Passat Rear Tyres!!

**Happy,But** · 01-05-2009,08:30 AM

Brookline would you mind indicating which brand softer compound tyre you settled for & appx price as it appears you have the best solution.
Thank you for your help
Incidently if you have a Costco near you they are cheap for the original Michelin 215/55/r16 however they're still £136-£150 fitted depending on your speed rating.

**taylora** · 01-05-2009,01:18 PM

Didn't have the problem on the factory fit Conti Sports. Changed to Goodyear Eagle F1s and they exhibited the saw tooth wear pattern on the back. I took the car to the dealer as like many others I thought the rear bearings were shot. Speaking with a mechanic he said he'd seen it on quite a few Passats but the service receptionist tried to brush over this. They said they'd done an alignment check and all was good.

So I returned the Goodyears to the tyre shop I got and after much arguing and involvement from trading standards got £100 back. However, from what I read here it looks like the problem is with the car and not the tyres.

Now I have Dunlops on the back, fitted by the VW dealer that are getting noisy. Which means if they say the tyres are faulty - even though it's looking like a problem with the car - then I expect them to pay for replacement tyres since they fitted them. Perhaps this might push them to doing a proper check and being a little more honest about the problem.

**Hillbeley** · 01-05-2009,01:49 PM

I ran a 2006 3.2 4Motion (DSG) estate from new for 2 years and towed a lot, it started to rumble at 50K and on changing job I turned down the offer to buy the car with 65K miles on it then for £6000 as I thought I had broken/ worn out something towing!
(I had already had a new DSG box at 45K)
I am now in a 2006 2.0TDi Passat (rep flat black), with 83K, and guess what - it has the same noise and newish goodyears I think.
I had the estate re-aligned due to the square wheel effect (which I was told was called 'coining' as the rears ended up looking like an old 3d piece - these were Pzero rossos).
It certainly seems to be a Passat thing. And I am not certain the noise is from the tires, or the tyre wear is a consequence.
I am waiting for a new 2.0TFSi A4 Avant, so I hope this is not plagued by the same engineering problem.

**Quatrelle** · 01-05-2009,05:28 PM

There are too many people on this forum with saw-tooth wear for it not to be a problem with the car.

Whether certain tyres are more susceptible to it is another matter.

**Isoproturon** · 01-05-2009,10:56 PM

Same with my 56 plate estate - done 74K now, but last lot of tyres lasted about 20k on the rear. My old Audi A4 Avant was just the same, but I forgave it that as it had done 180k nearly.

**drmartin** · 02-05-2009,08:29 AM

Originally Posted by Hillbeley

I ran a 2006 3.2 4Motion (DSG) estate from new for 2 years and towed a lot, it started to rumble at 50K and on changing job I turned down the offer to buy the car with 65K miles on it then for £6000 as I thought I had broken/ worn out something towing!
(I had already had a new DSG box at 45K)
I am now in a 2006 2.0TDi Passat (rep flat black), with 83K, and guess what - it has the same noise and newish goodyears I think.
I had the estate re-aligned due to the square wheel effect (which I was told was called 'coining' as the rears ended up looking like an old 3d piece - these were Pzero rossos).
It certainly seems to be a Passat thing. And I am not certain the noise is from the tires, or the tyre wear is a consequence.
I am waiting for a new 2.0TFSi A4 Avant, so I hope this is not plagued by the same engineering problem.

The A4 will be a revaluation against the Passat, none of these problems, and much better build, refinement...

BROOKLINE · 03-05-2009,10:28 AM

Originally Posted by Happy,But

I too have a 2007 dsg 140 2.0 tdi estate fab car in general however @35k exactly as you describe the inner wear appeared this coincided with changing the 2 front with the same a before (Michelin@£150ish each),anyway my dealer said to get the 4 wheel alignment done,which I did @ £115 they were nearly perfect.
What now?.................new rears put up & shut up or an answer & action from VW?

Yes, I too had my tracking checked ant it was fine.. (done by dealer) however took it to a specialist with laser track and they told me that the manufacturers specification made the rear tyres toe out..hence inner rear tyre wear. So what you need to do is set it up out of scope. ie very slight toe in! I have doen this to all my cars and put softer compound tyres on rear and the life has increased over 100%. eventually they do start to rumble but then the tyres are down to 3mm anyway. Try it, it works.. I have one passat on 205,000miles set up on this rear tyre method with rears lasting over 60K much better than before.. however due to VW's lack of interest and back up I have not bought any new Passats for 2yrs now. I have had other major issues too, lastest one an engine block cracked and dropped out the bottom of the car... aparently is common on early models..

**Happy,But** · 05-05-2009,09:58 AM

Can anyone recommend a brand & appx price for the softer compound tyres?

**audievo** · 05-05-2009,10:59 AM

I have a passat b6 estate, 2006 with 79k on the clock.
Mine too sounds like a rear bearing problem................ and it's getting on my wick!!!!!!
Only had the car a couple of months and bought it telling myself it would be as good as my old A4................ well, it isn't, not by a long way.
Not sure if i'm happy it isn't a bearing problem or peed off that it's so common and being largely ignored by VW.
Are we saying a new pair of rear tyres will sort it?
Or new tyres and allignment?
Either way when i get it quietened down it's going the distance and i'm back to audi!!!!!!!