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Rear tire wear - 5/29/2008 6:07:19 PM

ebard

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I hope someone can help me. I have a 2007 Azera Limited and my back tires are both tilting inward toward the body of the car. I had the car to the dealer and they said the alignment was correct. I have major inside tire wear. Has anybody else have this happen to them? Have you checked? I never noticed until I was walking up from behind my car. I am looking for the TSB for the front struts to see if I have that problem as well.

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RE: Rear tire wear - 5/29/2008 8:39:12 PM

Derrel H Green

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I hope someone can help me. I have a 2007 Azera Limited and my back tires are both tilting inward toward the body of the car. I had the car to the dealer and they said the alinement was correct. I have major inside tire wear. Has anybody else have this happen to them? Have you checked? I never noticed until I was walking up from behind my car. I am looking for the TSB for the front struts to see if I have that problem as well. I will add photos on Friday.

Ed B-more.

Regardless of what the dealer is saying, there has to be a problem!

There is no way that tires can wear unevenly that I know of other than alignment.

Isn't our alignment warranteed? Perhaps you need to talk to the zone office?

I would guess that your rear alignment is indeed way off.
How many miles on the vehicle?

Since you can see it yourself, and the tires are not wearing evenly,
what other conclusion can be drawn?
Good to an independent alignment shop and have them check your alignment.
Sounds to me like the toe-in is indeed way off and that the rear wheels are toeing out.

Please keep us posted.

BTW, who is this dealer?

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RE: Rear tire wear - 5/29/2008 8:52:54 PM

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Here is a forum thread discussing Azera alignment specifications:

http://www.hyundaiforum.com/m_9412/tm.htm

The rear camber specification is close to vertical, close enough it would hard to discern by eye. Find out if your dealer has it's own alignment bay, or contracts it out. I'm guesing they contract it out and really don't wish to hassle with warrenty related alignment issues. If the present dealer doesn't respond, I'd find another dealer or ask around which shop has the best alignment technician in town.

The TSB you seek (#07-50-007) is on the Hyundai Service site at http://www.hmaservice.com/.

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RE: Rear tire wear - 5/30/2008 6:56:22 PM

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Note that anyone can get into the hmaservice website. You have to register, but sometimes the password does not get sent right away. If you don't get your password automatically, go back and do the "Forgot Password" thing and that should trigger the email.

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RE: Rear tire wear - 5/31/2008 7:43:14 AM

ebard

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Thanks for the info. I have 22,000 miles on the car, and the Dealer is Antwerpen Baltimore

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RE: Rear tire wear - 5/31/2008 8:32:36 AM

ken99

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The specification for rear camber on your Azera is 0 deg 30' +/-30'. So the range of acceptable values would be 0 deg 30' - 30' = 0 deg (which is true vertical) to 0 deg 30' + 30' = 0deg + 60' = +1 deg (which is tipped out slightly at the top of the tire). Eyeballing your pictures, I would guess the present rear camber is -3 deg or more, way out of specification. I'm sure Hyundai considers alignments as routine maintenance, and therefore, are not covered by any warranties. Again, I suggest you find a good alignment shop and have the situation corrected.

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RE: Rear tire wear - 6/3/2008 6:53:37 PM

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Those wheels are definitely out of whack. You should contact Hyundai so that they know your dealer is lying to you.

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RE: Rear tire wear - 7/3/2008 2:23:24 AM

Rogerf

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I also had a problem dicovered when I first rotated the tires at 9,000 miles. I contacted Michelin and opend a ''file'' with them and went to Discount Tire where they advised me to be sure to rotate the tires at lest every 5,000 miles. The man helping me said it was a common problem with this car, where the rear tires were ''scalloping on the inside'', and rotation was the best solution. I have pursued this further and have had two Hyundai Service people confirm to me this problem exists and they have called it "shock hopping" and new shocks will not help and an alignment is not the answer. Frequent rotation minimizes the problem as the ''scalloping'' is worn off when the tires are on the front

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