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06-18-2004, 04:46 PM | #1 | |
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tires cupping and noisy
Hi, this 2002 LW100 is eating tires. The wear pattern is cupping on the inside, the car has 100,000 miles and the ride seems very good, no bouncing, shimmying etc. It seems to be the rear tires which are doing the damage and all allignment specs are in except the camber is out just a little bit on both rears. The tire place wants to sell me four new struts and two rear coil springs at a cost of $1000, I don't think he knows what he is talking about. Any ideas? Thanks, Mark
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06-19-2004, 11:27 PM | #2 | |
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Re: tires cupping and noisy
its the camber, i say go to the dealership for a second option, i know basicly nothing about shocks, struts, and springs, but this sounds like something that can be adjusted without replacing.
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07-03-2004, 08:21 PM | #3 | |
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Re: tires cupping and noisy
i just heard from a unreliable source that saturn put out a TSB, something about using shims to change camber. check with your dealer to confirm
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07-03-2004, 10:32 PM | #4 | |
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Re: tires cupping and noisy
Thanks, I'll look into it. Mark
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08-31-2004, 08:08 PM | #6 | |
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Well that is what we ended up doing. The car is out of warranty and the dealer put the rear camber shim kit in and I got Big O to give us another set of tires (they didn't tell us the camber was out) and about $500 later I think we are in business. Thanks for the help, Mark
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08-03-2005, 11:55 AM | #7 | |
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Saturn LS1 tire cupping and noise
IReviewed the 6 comments on tire cupping caper. I have this problem on ny 2000 LS1. Anyone have further comments on this situation. Thanks
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09-12-2005, 11:17 AM | #8 | |
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LW200 vibration problem
Have the same problem -- barely two months out of factory warranty! Vibrations at 70mph with a "flapping" noise. Told by Saturn service that it would be $1000 with the 4 new tires (I guess they presume I'd buy tires from a dealership). Thanks to this forum, I cannot wait for the service manager to call me back on this, so I can discuss the known problem Saturn has had with the L- and LW-series of cars with respect to the need for a shim kit installation.
In that regard, I'd be interested if anyone else has had success with Saturn service folks on this issue. |
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Re: tires cupping and noisy
I bought an '02 L300 with about 48,000 miles on it. The first time I went out on the highway, I noticed the noise. The previous owner had all of his work done at Saturn and kept all the receipts. I found he had replaced all four tires and had the shims put in at about 27,000 miles due to "tire noise." So, I wound up putting on four MORE new tires at about 49,000 miles. I took the car back to Saturn along with all the receipts, and they were kind enough to check the rear alignment for me. They said that it was within spec and that the shims were indeed there. So, I think there must be another problem causing the cupping besides the rear alignment and shims...but I definitely would start there since it is a known problem.
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