So, after doing some searching through posts, I am finding out that it is not uncommon for our truck tires to wear down/out on the inside before the rest of the tire does. Well now it’s time to vent.
In January of this year I bought 4 brand new tires for the truck. Kumho Ecsta to be exact. I had to buy new tires due to the inner wear had left them down to the wires on the inside.
The place I bought them from put on all 4 tires and aligned the truck. They also put a camber kit on the passenger side and reassured me that the camber and alignment would solve the problem of the tires wearing down on the inside.
Fast forward to this past week, I hadn’t really paid attention to my tires in great detail then I noticed they were wearing on the inside again. I figured that maybe my alignment was out so I took it back to the place that installed the tires. They told me they would put it up on the rack and see what was going on.
I sat and waited and the service tech walked in and said he needed to speak to me; he took me out to the truck which was on the rack and started pointing at stuff that needed to be replaced on the truck because no alignment was going to keep the tires from wearing down. He took me back inside and was going to give me a printout of the parts needed and the cost.
He proceeds to hand me a paper with what I need written on it.
2 Lower Ball Joints
2 Outer Tie Rod Ends
2 Inner Tie Rod Ends
2 Adjusting Sleeves
1 Idler Arm
2 New Tires
All of this for $1450
When he told me this it just floored me. So I asked him and said, so when I came in January, and replaced 4 tires because of this problem, you told me an alignment and camber kit would solve the tire wear problem. And now 6 months later I need 2 new tires and a ton of new parts. The guy was like yes sir. So I asked him how all of a sudden these parts are bad and why wouldn’t they have found them the first time they "fixed" it. He didn’t have an answer. I couldn’t believe it.
I left the place and was just dumbfounded. So now I have 2 tires that are quickly going bad and a place I no longer trust. I don’t really know what to do! I know some of you have had this problem. What should I do???