Hi,

I don’t know if anyone has experienced this before, I doubt that I am the first, has anyone experienced uneven tyre wear (from new to almost illegal in 5000 miles) on an X308?

About eight months ago I badly needed new tyres all round and at the time finances were not too hot so I had to go for a mid-range tyre Falken ZIEX ZE912 255/60R/16 98W.

The new tyres replaced a set of Pirelli P6000s which behaved and wore as expected.

So, 5000 miles later I now find that the nearside front tyre has scuffed out (now only just legal) on the outside, and the nearside rear is wearing in a similar fashion but not to the extent of the front.

I took the car to the local Jaguar specialist who looked at the wheel alignment and told me that everything was within limits and also took a look at the rear bearings/bushes and told me that they were all fine?

We wracked our brains looking for a reason why the tyres are wearing unevenly and we could only come up with the tyres themselves being the problem?

Whilst Falken are a mid-range tyre, I have read (not sure if this is true) that they are produced on the Dunlop assembly line and have a certain amount of Dunlop technology built in so I wouldn’t expect them to behave this badly?

Has anyone else had a similar experience? If so, I would love to hear your advice as I don’t want to replace all the tyres only to find them wearing out prematurely again.

Best Regards

Robinp

I had tyre troubles to begin with, and my advice is if you're going to replace tyres which have worn with no good reason, then replace them with something like Pirelli or Michelin's.

I have come to the same conclusion as pointed out by Alastair.

I have just ordered a new set of Pirellis to be fitted on Wednesday.

It would appear that mid range tyres are a false economy.

Hi Robinp,

please keep an eye on your new tyres and DO tell us if this has fixed the problem

Best

Alastair

I have come to the same conclusion as pointed out by Alastair.

I have just ordered a new set of Pirellis to be fitted on Wednesday.

It would appear that mid range tyres are a false economy.

Hi Robinp,

It's been a couple of months since the above post, any chance of giving an update of tyre performance?

Best regards,

Dave