BMW X5 all modela excessive tyre wear
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I own a 2012 X5 M sport 30d.
Workshop controller at my local BMW dealership and he has 26 years of BMW experience tells me that the excessive extreme inner rear tyre edge wear and excessive extreme front tyre outer edge wear is common to all of the X5 range.
I recently had two new rear tyres that had about 4/5mm left apart from the extreme edge. One side down to the canvess.
Guess what BMW UK deny all knowledge of this problem and blame the tracking.
Just beware its the entire range and the X3, also 5 series.
Don't buy these cars new or second hand.
The rear tyres cost me £700.
Workshop controller at my local BMW dealership and he has 26 years of BMW experience tells me that the excessive extreme inner rear tyre edge wear and excessive extreme front tyre outer edge wear is common to all of the X5 range.
I recently had two new rear tyres that had about 4/5mm left apart from the extreme edge. One side down to the canvess.
Guess what BMW UK deny all knowledge of this problem and blame the tracking.
Just beware its the entire range and the X3, also 5 series.
Don't buy these cars new or second hand.
The rear tyres cost me £700.
tty runflats and to a degree mismanaged tyre pressures. When I took over our W164 Merc ML from my wife, my faster-cornering driving wore the outer edges of the front tyres so I had additional negative camber added to the fronts. This was accomplished by the replacement of the lower wishbone arm bolts to the uprights which pushed the bottom of the uprights out only a minimal amount but it was enough to minimise this issue. They still tended to wear more quickly on the outer edges but this was considerably reduced.
Not all cars can be adjusted easily but if there's a known issue, even if the manufacturers disown the problem, often third parties will come up with a solution. For Subaru's, this was in the form of an adjustable inner bush.
Not all cars can be adjusted easily but if there's a known issue, even if the manufacturers disown the problem, often third parties will come up with a solution. For Subaru's, this was in the form of an adjustable inner bush.
Yep, I have a 2012 and exactly the same tyre wear issues. The fronts tend to be worse than the rears, maybe because its the outer edge its more noticeable. After 15,000 miles I swap the tyres round so that I can get 30k rather than 22k out of them. Rears seem to be last for about 30k.
I've had BMW do the tracking and it makes little difference.
I've had BMW do the tracking and it makes little difference.
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