I have 15000 miles and my tires are feathering!

i ran my hand along the inner part of the front tires and some feel worn and the others feel HIGHER then the others...

WHAT SHOULD I DO??????!!!!!!

is this really bad?

 

i talked with my friend at the dealer, he thinks nissan will do something if more peoiple will file complaints. he said one guy there got a new set of tires already. or go talk to bridgestone? i have the same problem and i only have 6,000 miles

 

is your car tire noise louder??

if not, I wouldn't worry about it, 15,000 miles before you even noticed it without more tire noise sounds decent.

most people notice a dramatic increase in noise at about 2-3k, so you may not have the same thing

I noticed mine started to feather at 1-2k (by hand), but it hasn't seemed to get much worse than that. I now have 3k miles on it, and the noise doesn't continue to get worse like others have seemed to. I am sort of wait and see mode

 

wow.. they moved the thread... so id idnt see responses till now..

road noise is VERY loud in my car... and now i know why... wheni put down the windows it is just about the same...

there are extreem differences in the height of the different sections of rubber...

how and where do i go to file my complaint!!!!

 

1-800-NISSAN-1.

File your complaint immediately--because you have over 12k miles on your car, dealers might try to get out of doing an alignment for you for free. Although, it doesn't seem to be helping my car any. I have the alignment done and only 1k miles later, this feathering crap is back.

 

damn they are closed now...

looking back at some older pictures (of when i had under 2000 miles (before i got my car backed into) i have feathering.. LOOK!




I didnt know it was what it was till i read the thread last night...

I thought it was like actual rubber like stripping off or something!!!

DOH!!!!

 

I have a feeling that there are many drivers right now that are saying the same sort of thing...like "I'm glad I don't have the feathering" and then a few months later go "Oh crap, you mean that!!!"
That's what confuses people searching for answers for the feathering...inconsistant data...good luck with your troubles, cool picture of you and the car, that's crazy hair man!

 

I have 9500 miles on my Z and can tell that the noise level is getting higher. I could feel the feathering at around 4000, but couldn't detect any increase in road noise. My Nissan service manager told me there was nothing they could do about the feathering and blew me off. I will push it now since the TSB refers to excessive tire noise and I can now claim that.

 

You are now one of us, the few, the proud, the... "feathered"?? :-)

 

i called nissan.. filed a complaint...

im going to bring my car to performance nissan for my 15000 mile service and have them take care of the feathering too..

im not gonna go to the dealer i got my car from any longer... to small of a dealership i think and dont get many z's in there...

 

Is the road noise louder at different speeds? It seems to be worse at lower speeds for me. I thought my tires might need balancing but I might have the same problem as all of you. I havent check my tires in a while. I have about 10K on the car now.

 

louder at low speeds as you slow down

 

i think its gotten worse as i put air in my tires again...

now im at full PSI its gotten much louder....

oh well...

 

Mine gets loud as i start to slow down.