I have a 2006 BMW 325i that has a serious tire issue. The front tires are worn out in an uneven pattern after only 12,000 miles. I am searching for more people with this problem as I have found out that this particular car has this problem with tires and BMW is only willing to give half off for new tires. This is not fair due to the time and stress this problem is causing due to noise safety. I am also not sure if once you replace the tires that the problem will not reoccur. These tires are the Bridgestone Turanza . Please let me know if anyone has similar issues with BMW tires.
I have 2006 BMW 323i and have the same problem. About 3 weeks ago, started getting grinding noise. I thought it was the bearing, Got it checked up and they said it was the front tires worn at the side or as they call it Feathering of the tires. However I have 39000 kmslive in Toronto Canada. BMW said they would pay half if it was less than 32000 kms. Total cost was Cdn $ 1300 I didnèt get it done. They said they would rotate the tire .i.e front ones to rear and vice versa.but they could not guarantee that the noise would go away. So far have not done anything. Have you done anything yet
if the tires uniformly worn you could assume the tread wear rating is pretty low and the tires just tend to wear out quickly.(for performances sake). Tirerack lists 6 different Turanza tires (size 205/55-16-are these the size on your car ?)all of which have a treadware rating of 300 which i would estimate having to be good for 20-25k miles. If the tires wear unevenly i would think there is an underlying mechanical problem. I bet if you replace the tires and a mechanical problem exists the new tires regardless of what type they are will wear unevenly too. I would watch the tread wear closely as the new tires wear. Keep it aligned, keep your recepts and ask BMW (after the new tires start to wear unevenly too) How could 2 sets of tires both wear unevenly with good alignment and no mechanical problems-like a bad strut ? Makes you wonder why the rear tires aren't screwed up too-I would guess they were from the same batch of tires as both of the fronts. Good Luck!!!!!!! .
IT takes specail equipment to handle the ALIGNEMTn on a BMW or any other EURO CAR! If you had alignemtn done at a FIRESTONE or GOOD YEAR STORE you wll SUFFER wih tire wear! The GEOMETRY of the BMW suspension is beyond the cpacity of most machines to deliver proper ALINMENTS! hsi ALONE will cause TIRE WEAR! The BRIDGESTONE tires are MARVY for most cars. BMW and other EURO CARS ause NEAGATVIE ROLL RADIUS STEERING somehting that a place that services FORDS and CHEVIES does now fully understand! BMW should be HAPPY to check your alignemtn for you, or contact the BMW help line and ASK QUESIONS! BRIDGESTONE is a very reliable tire, and I have had GREAT oluck with them, but there are CHEAP BRIDGESTONES and SUPERIOR ones as well! I WOULD TEND TO THING that the ALIMENT was done improperly on the WRONG type of equipment! hsi haapened to my 1988 300E BENZS qas well! The ALIGNEMN RACK was not capable of aligning the front end properly! THEY HAD NO CONCEPT! As a result, my BENZ tends to drift into curbs, until I got it reparied properly at the BENZ DEALERSHIP! they sue specail TOOLS for thier alilgnemtns that REGULAR TIRES sores doNOT usualy carry! IT is NOT YOU at all, and maybe not even BRIDGESONE but where you had your alignemtn done! OPEN YOUR HOOD and see how the front SHOCKS are ANLED severely! This affects CAMBER and other features BMW engineered INTO your car! ANY TIRE wil wear badly on a BMW tha has NOT been aligneed with the right TOOLSET! GOOD LUCK!!
