Ok.. I just spent 20 minutes typing in a novel about my ASX's, and then accidentally closed the window. So, here's the cliff notes..
In 2 years, we've had 6 ASX's (205/45R-16) replaced under warranty by Discount Tire for similar abnormal inside-shoulder wear. Car was never tracked, and we took advantage of the frequent free rotations. After the last one (April 2006) we had a 4 wheel alignment done, with the only numbers out of line being front toe..
The alignment shop indicated an acceptable front toe range to be -0.10 to +0.30. Left front was -0.04, right front was 0.05 prior to alignment. Post alignment left front 0.15 and right front 0.09.
Fast forward to this weekend, and the car is suddenly showing the abnormal wear on the latest set of ASX's on the front. They were rotated in July. We took the car to Discount Tire, they took one look at them, and immediately offered free replacements. The current rears are the fronts that were replaced in April. My wife provided him with the last two years of receipts, and the tire alignment paperwork. After looking over the car, they felt that it was quite possible that the ASX's are not a good match to the car. He offered to replace them with Yoko Avid H4S's in the same 205/45-16 sizing. We are taking advantage of their offer..
Food for thought.
Todd
In 2 years, we've had 6 ASX's (205/45R-16) replaced under warranty by Discount Tire for similar abnormal inside-shoulder wear. Car was never tracked, and we took advantage of the frequent free rotations. After the last one (April 2006) we had a 4 wheel alignment done, with the only numbers out of line being front toe..
The alignment shop indicated an acceptable front toe range to be -0.10 to +0.30. Left front was -0.04, right front was 0.05 prior to alignment. Post alignment left front 0.15 and right front 0.09.
Fast forward to this weekend, and the car is suddenly showing the abnormal wear on the latest set of ASX's on the front. They were rotated in July. We took the car to Discount Tire, they took one look at them, and immediately offered free replacements. The current rears are the fronts that were replaced in April. My wife provided him with the last two years of receipts, and the tire alignment paperwork. After looking over the car, they felt that it was quite possible that the ASX's are not a good match to the car. He offered to replace them with Yoko Avid H4S's in the same 205/45-16 sizing. We are taking advantage of their offer..
Food for thought.
Todd
