Hi everyone,
Since I bought my 06 CLS about 9 months ago, I've had a recurring vibration throught he car. It's fairly subtle, so it's been difficult to convince the dealer there's a problem, and I've wondered at times if it's just combination of the low profile tyres and poor roads in the UK. It's certainly spoiled my enjoyment of the car though.
Anyway, recently I had a puncture on the rear offside, and when I removed the tyre to fit the spare, I was horrified to find some very dangerous wear on the tyre. It's so serious that I reckon I was lucky not to have had a blow-out. The problem is only on the inside edge. Also, whilst there's scuffing around the entire circumference, the most significant wear is concentrated on one section of the tyre. I've attached photos which show the damage. You can see the alarming "step" on the left hand side of the first picture.
I went back to the dealer and they're not sure what the cause is. They suggested checking alignment to see if that would highlight any chassis problems. The problem being that if it didn't, I'd have to pay for it!! Anyway, after a bit more discussion, they have suggested it might be a damper problem. To some degreee this might explain some of the symptoms. For example, I once had to do an emergency stop, and I noticed thevibration seemed to briefly get worse. However, the very focused nature of the tyre wear doesn't seem to tie-up with a damper issue. I've been thinking about it overnight, and I wonder if something more like a bent axle might be more likely to cause this type of wear.
The worrying thing is that now I've replaced the two rears, the dealer tells me that the new offside tyre is starting to show similar wear already, and it's only doen 800 miles.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
DW
Since I bought my 06 CLS about 9 months ago, I've had a recurring vibration throught he car. It's fairly subtle, so it's been difficult to convince the dealer there's a problem, and I've wondered at times if it's just combination of the low profile tyres and poor roads in the UK. It's certainly spoiled my enjoyment of the car though.
Anyway, recently I had a puncture on the rear offside, and when I removed the tyre to fit the spare, I was horrified to find some very dangerous wear on the tyre. It's so serious that I reckon I was lucky not to have had a blow-out. The problem is only on the inside edge. Also, whilst there's scuffing around the entire circumference, the most significant wear is concentrated on one section of the tyre. I've attached photos which show the damage. You can see the alarming "step" on the left hand side of the first picture.
I went back to the dealer and they're not sure what the cause is. They suggested checking alignment to see if that would highlight any chassis problems. The problem being that if it didn't, I'd have to pay for it!! Anyway, after a bit more discussion, they have suggested it might be a damper problem. To some degreee this might explain some of the symptoms. For example, I once had to do an emergency stop, and I noticed thevibration seemed to briefly get worse. However, the very focused nature of the tyre wear doesn't seem to tie-up with a damper issue. I've been thinking about it overnight, and I wonder if something more like a bent axle might be more likely to cause this type of wear.
The worrying thing is that now I've replaced the two rears, the dealer tells me that the new offside tyre is starting to show similar wear already, and it's only doen 800 miles.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
DW