Passat Rear Tyres!!

[BROOKLINE]

I operate 10 VW Passats..4 of which are the new model (55-07 plate) all of these cars are suffering from excesive inner rear tyre wear!! At about 30,000miles the rear tyres will start to rumble like a rear wheel bearing. The inside edges of the tyres will be out of shape having humps/bumps on the inner edges which will create a drown from the rear. VW Customer services say they are not aware of any problem with rear tyres.. However I have 4 cars doing the same..my local dealer has seen many other cars doing the same too!

I have in my possession an internal document from VW Tech regarding what they call "Saw-Tooth Wear" which is effecting passats... I think VW are trying to keep quiet about this issue...So.. if you have a passat with this problem get hold of your dealer or VW. So far I am less than impressed with VW Customer services which want me to pay to have all 4 cars into the dealer to have a full four wheel alignment. One car has been and cost over £400.00!! So I think NOT! Going to take it further now...........

[floroad]

I run an 06 Passat 140SE Estate. I had the sound of failed wheel bearings and was told by Kwik Fit it was the uneven wear on the outside of both rear tyres caused by overloading the car! This I disputed. I took the car to the VW dealer who openly addmitted it was a common problem caused by the type of rear suspension. The only cure was to replace both tyres. This was agreed to be paid for by the lease company despite having at least half there life left at 30,000 miles.

[claranet]

Hi there,

I own two Passat Estates one 03 B5 S 100 TDi and a brand new B6 Sport 170.

I have always had rear n/s tyre wear on the B5 and have had the 4 wheel alignment carried out while it was under warranty to have the steering rack replaced. The Dealer says that there is nothing wrong with the alignment but could carry out a further 4 wheel alignment; this time at MY expense !

To be honest it is cheaper to replace the tyre at 30,000 miles say at £60, rather than pay £100s which may or may not work !

I hope I don't have the same problem with the B6 170 Sport which has lower suspension settings and very low profile tyres.

claranet

[BROOKLINE]

Claranet.. I agree it is cheaper to get the rear tyres replaced.. But I dont see why VW are not willing to look into this issue. It maybe that the rear track needs re-setting. My dealer is less than helpfull.. then again I have only been a customer for 10yrs! and only bought 20 cars from them which they have serviced..lol..I now run the rears on budget tyres.. but they humm a bit!. .

[kenney]

I thought it was only here in Norway we had that problem

[Koimaster]

I have 2006 Passat sport 140 tdi estate, its started a rumble sound at the rear at approx 20k, thought it was a wheel bearing . Booked it in with Local main dealer they told me noise due to rear tyre wear, but not what nor how.tyres wearing, mileage now 27k tread depth app.5mm. Sort advice from reputable tyre centre, they told me tyre wear on inside edge of both rears, and recommended a 4 wheel alignment check.I then contacted Main dealer and they offered a 4 wheel alignment check at no charge, this was completed today with no issue they inform me the car is in tolerance, I asked why the tyres are wearing , with no explaination to date. Dearship to contact me after the weekend. Any thoughts or comments

[Stuart W]

Any thoughts or comments

Not really; this seems to be one of several Passat 'issues'.

The noise on mine appeared at about the same mileage as yours, but as I said on another thread a few months the wear doesn't seem to have affected the legality or longevity of the tyre - mine's have 3mm of tread left at 52,000.

Others have been claiming that the issue has severely curtailed their tyre's useful life.

[Mr K]

I have this issue on my Touran. Mileage is about 29k; tyres on the rear are both Goodyear NCT 5s. Not sure how long they've been on the rear as I only bought the car in March and they could have been moved from the front previously. They are showing the sawtooth wear on the inner edge. The symptom is tyre noise at between 40 and 50mph. It seems less pronounced at higher speeds, but I'm sure it's not as quiet as it should be.

The advice I've had from a local tyre fitter is that it's a feature of this kind of car and may be due to running with little weight in the rear, in a car designed to take a considerable load. Looking at the amount of wear they reckon it's probably not worth spending £100+ on a full 4-wheel laser alignment as the wear would have been worse if alignment was out. TBH I wouldn't mind spending that if the alignment is out.

I'm replacing the rears with a pair of Conti Premium Contact 2s tomorrow. Looking forward to a bit of peace & quiet from the back, at least when the kiddies aren't on board!

The Touran is based on the Golf Mk V platform as I understand it. Do later Passats have the same independent rear suspension set-up?

[gamichea]

I have 2006 Passat sport 140 tdi estate, its started a rumble sound at the rear at approx 20k,

Not had this problem on my Sport 140 TDI by 25k when one rear was trashed by ingesting a 6mm diameter screw resulting in a hole too big for legal repair. The P Zero Rossos on the rear were showing no signs of sawtoothing at that stage. They whine on smooth roads but no rumbling not attitrutable to road surface.

[sharantdi]

I have 2006 Passat sport 140 tdi estate, its started a rumble sound at the rear at approx 20k, thought it was a wheel bearing . Booked it in with Local main dealer they told me noise due to rear tyre wear, but not what nor how.tyres wearing, mileage now 27k tread depth app.5mm. Sort advice from reputable tyre centre, they told me tyre wear on inside edge of both rears, and recommended a 4 wheel alignment check.I then contacted Main dealer and they offered a 4 wheel alignment check at no charge, this was completed today with no issue they inform me the car is in tolerance, I asked why the tyres are wearing , with no explaination to date. Dearship to contact me after the weekend. Any thoughts or comments

Same problem with my passat wagon tdi 07 mod. Wearing of inner side of tyres were obvious and at 10000km ( 3 months ago ) dealer made 4 wheel aligning at no cost. Now the mileage is 16000km and I can see that the problem is still there. Threads on the inner side of my michelin tyres are less than 2mm ( outside 4,5 mm). The car is under warranty and of course its going back to the dealer again..