Well, here we go again. 57k on 80k rated Continental tires, and the treads are seperating.

I had this low speed steering wheel wobble, and was thinking the wheel bearings were loose again. I have had an ongoing battle with them not staying torqued, but not bad really. There was also a light hwy shimmy at about 50-75mph, which I also thought was the wheel bearings. Yesterday I decided to get a good look at the tires, and was pretty shocked. A piece of one of the tread blocks was gone, but only the outer surface. This morning I looked a little closer, since the tire was in a different position rotation wise. My jaw dropped open.......In between the tread blocks at the sidewall breakover, was a split in the rubber. This went about halfway around the tire. I am wondering how close I came to being a statistic. They look pretty close to what I saw with the ATX tires when I worked at a Ford dealer before the recall. Dry tread, missing blocks, etc. They have full coverage from the original dealer, but I refuse to get the same tires, and go through this again.

Continental Sport LT/SUV. Another tire to avoid like the plague......


These were kept inflated correctly, and rotated regularly

 

I put the spare on, and all the problems were gone. I have not hit the highway yet, but I imagine that will be fine as well. I have no faith in the other three tires, since they're beginning to have the same dry tread problems.,,,,98

 

Yeah, tires are one of the things that you tend to get what you pay for. That could have been really bad.