GK12345EMAIL

I have a 2017 q7 with 21" summer tires. My car is in the shop for the 1 year/10k scheduled service. I have noticed some tire/wheel noise from the front drivers side, which I brought up with my technician.

I am told that the outside edge of the front wheels, particularly the drivers side, has almost no tread left, and so I need to replace all 4 tires, since tread differences between any tire cannot be more than 3/32".

The technician confirmed alignment is near perfect.

He he did tell me that he has 3 other q7'S with 21" tires had to replace their tires as well around this mark

I was told this was a problem with the old q7 also.

And of course there are no all season's available in this size.

Is is anyone else experiencing this ?

i don't drive off road or on twisty roads. I live in N Calif where the roads are pretty good.

I hope I don't have to spend ~ $1500 a year on tires (21" Conti)

erwheezy

I think there is a thread about tire rotations and how there is excessive wear on the outside of the tires. Seems like the fix is to rotate the tire every 4-5k miles.

As far as options for all seasons in the 21" i would look into getting a 295/40/21. I wlll be going that route when next winter arrives and I want to take my trips up to Tahoe.

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires...m=94YR1DWS06XL

Lookout57

I have the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 on my Q7 and they only have a treadware rating of 240. That is almost half of the Continental ContiSportContact 5 SUV rating of 420.

On my A7 I have Pirelli P Zero tires which has a 220 rating and I expect to replace them around 20,000 miles. So there is something wrong. Could you have a tire that isn't true or balanced properly?

compguy

Got the 21's and notice the tires are wearing fast. I guess we always forget the amount of work a tire needs to do to make a Q7 handle the way it does.

GK12345EMAIL

Update: I got new 21 Conti's. The dealer referred my request for the alternate tire to Audi, and they couldn't confirm the alternate tire with greater width would have adequate clearance with the wheel fully turned.

My my dealer did agree to complimentary tire rotations every 5k miles

I think this is a clear flaw with the 21" wheels.

Thanks everyone for your advise and input.

Dasaint

Im at 5k and I just got my tires rotated.
previous front tire


previous rear tire


the measured the tread depth and so far it even.


fingers crossed they continue to wear evenly. Will rotate again at 10k

Ink17Q7

The rating is not universal and varies from one tire maker to another, it is only meant to compare with other tires from that manufacturer.

I got 20,000 miles out of the Goodyear's and I am going to get 20,000 miles out of the Conti's according to my service guy yesterday after checking them at 10,000 miles. So in my experience, both of those tires will last the same amount of time.

Meyecul

Did you get the same summer Conti tire or did you go for the DWS in the slightly off size? Did they replace for free or did you have to buy? Thanks for the update!!

GK12345EMAIL

Summer Conti's and I had to buy

The dealer only agreed to rotate for free every 5k miles

They weren't sure if the DWS would cause any problems in full steering turns.

Very disappointing.

erwheezy

Difference between the 295 and OEM 285 is minimal. And everyone who is running the 295s have not reported any issues. I would have gone with the DWS.