Replacing with 12k miles on the dealer stock Falken tires? Really?!?

[Mtn.Ta_CO_man]

Anyone else have a similar experience?
I am having to replace my tires before winter hits here in CO but have only had the truck 11 months and just hitting the 10k mark. I went in for the 10k service and they checked the tread on my tires. 4/32 (front) 5/32 (rear). I could run them until the "legal" limit of 2/32 but living in CO and going into or through the mountains regularly, not my best decision to run almost no tread tires. I just think it is CRAZY that they are that low in such a short amount of time/distance. Has anyone else seen this, or heard of this??

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[Yotota]

On most new vehicles, the OEM tires are not the same as their equivalent aftermarket version. They can have lower tread depth for better NVH and MPG, are sometimes thinner and lighter carcasses, or a different rubber compound entirely.

If you look into it, you'll find that the OEM tires have completely different product numbers from the tire manufacturer.

I've never had a set of OEM tires on any modern car last much more than 20-25k miles.

 

[LincolnSixAlpha]

I have confirmed what Yotota states on my own accord with some other vehicles in the past. To my best guess, OEM tires (and batteries as I've observed, on other vehicles) are manufactured in such a way that both manufacturers of the tires, and large consumers (auto manufacturers) benefit from the agreement. How the end consumer benefits is by having tires of lesser quality. Again just my observation.

I witnessed that nonsense in a battery for one of the new motorcycles I purchased within the last 5 years or so. What came with the bike, was not the proper size, but rather a much smaller battery with a filler plate, meant to fill the gap for what the right sized battery would consume. Nonetheless that battery expired rather quickly.

So the manufacturer was able to get a battery in the bike just long enough to get it off of the dealer's floor.

Speak of tires, obviously not every tire on a new vehicle is of lesser quality, but clearly you may have some.

 

[Mtn.Ta_CO_man]

Thanks for the feedback:information.

 

[Taco Ji]

This is why you sell your OEM tires asap and buy you some decent rubber for your truck. I do this with most of my common average cars since the manufacturers only install the cheap throw away tires.

 

[Mtn.Ta_CO_man]

This is why you sell your OEM tires asap and buy you some decent rubber for your truck. I do this with most of my common average cars since the manufacturers only install the cheap throw away tires.

Duly noted for my next purchase.

 

[bitflogger]

On most new vehicles, the OEM tires are not the same as their equivalent aftermarket version. They can have lower tread depth for better NVH and MPG, are sometimes thinner and lighter carcasses, or a different rubber compound entirely.

If you look into it, you'll find that the OEM tires have completely different product numbers from the tire manufacturer.

I've never had a set of OEM tires on any modern car last much more than 20-25k miles.

This. I've had replacements of same model tire last much longer. At Discount Tire the technician showed me the lower tread depth of my then new OEM tires from the TRD Off Road.

@Mtn.Ta_CO_man FWIW, I was very pleased with the Trail Terrain in a month of CO powder chasing, they work better off road than I expected and are civil on the road. I'm leaning towards the OER (replacement) 3PMSF certified version but will see if crowd sourced reviews like anything more before I buy.

 

[Bronze Oxide]

I agree with all of the above and would add that the 460 pounds of torque will make the hybrid trucks tire eaters.

 

[crepr12]

I ran my OEM tires for about 45k on my 3rd gen...I dont expect any less on this gen...

 

[Lando]

Yes OEM tires are cheap and meant to look good and get you off the lot. However, 12,000 miles is low even for them. My only other “brand new” truck, a 2012 Ram 1500 had Goodyear Wranglers that I put 30,000 miles on and were probably good to be changed by 35,000 miles.
My Volkswagens had decent tires stock, but different application.

 

[Droid]

The Toyota OEM AT3W/A tire should be illegal to sell.

It has 9/32 of tread depth. A/T tires typically have at least 15/32. Think mine are 16.5/32.

I'm not a crazy environmentalist (as evidenced by my Taco on 34s) but I'm genuinely frustrated by stuff like this. Let's fill the landfills with tires that last 1/4 as long as normal so that our EPA numbers look better.

I would definitely buy new tires now...getting another $100 worth of wear out of these is not worth the $10,000 accident or injury to yourself/loved ones that these make likely.

 

[fourharts56]

Have you looked into a warranty claim? Or did your dealer tell you normal wear and tear? Pretty sure that at least part of that is covered in your tire warranty they handed you when you bought the rig.

 

[Briscoelab]

Yep. The Toyota OEM tires are terrible. Super soft casing and very low tread depth. I sold mine from the TH within a couple weeks and went to BFG KO3. I love our Tacoma and LC250, but the tires on both were absolute crap as stock. One thing that our previous Jeeps (JLs and Gladiators) did right. Actual LT Load C Falken AT3W or BFG KO2 stock.

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