Strong, healthy tires with good tread ensure a smooth and safe ride. As time passes, your tires gradually wear down due to friction with the surface, and they can also become damaged by undiagnosed issues like alignment or balance problems. As your CDJR dealership, we’d like you to know a few signs that it’s time to visit us for new tires.
3 Signs You Need New Tires From Your CDJR Dealership
Uneven Tire Wear
If you examine your tires and notice uneven tread wear, your vehicle could have a balance or alignment issue. The irregular wear is caused by some sections of the tires pressing harder into the surface than they should. Our technicians will need to examine your tires, and based on the wear pattern, we can determine which of these situations is causing the damage.
Unbalanced tires can be corrected by attaching them to a specialized machine that identifies the weight distribution in the tire. Once this is checked, we’ll add additional weight to the tire to rebalance it. Alignment problems can be solved by connecting your vehicle’s wheels to our computerized alignment machine. This machine makes gradual corrections to each wheel until they are all correctly aligned again.
Cracked Tires
Rubber is the perfect material for vehicle tires, providing strength and flexibility. As a natural product, however, it gradually wears out over time. Older rubber gradually loses its flexibility, and the constant expansion as the tire heats up due to friction and cools down when your vehicle is at rest can cause cracks in the outer layer of the tread.
Cracks will gradually widen and deepen due to expansion and contraction. If a crack penetrates deep enough into the tread, it can cause a leak. If one of your tires constantly loses pressure for no apparent reason, visit our service department and we’ll examine it. Small leaks can usually be permanently and effectively repaired. An extensive network of cracks is usually a sign to replace the worn tire and prevent the need to repair it constantly.
Incorrect Inflation
Your tires have specific pressures, and rear tires usually have a higher pressure than the front ones. The correct pressure for your tires is listed in your vehicle’s manual and marked in Pounds per Square Inch (PSI). PSI can rise and fall naturally as the pressure in the tires attempts to equalize with the external air pressure.
Underinflated tires suffer excessive wear on the outer edges of the tread, making them more prone to leaks. Overinflated tires, in contrast, sustain heavier wear on the centerline of the tread and are more likely to blow out. We can easily examine your tires and correct their pressure.
Damaged tires make driving very dangerous. Contact us today at Don Johnson’s Hayward Motors CDJR in Hayward, WI.
