I have a 2003 Sentra with 100K miles. I'm using American Goodyears and rotating them every 10K miles. I feel no vibration or bouncing while driving, the only thing I hear is tire noise. The tires are "wearing" on the inside track of the tire. I say "wearing" but it's not limiting the tread life of the tire, just creating a wave pattern in the inner track of the tire. All four tires are like this. I went to various shops and this is the consensus:
1. Rotate them more often. I don't believe this
one as 10K rotations seem fine for how much
highway driving I do.
2. Balance the tires more often. I don't
believe this either as I feel no vibration
when I drive.
3. Alignment is off. Hard to believe this one
or the whole inside track of the tire would
wear evenly, not in a wave pattern as it is.
4. Bad shock/strut. I guess I could believe
this one but I feel no vibration or up and
down motion while I'm driving.
5. Defect Tires. Hard to believe this one as
well because the factory tires did the same
thing (just maybe not to the same degree as
the Goodyears).
I don't have a money tree in my back yard where I can't have new struts, shocks, or alignment done to hopefully fix the problem. What do you think might cause that wavey condition on the inside track of my tires? I can see the waves as well as feel them when I run my hand across it. Thanks for the input.
1. Rotate them more often. I don't believe this
one as 10K rotations seem fine for how much
highway driving I do.
2. Balance the tires more often. I don't
believe this either as I feel no vibration
when I drive.
3. Alignment is off. Hard to believe this one
or the whole inside track of the tire would
wear evenly, not in a wave pattern as it is.
4. Bad shock/strut. I guess I could believe
this one but I feel no vibration or up and
down motion while I'm driving.
5. Defect Tires. Hard to believe this one as
well because the factory tires did the same
thing (just maybe not to the same degree as
the Goodyears).
I don't have a money tree in my back yard where I can't have new struts, shocks, or alignment done to hopefully fix the problem. What do you think might cause that wavey condition on the inside track of my tires? I can see the waves as well as feel them when I run my hand across it. Thanks for the input.