Honda CRV OEM Tires 11,000 miles and bad

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Can't believe but true? My son purchased 2019 CRV.. He hardly drives it. Took it to Firestone for state inspection. Has 11,000 miles after 3 years. They said 3 tires were out of spec / treads.

He took it back to Honda dealership and asked what if anything could be done with Mfg OEM tires for such low treadwear performance. They sold him 4 replacements for $800. I can't believe there is no remedy from the mfg but Honda says no its not a warranted items of any sort.
 
The wheels probably got knocked out of alignment. Or the Firestone shop lied to your kid in their effort to sell things. The tires may have had their own mfr warranty.
 
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The most common reason for tires wearing prematurely is abuse. DS may not drive a lot but if he drives hard or in autocross-type competitions that might be the cause of the problem.

Years ago I was running in an autocross on an Air National Guard apron in front of their hangars. The concrete had been deliberately roughed for winter traction. As cars when through fast corners we could watch the rubber dust rising from the tires and blowing down the taxiway. I wrecked a set of tires that day. :LOL:
 
No solution, especially now that DS has destroyed the evidence by replacing the tires.

I can rant, if you want. I would rant about how OEM tires are notorious for lasting a few nano-seconds. Would this be of any benefit?

IME OEM brakes have been very good. Others, not so much.
 
Lesson #2 - never buy tires from the dealership.
 
There's always a warranty, but usually it's through the tire manufacturer.

And tire tread depth checkers are inexpensive.
 
11k over 3 years is low miles. Was the tread low or unusual wear?

If a tire is underinflated, it might wear strange. Same for overinflated.

Heat and cold (Phoenix or Fargo) can affect tires.

The tires are replaced. I'd move on. They are a wear item and $800 is not going to alter much in the grand scheme.

We have a car that eats tires. I get about 25k on a 60k mile tire. I just buy new tires when it is time.
 
Z3Dreamer said:
I can rant, if you want. I would rant about how OEM tires are notorious for lasting a few nano-seconds. Would this be of any benefit?
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Our experience has been the tires and batteries provided on new vehicles seem to have a much shorter than expected lifespan (among the 10 new vehicles we have purchased over our lifetimes). This was especially true with the batteries, which rarely lasted three years.

While 11,000 miles on the tires does seem quite low, it was not uncommon for us to get 22,000-25,000 miles on the first set of tires rated for 40,000-50,000 miles. The subsequent set of tires with the same range ratings would get nearly double that.
 
ncbill said:
There's always a warranty, but usually it's through the tire manufacturer.

And tire tread depth checkers are inexpensive.
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I’ve never seen a tire warranty on a new car that wasn’t from the tire manufacturer, and we’ve owned many makes/models over the years. I’ve never seen a carmaker that took a tire warranty.

That said, tire warranties have every out in the book, they’re pretty useless. No way you’ll ever find one that will replace tires outright free of charge, if you get anything it will be a prorated credit. One out, all the tread depths need to be the same, equal wear on all four, or it’s the owners fault. And before they will reimburse anything tread depth needs to be down to 2/32” - which is basically unsafe. Rule of thumb used to be replace at 4/32” or less. The owner doesn’t get to decide what tread depth they want to make a claim.
 
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Z3Dreamer said:
No solution, especially now that DS has destroyed the evidence by replacing the tires.

I can rant, if you want. I would rant about how OEM tires are notorious for lasting a few nano-seconds. Would this be of any benefit?
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^^This^^

OEM tires typically do not last more than 30,000 miles. I have 23,000 miles on my Goodyear Wranglers on my Ram pickup and I'm considering replacing them this fall, when I will likely have 26,000 miles on them.

But only 11,000 miles? That's bordering on manufacturing defect territory. What brand were the tires? Hankook?
 
I have had really different experience with OEM tires.

On my 2016 Subaru outback, the OEM tires only lasted about 20,000 mi. But my 2016 GMC Canyon pickup OEM tires have over 64,000 mi on them and are still 6-7/32nds.

Meanwhile, while the Outback has 90k miles and is on its 4th set of tires (long story), it is still on its original brake pads. Go figure.

I rotate the tires every oil change, generally every 9 months since we don't put on a lot of miles these days.
 
HawkeyeNFO said:
Not in my experience. On our minivans we got about 55k-60k on the original tires, and on my Chevy Trailblazer I got about 80k before they needed to be replaced.
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Yes, I shouldn't have made a blanket statement. In my experience, from 2005 through 2018 I've leased 8 trucks (for business purposes). Most were on 2 year/24 month leases. At the end of the leases I might have 22K-24K miles on them and while the tires still had some life left on them I couldn't see them making it to 36K miles. Of the vehicles with 36K leases, the tires were basically used up at the end of the lease.

My wife has had 3 new vehicles in the past 13 years. The best we've gotten from OEM tires was on her 2016 Dodge Charger which came with Michelin's and they lasted 38K miles. We put new tires on it last fall.
 
njhowie said:
Lesson #2 - never buy tires from the dealership.
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Generally speaking, yes.

My Dodge/Ram dealer has a "buy 3 get 1 free" sale twice a year. I can choose from a wide variety of tires from all major manufacturers. For example, for my truck I could get four Michelin Defender LTX, a $300 tire, for $900 a set, instead of $1,200. That's pretty good.

I'm a big fan of Discount Tires, have purchased there before, but they can't touch this type of deal.
 
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Qs Laptop said:
Generally speaking, yes.

My Dodge/Ram dealer has a "buy 3 get 1 free" sale twice a year. I can choose from a wide variety of tires from all major manufacturers. For example, for my truck I could get four Michelin Defender LTX, a $300 tire, for $900 a set, instead of $1,200. That's pretty good.

I'm a big fan of Discount Tires, have purchased there before, but they can't touch this type of deal.
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+1.
I had a buy 3 get 1 free coupon as well. The dealer came in about $100 under Discount Tire.
 
I would not even go to a Firestone Store for air, let alone repairs to tires.

We will not even consider Firestone branded tires.
 
Did your son have his tires rotated at all during those 11,000 miles? That should be done every 6,000 miles or so. Not just to maximize tread life, but also to detect any wear issues early.
 
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