Do you regularly use multi-storey car parking - this was the cause of similar tyre wear on my son's car when he had a job in Leeds city centre that came with a car park space - up the spiral to the right every day and down to the left; both outer edge worn but not the tracking (checked)!
Do you drive over speed cusions / blisters , about a meter wide and square?
It's been known as far back as 2009 that these cause serious inner tire wear.
Advice has always been to straddle them , one wheel middle , other wheel in road where possible .
They are designed for lorries and fire engines to go over quickly but they do damage car tires if you go over them centrally .
You don't say whether it's both edges, or just inside/outside edges, front/back wheels. There could be a number of causes:
If it's both edges of the tyre it's usually a symptom of underinflation. Remember that tyre pressures must be increased for heavier loads.
If it's just outer edges of front wheels it may be down to aggressive cornering (the car is, I believe, normally in front wheel drive - at least assuming it's similar to the FL2 - and this is a known characteristic of fwd cars).
Pirelli tyres have been known to show more edge wear than other makes. The Pirellis on my FL2 showed edge wear, but the Vredestein Wintrax did not.
If it's only inner/outer edge it may be alignment. Four wheel alignment by a specialist should help.
I'm assuming the car hasn't had an accident or severe kerbing which could have altered the basic geometry!
Are they the Goodyear Wranglers?
Same happened to mine, and also a number of others in Australia https://www.aulro.com/afvb/l550-discovery-sport/245857-oem-tyres-not-fit-purpose.html
Dealer blamed overinflation AND underinflation, and using them on gravel roads! None of which I'd done. Then he did a wheel alignment (under warranty) but they still kept doing it. So eventually he just shrugged and said that's normal wear for those tyres, they're not dangerous, and offered to sell me a set of better ones :roll:
My suspicion is that big tyre manufacturers scrimp on the tyre compounds they use on the ones they sell to the car companies to stay competitive on price, and that cheaper compounds are harder and chip more easily. No evidence to base this on, just my personal theory
The dealer is right about one thing tho' - I've not had any issues with safety - the DS is still by far the most surefooted car I've owned, and despite the surface chipping they're still going strong at 40,000kms (about 25,000 miles).
They are Pirelli Scorpion Verde AS. Seams odd it is only the front tyres and it is definitely not over or under inflation, as I check them every week now. My local dealers aren't interested at all.
They are Pirelli Scorpion Verde AS. Seams odd it is only the front tyres and it is definitely not over or under inflation, as I check them every week now. My local dealers aren't interested at all.
Not strange at all that it's just the fronts. They are the drive wheels the majority of the time, take more of the braking force, also steer, so the scrubbing forces are much greater on the front than the back. And I'm guessing that greater scrubbing forces plus an unusually hard rubber compound are the cause of the chipping. Mine was the same - front only, and the first thing my dealer did was to swap front to back and sure enough the new fronts (if you see what I mean) started to chip exactly the same.
LR wouldn't entertain a warranty claim so I've just kept using them, and the chipping doesn't seem to have adversely affected the overall life as I'm at 40,000 kms now and still have a good 4mm of tread left before I hit the wear marks. I'll be replacing them with something else when the time comes though.
They are Pirelli Scorpion Verde AS. Seams odd it is only the front tyres and it is definitely not over or under inflation, as I check them every week now. My local dealers aren't interested at all.
and the chipping doesn't seem to have adversely affected the overall life as I'm at 40,000 kms now and still have a good 4mm of tread left before I hit the wear marks. I'll be replacing them with something else when the time comes though.
The car is weighting almost 2tn .
The steering wheel is so light....
When you drive mostly on towns... and turn right left to get out of parking, 90^ turns etc.... all this force is passing to tyres that's why the tyres look like this.
I am pretty sure if you ask fellows from here who drive mostly on high roads, they will tell you that tyres look much much more better if not .... like the rear ones.
I am sorry but my English doesn't help me to give a right explanation but this is my opinion.
Regards
Replying to Mamil's post above, 4mm tread depth is the time to think about replacing. They are still plenty legal, but performance starts to deteriorate markedly at this point, and some tyres (Wranglers) can get very noisy. My LR dealer will not sell a car with less than 4mm on all wheels. RoSPA recommends a minimum of 3mm. Have a look at https://www.rospa.com/rospaweb/docs/advice-services/road-safety/vehicles/tyre-tread-depth.pdf
Thanks for that. It's in for its mot tomorrow so will get it checked out
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