New member here, thanks for this forum. My ID.4 1st Edition had a problem with chunks of tread rubber up to 10 mm coming off the front tires. 15,000 miles, 20" with Bridgestone Alenza Sports made in Poland. I'm in Florida so it is consistently warm most of the year. We do mostly slow around town driving at 35-50 mph. Most chunks were coming off along the 2 mold lines on each tire.
The dealer said they looked bad but to see Bridgestone. My local official Bridgestone dealer agreed there was a problem but they didn't know what. They agreed to replace the tires under warranty but couldn't find any in the US in their warehouses. I looked into it and found Tire Rack had them in stock, and the dealer got them from Tire Rack and replaced them. I was pleasantly surprised that there was no charge even though I had driven 15,000 miles on them. Kudos to Bridgestone!
Anyone else had this problem? Based on another thread here I have now gone from the 42 psi sticker pressure to the 36 psi partial load recommendation from Europe, but it seems unlikely that could be part of the issue. We do have a very tight route into our garage that requires us to use full lock turning regularly and I wonder if that could be part of it.
For reference my Honda Clarity plugin has 63,000 miles on the original Michelin Energy tires that still seem to have a lot of wear left. This car does not have to make the tight turn into the garage, in fact it can't be done in this car because its turning radius is much worse than the ID.4!
The dealer said they looked bad but to see Bridgestone. My local official Bridgestone dealer agreed there was a problem but they didn't know what. They agreed to replace the tires under warranty but couldn't find any in the US in their warehouses. I looked into it and found Tire Rack had them in stock, and the dealer got them from Tire Rack and replaced them. I was pleasantly surprised that there was no charge even though I had driven 15,000 miles on them. Kudos to Bridgestone!
Anyone else had this problem? Based on another thread here I have now gone from the 42 psi sticker pressure to the 36 psi partial load recommendation from Europe, but it seems unlikely that could be part of the issue. We do have a very tight route into our garage that requires us to use full lock turning regularly and I wonder if that could be part of it.
For reference my Honda Clarity plugin has 63,000 miles on the original Michelin Energy tires that still seem to have a lot of wear left. This car does not have to make the tight turn into the garage, in fact it can't be done in this car because its turning radius is much worse than the ID.4!
