Tire of Audi Q5?
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I have a 2021 Audi Q5. The four tires tread depth was all 7/32" in April 2022 with mileage of 11254, three 6/32" and one 5/32" in April, 2023 with mileage of 21682.
Today (June 27, 2024) with mileage of about 23270, after a brake fluid change at an Audi dealership, I was told and shown the two rear tire tread depths are 2/32". Is it even possible for a tire to lose 4/32" and 3/32" in just about 2 months with only less than 1600 miles of unchanged driving habits and road conditions but only lost 1/32" or 2/32" in a year with more than 10000 miles?
Today (June 27, 2024) with mileage of about 23270, after a brake fluid change at an Audi dealership, I was told and shown the two rear tire tread depths are 2/32". Is it even possible for a tire to lose 4/32" and 3/32" in just about 2 months with only less than 1600 miles of unchanged driving habits and road conditions but only lost 1/32" or 2/32" in a year with more than 10000 miles?
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Given your dates, it was well over a year when you only traveled 1700 miles. Maybe you meant the date of 21682 mileage was Aprile 2024 instead of 2023. Regardless, reducing that much in such a short mileages seems questionable, unless the car was out of alignment for some reason or was driven particularly hard. Or, there could have a been a mistake in doing the measurements.
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Which tires do you have? Ours came with Pirelli PZeros, and it ate the tread at about that rate. The were 100% bald in the rear (no tread) by 43k miles, and that was with swapping in winter tires for 1/2 the year.
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The tires are Pirell Scorpion Zeros.The strange thing is it was about 1/32" ~ 2/32" for ~10,000 miles each year for two years, and suddenly 3/32"~4/32" for 1600 miles for past two months for two rear tires only. Maybe as GeriatricSQ5Guy said, out of alignment could be the cause?
Last spring I put those tires on, they had about 1/32" above the wear bars. That should have been good enough for them to get us through the summer and be at the wear bars by fall. When I pulled them off in the fall, there was ZERO tread on the rears. They were 100% bald (no wear tread, no wear bars, just slicks).
I have no idea what Pirelli puts for material on those inner layers, but it melts like butter, and I'd never put those on again.
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Those were the tires we had, and the exact same experience. Car had no alignment issues, this was just a tire issue. When they make tires, it's not a consistent material throughout. They put different compounds in layers as well as strips for different purposes (water grip, corner grip, etc).
Last spring I put those tires on, they had about 1/32" above the wear bars. That should have been good enough for them to get us through the summer and be at the wear bars by fall. When I pulled them off in the fall, there was ZERO tread on the rears. They were 100% bald (no wear tread, no wear bars, just slicks).
I have no idea what Pirelli puts for material on those inner layers, but it melts like butter, and I'd never put those on again.![Mad](https://www.audiworld.com/forums/images/smilies/mad.gif)
Last spring I put those tires on, they had about 1/32" above the wear bars. That should have been good enough for them to get us through the summer and be at the wear bars by fall. When I pulled them off in the fall, there was ZERO tread on the rears. They were 100% bald (no wear tread, no wear bars, just slicks).
I have no idea what Pirelli puts for material on those inner layers, but it melts like butter, and I'd never put those on again.
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brian_tii (06-28-2024)
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Any chance your tires had been over-inflated so that only the middle section was touching the ground. You say you have a tire guage so is the tread depth the same across the whole width of the tire?