2002 Camry LE, 4 cylinder, Michelin premier a/s performance h/v purchased in 2017, 60,000 mile tread wear warranty. The tread reaches the end of the life only after 33,000 miles, and the tread wear is uneven, i.e. outer tread worn more than the inner one. In contrast, the tread wear is even on my ot…

Clearly you have too much toe in the rear. That will wear the outer band of that tire more. But the front looks great. The total alignment picture would lead slightly left because of the LR toe and the RF caster. But if you highway drive a lot in the left or center lanes, you’d notice a left lead. I…

There’s another consideration here. You’re not putting many miles on in a year. Usually that means short trips - and short trips are not only bad for tire wear rate, but also for evenness of wear. So coupled with the alignment, it’s not a surprise you’re getting rapid and uneven wear.

I don’t think so, and tread wear on my other car is even. I wonder why the car pull is different from lane to lane. Thank you.

The last 10,000 miles are mostly short trips less than 6 miles, but before that the trips were usually around 17 miles. Does this coincide with your conjecture? Thank you.

Do you live in a hot climate? Arizona, for example, is hard on tires because asphalt gets very grainy in the hot sun. Not easy on tires. And it might just be the tires not being well suited to your car. It happens.

[image] Mustangman: Do you live in a hot climate? Arizona, for example, is hard on tires because asphalt gets very grainy in the hot sun. Not easy on tires. nevermind the countless potholes we have around this state… :rofl: :rofl: :confused:

According to you posted alignment summary data, I’m not seeing much in the way of an alignment problem on the front wheels. So if the front tires have the tire wear problem, not due to alignment . (There does seem to be a “toe” alignment problem at the rear.) Aggressive braking, accelerating, and …

In 2020 you had a front wheel alignment, but the rear toe is double what it should be. You needed a four-wheel alignment. This is accelerating the tire wear. The tread depth on a new Michelin Premier is only 8.5/32", this model tire won’t last as long as expected.

[image] Mustangman: Do you live in a hot climate? Arizona, for example, is hard on tires because asphalt gets very grainy in the hot sun. Not easy on tires. And it might just be the tires not being well suited to your car. It happens. Not really. I was in VA and moved to NY last year.

[image] George_San_Jose1: According to you posted alignment summary data, I’m not seeing much in the way of an alignment problem on the front wheels. So if the front tires have the tire wear problem, not due to alignment . (There does seem to be a “toe” alignment problem at the rear.) Aggressi…

Does the alignment problem cause uneven tread wear in my case?

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Nevada_545 February 5, 2023, 4:13am 13

The rear alignment was most of the problem. The Michelin Premier has a shallow tread depth when new, typically worn to 3/32" or less by 40,000 miles.

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Does the alignment problem cause uneven tread wear in my case?

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