lexus rx400h

i have experienced what i felt was premature tire wear on my lexus rx400h. after 17,600 miles the goodyear eagles on the vehicle were worn out with excessive wear on the inside edges of the tires.

the lexus dealer's service manager said that this was due to two factors:

1) the softness of the goodyear eagles, as they are subject to wearing out very fast 2) the geometry of the suspension and the electric hybrid motors cause the tires to wear out at the inside edges

does anyone have similar experiences?

if i wanted longer wear, i should go with a harder tire like a michelin, but i would still experience the tires wearing out on the inside edges?

any comments

thanks

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kilohu2006
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It could be the tire pressure is to low. I had a similar problem with my Toyota 4Runner. I replaced the original tires with Michelins but did not increase the tire pressure to the recommended pressure. I think the pressure was what Toyota recommended. I wore those tires out. I replaced the tires again but now they are inflated to Michelin's recommendation for the tires (35PSI). The tires seem to be wearing better. I only have around

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Duane

You can get longer tire wear if you increase the tire pressure by 4 to 5 PSI over the pressure recommended by Lexus.

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Ray O

hi all

thanks for the comments,.

i did take the vehicle into the dealer and they adjusted the alignment and the camber on one side was a little off, but all 4 tires wore on the inside edges.

according to the information on the inside of the door, they recommend the pressure be set at 30psi the dealer suggested 34 psi. the dealer and the tire store said i should go with michelin, they have a hardness rating of 400, while goodyear eagles rating is

280.

the dealer told me due to the hybrid electric motors and the suspension geometry the tires will wear on the inside edges faster, and the tires won't wear evenly no matter what i do, i rotate them every 5000 miles

i can accept the fact that goodyear eagles wear faster than michelins, but for this suspension to wear the tires unevenly doesn't seem right.

i called lexus and expressed my dissatisfaction with the uneven tire wear. it will be kind of interesting to see what their response is to this question.

i did replace the tires with michelin chris

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kilohu2006

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stu

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satmech

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