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    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!. .
     
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    I thought it was only here in Norway we had that problem
     
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    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
     
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    Quote Originally Posted by Koimaster View Post
    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.
    06 Passat 2.0 TDi 140 SE Estate, Reflex Silver, 125,000 miles
     
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    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?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Koimaster View Post
    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Koimaster View Post
    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..
     
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    I'm trying to imagine what sort of suspension linkage would move the wear away from the inside when it's under load.

    If the inside is wearing it means either that the rears are toeing out slightly, or the castor angle means the bottom of the wheel is 'sticking out' farther than the top, and that the wheel is therefore leaning in slightly.

    I don't have an estate, but it needs someone to check the angle of lean of a rear with a spirit level when the car is empty, and then load it heavily, move it forward no more than a turn, and check again. If the wheel is leaning in more, that shoots down the 'running light' excuse.

    My rears are fine - the fronts aren't, but that's another (speed-bumps) story - so I can only presume the estates have a different set-up.

    Any suspension experts out there?
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    I have never had problems on the passat, but with a previous car I lightly "kerbed" a tyre which obviously gave a tracking problem which led to premature uneven wear.
     
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    I took my passat back to the dealer shortly after I'd bought it with what I thought was rear wheel bearing noise. They told me it was uneven wear and that a cure was to put the rears on the front and they'd 'wear back'!?!
    I told them I wasn't convinced but they were determined I try for at least a couple of weeks.
    I took the car back within days due to awful vibrations through the steering and demanded new tyres.
    They took the Conti's off and put two brand new Federals on. I went straight back to the service manager and asked *** have they had put on my car? His reply was that Federal's (he pronounced them Federales, like you would Integrale as in Lancia) were good tyres. I told him that Pronouncing the name in a foreign way doesn't make **** tyres any good and that I wanted like-for-like for the Conti's. They put some Michelins on after lots of heated debate and swearing. On an internet search it turns out the Federal model they put on were £50 a piece van tyres!
     
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