread was chopped - meaning every other tread in the pattern seemed to be lower than the adjacent tread in the pattern.
Here are the total toe for the rear from the alignment reports I have kept for the car:
2/26/2008: .61 degrees
2/2/07: .56 degrees
10/22/06: .58 degrees
The specified range is: .17 to .50 degrees
So the car has had total toe slightly out of spec for some time.
I do have it aligned every rotation because I have the 1 year rotation plan from Tire Kingdom.
So, the tire dealer is stating my tire problems stem from the total toe in the rear being out of specs. They said I would have to see a dealer or take it to a body shop for correction.
I spoke to the dealer and they said it would be $1,500 roughly to change the rear solid axle.
I checked with an online supplier and can get a solid axle for about $53.00.
The last report showed the toe on the rear left to be .14 degrees and the rear right to be .47 degrees. The specification is -.17 to .50 degrees on an individual tire.
Could the the total toe being .11 degrees out of spec in the rear be the cause of my chopped tires?
Only got about 25,000 miles out of a pair of tires and was told by tire dealer that my total toe was out of spec in the rear.
I have been rotating the tires about every 8,000 miles.
The tire tread was chopped - meaning every other tread in the pattern seemed to be lower than the adjacent tread in the pattern.
Here are the total toe for the rear from the alignment reports I have kept for the car:
2/26/2008: .61 degrees
2/2/07: .56 degrees
10/22/06: .58 degrees
The specified range is: .17 to .50 degrees
So the car has had total toe slightly out of spec for some time.
I do have it aligned every rotation because I have the 1 year rotation plan from Tire Kingdom.
So, the tire dealer is stating my tire problems stem from the total toe in the rear being out of specs. They said I would have to see a dealer or take it to a body shop for correction.
I spoke to the dealer and they said it would be $1,500 roughly to change the rear solid axle.
I checked with an online supplier and can get a solid axle for about $53.00.
The last report showed the toe on the rear left to be .14 degrees and the rear right to be .47 degrees. The specification is -.17 to .50 degrees on an individual tire.
Could the the total toe being .11 degrees out of spec in the rear be the cause of my chopped tires?
