renault clio tyre wear

john1963

i have a 2010 renault clio and the rear passenger tyre is wearing badly on the outside. i have been back to renault and they say it is all ok. 28km done so i dont expect this type of wear. has anyone any experience of this?

biko

I take it wheels have been balanced and tracked?

Deminiman

Bring it back to them an insist the do 4 wheel alignment.

john1963

has been done, they told me it could be caused by using roundabouts...... nonsense i suspect

Neilw

john1963 wrote: »

i have a 2010 renault clio and the rear passenger tyre is wearing badly on the outside. i have been back to renault and they say it is all ok. 28km done so i dont expect this type of wear. has anyone any experience of this?

Rear passanger tyre was always the first to go on my car too, did the same for 50k miles while I had it. Alignment was always 100%.

I blame roundabouts too

bazz26

Might be obviouse but has the tyre pressure been checked?

Joe 90

Id definitely suspect something wrong if the rear tires on any FWD car wore out faster than the fronts. Think about it, the fronts do all of the accelerating, most of the braking and probably most of the cornering.

Neilw

Joe 90 wrote: »

Id definitely suspect something wrong if the rear tires on any FWD car wore out faster than the fronts. Think about it, the fronts do all of the accelerating, most of the braking and probably most of the cornering.

OP never said the rears were wearing out quicker then fronts. 28k km is good for tyres imo, I was only getting about 10k miles out of fronts and 15k from rears.

RandomAccess

I thought I read somewhere about unusual wear patterns on rear tyres and how it was caused by stability control braking individual wheels.

I guess if you were chucking the car into roundabouts hard, then that could happen to a degree, but I suppose you would really have to be throwing it about to cause serious wear.

It shouldn't be wearing badly on the outside.
The roundabout thing is complete and utter horsesh1t.
If the tyre is inflated correctly and alignment & suspension is hunky dorey the tyre should wear evenly.

Neilw

RoverJames wrote: »

It shouldn't be wearing badly on the outside.
The roundabout thing is complete and utter horsesh1t.
If the tyre is inflated correctly and alignment & suspension is hunky dorey the tyre should wear evenly.

My left rear was always the first to need replacement, the wear was even but quicker than the right rear. Plenty of roundabouts on my usual commute so I would think that is the cause. Alignment and tyre pressure were always spot on.

john1963

john1963 wrote: »

i have a 2010 renault clio and the rear passenger tyre is wearing badly on the outside. i have been back to renault and they say it is all ok. 28km done so i dont expect this type of wear. has anyone any experience of this?

Neilw wrote: »

My left rear was always the first to need replacement, the wear was even but quicker than the right rear. Plenty of roundabouts on my usual commute so I would think that is the cause. Alignment and tyre pressure were always spot on.

Dude, in fairness I'm on about the OPs situation
They have an issue where the outside of the back passenger side tyre is wearing noticeably.