Took my mothers mini in to have the tyre repaired, nail in the centre of the tread, sorry sir you can't repair run flats if the PSI is below 14 well it's run flat so you need a new tyre.

Anyway the real point. Was asking him about my SC tyres scrubbing the edges off, He replied "oh we have had 6 in the last 2 weeks from the local dealer and many more before for replcement tyres under warranty". Some RRS came out with alinement (spelling) issues can't get a recall on them because it is not a safety issue he said, he is also prepared to say that to my dealer.

Phoned my dealer going in for it's first service and he will look at them. He said there was an issue with some chassis numbers with ride etc which would cause the tyres to scrub and they were replace under warranty.

Well I asked my dealer to rotate mine because they were wearing so badly at 4K, now I have heard about this I am going to see what I can get done. I need 4 new tyres now as the Conti's have had it and I have only done 13K all the edges are nearly bald.

Has anyone else heard of this.

Misery,

It dosen't matter if the outside edges are scrubbed. As long as the centre 2/3 throughout the entire circumference of the tyre have over 1.6mm then they are legal.

Any garage/dealer that is telling you different is just trying to steal money from you

When mine went in for its service at the dealer last month they said the same to me. As I'm on a maintenance contract I took it to Kwick fit to check who promptly said come back in several thousand miles as they are still very legal. TDV6 - gone
TDV8 - gone
Audi Q5 3.0 Tdi Sline wef 6/11/10

I agree with Josh......

Misery , I have only done 14k in mine and the front tyres are worn on the outer edge as you describe, but accross the tyre - the tread is still fine for a fare few miles yet.

BUT , I have a set of 4 new tyres sitting in my garage plus 2 extra nearly new spares.

I'll send you a PM re tyre contact  
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