Our 13 Platinum 4WD gets its tires rotated by me every 7500 miles as recommended in the manual. This last time before I did the rotation I noticed that it is wearing the outside of both fronts badly. I only noticed because it has worn down past the outside tread. It is right around the 22,500 mile mark and is running Bridgestone Dueler H/T 684 II's that it came with. I checked the rears and you could see that the outside was worn more than the rest of the tire which I assume was from when they were on the fronts last time.
My opinion of these tires has been generally negative mainly due to the fact that they hydroplane pretty easily on the highway and the last thing I want to be behind the wheel of is this Armada dancing on top of water. They also don't bite very well in the snow. So the tire wear and the hydroplaning made me think that maybe it's an alignment issue since I check the tire pressures every month or so and keep it at 36psi all around. Plus if it was related to low tire pressure, the wear would be on the inside and outside of the tires. It doesn't pull one way or another when driving it, but maybe it is off equally so I took it to my local Nissan dealer for an alignment.
When I brought it in, they connected it up to some alignment checker in the bay by the service writers desks and the report came back with the alignment being within spec all around except for the right rear being .1 off (The rears are wearing perfectly). It showed camber for all 4 and a combined toe for the front and another for the back and the combines toe for both the front and back were within spec. The writer looked at the report for a while then said it didn't need an alignment so off I went and rotated them. I typically go front to back (since that is what the manual says to do), but the service writer suggested I swap the rears then go front to back so the left rear ended up on the front right.
Our Armada is mostly a city commuter with occasional long road trips.
So do you guys see uneven wear on the fronts? I am assuming not since I searched for threads before posting this and didn't find anything.
The dealer said it was probably related to the tire. I am not sure I am buying that either although I already have a poor opinion of them from the hydroplaning.
Are those alignment checker devices accurate? What do you guys think its issue could be? Should I go get an alignment at another shop or is the Mada going to chew through a set of pricey tires every 30-40k?
My opinion of these tires has been generally negative mainly due to the fact that they hydroplane pretty easily on the highway and the last thing I want to be behind the wheel of is this Armada dancing on top of water. They also don't bite very well in the snow. So the tire wear and the hydroplaning made me think that maybe it's an alignment issue since I check the tire pressures every month or so and keep it at 36psi all around. Plus if it was related to low tire pressure, the wear would be on the inside and outside of the tires. It doesn't pull one way or another when driving it, but maybe it is off equally so I took it to my local Nissan dealer for an alignment.
When I brought it in, they connected it up to some alignment checker in the bay by the service writers desks and the report came back with the alignment being within spec all around except for the right rear being .1 off (The rears are wearing perfectly). It showed camber for all 4 and a combined toe for the front and another for the back and the combines toe for both the front and back were within spec. The writer looked at the report for a while then said it didn't need an alignment so off I went and rotated them. I typically go front to back (since that is what the manual says to do), but the service writer suggested I swap the rears then go front to back so the left rear ended up on the front right.
Our Armada is mostly a city commuter with occasional long road trips.
So do you guys see uneven wear on the fronts? I am assuming not since I searched for threads before posting this and didn't find anything.
The dealer said it was probably related to the tire. I am not sure I am buying that either although I already have a poor opinion of them from the hydroplaning.
Are those alignment checker devices accurate? What do you guys think its issue could be? Should I go get an alignment at another shop or is the Mada going to chew through a set of pricey tires every 30-40k?