Time for New Tires? Visit Your Toyota Dealership

Healthy tires give you greater surface traction, allowing you to corner and maneuver easily at speed. Tires wear down naturally as time passes, which causes them to become less flexible and cracks can develop. Weather conditions, undiagnosed mechanical issues, and even sunlight can also weaken your tires. As your Toyota dealership, we’d like you to know a few signs that it’s time to visit us for new tires.

Time for New Tires? Visit Your Toyota Dealership Today

Cupped Tires

Cupping is a strange tire wear pattern that appears as deep indents at regular intervals around the tire edges. The indents look almost as if the tire has been scooped out by something. This wear damage is caused by faulty wheel alignment or a suspension problem. In either case, sections of the tires hit the ground harder than they should, causing their odd appearance.

We’ll examine your Toyota and determine the cause of the damage, If the wheel alignment is incorrect, we’ll connect your car’s wheels to our alignment machine. This computer makes a series of adjustments to each wheel to restore its correct alignment. If the suspension is the problem, we’ll test your shocks and struts and repair or replace them depending on the situation.

Visible Tread Wear Bars

Tread wear bars are raised tire sections that run horizontally through the tread, which is the raised section of a tire that’s in contact with the ground. They’re invisible on a healthy tire, but they will slowly appear as the tread wears down due to friction with the surface. If you notice these lines, visit our service department and our technicians will examine your tires.

If the wear bars are almost level with the tread, your tread has dropped to approximately 2/32″ thick, the minimum tread level safe to drive on. We can fix this problem by replacing and balancing any worn tires.

Sidewall Damage

The sidewall is the section of a tire perpendicular to the ground and faces outwards. The sidewalls can’t suffer friction damage, so they’re made of a softer rubber that provides added tire flexibility. These tire sections also lack the steel and polymer bands that reinforce the tread. Despite their safer position, a sidewall can still get damaged.

The most common form of sidewall damage is a tire bulge. A tire bulge is usually formed when part of the sidewall is pinched against a hard object, like the curb. It can also be due to the breakdown of part of the tire’s internal structure. A tire bulge is dangerous, as it stretches the rubber and can cause a blowout. We can’t repair a bulge, but we can replace the tire.

Don’t risk driving on a worn or damaged tire. Visit us today at Pedersen Toyota in Fort Collins, CO.

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