Hyundai i30 – Tyres wearing unevenly on inside

oakshade

Hello,

I have a Hyundai i30 (2013, 32K km, 1.6diesel), ex-fleet. At the 30K service, the garage picked up that the tyres are wearing unevenly. The inside of the tyres were pretty bad even though I had at least 3mm of thread on top. The tyres were replaced and the tracking aligned, all good.

The wear was so bad that I was suspicious and took some photographs. I know the Irish roads are a disgrace but I’m not the kind of driver who jumps kerbs and drives into pot-holes at speed. I was chatting to a mechanic friend of mine lately and he was telling me that he had heard of uneven tyre wear issues with both Hyundai and Kia models.

Has anyone else experienced this or is it just speculation from a mechanic?

CiniO

I'd say it was due to wheels being misalligned.
Now once wheel allignment was corrected, everything should be fine.

Jayop

You could be the best driver in the world (at least in your own head) and it doesn't mean you haven't hit a pothole in the 30k the car has driven. It could also be down to under/over inflation of the tyres. If there was a mechanical problem it would be discovered wither at the service or when getting tracking done.

99% the car is fine. Just check your tyres more frequently and don't wait for the service before you look for uneven wear.

Interslice

Is it front or rear? Could be wear in the suspension.

Jayop

Interslice wrote: »

Is it front or rear? Could be wear in the suspension.

On a one year old car with 30k?

Surely if there was wear on something like the track rods the service would have showed it up. The tyres were close enough to 3mm anyway by their own admission so it wouldn't take much misalignment to make them look terrible on the inside.

bazz26

Excessive inside tyre wear is generally alignment off. It may never have been checked prior to the OP ownership. Just keep a regular check on the wear pattern of the new tyres.

Interslice

Jayop wrote: »

On a one year old car with 30k?

Surely if there was wear on something like the track rods the service would have showed it up. The tyres were close enough to 3mm anyway by their own admission so it wouldn't take much misalignment to make them look terrible on the inside.

3mm at the centre and bald on the inside doesn't sound right. Was getting more at the wisbones causing negative camber rather the track rods which would affect the toe.

JohnBoy26

Jayop wrote: »

On a one year old car with 30k?

Surely if there was wear on something like the track rods the service would have showed it up. The tyres were close enough to 3mm anyway by their own admission so it wouldn't take much misalignment to make them look terrible on the inside.

I've not seen it on a Hyundai but i've seen worn suspension items on a few relatively new mazdas with less than 30k done :eek:

Jayop

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

I've not seen it on a Hyundai but i've seen worn suspension items on a few relatively new mazdas with less than 30k done :eek:

I used to work in the trade with BMW, Hyundai, Renault, Ford, and Volvo and I've seen suspension items go on them all with low mileage. If the car was serviced at a main dealer though they would have changed them if they were gone so they could claim the warranty on them. Just the description in the OP sounds like nothing more than misalignment.

oakshade

Interslice wrote: »

Is it front or rear? Could be wear in the suspension.

Front tyres

DaveJac

tracking out, poor tyre pressures id say nothing to worry about, new tyres and tracking done should be fine, tyres were probably on there last legs anyway with 30k on them,

some people seem shocked to see a year old car with 30k thats not much really have seen a few reps cars with 30k clocked up in a few months, had one guy in last year had 27k done after 3 moths got his car in jan back in for his first service start of april nuts he was covering the whole country living in the car more or less

oakshade

DaveJac wrote: »

some people seem shocked to see a year old car with 30k thats not much really have seen a few reps cars with 30k clocked up in a few months, had one guy in last year had 27k done after 3 moths got his car in jan back in for his first service start of april nuts he was covering the whole country living in the car more or less

I do approx 1000km a week :-(