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Tire wear = alignment ?

I just got an askance from the service dept. saying that my 2002 Elantra
GT’s tires have wear to the _outside_ inch of the tires that an alignment is
in order……………..?

My question is that why would an alignment help since the wear is on ALL 4
TIRES ?

This car is 24 months old BUT with only _ 10K miles on it ……………

Michael

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  1. admin says:

    heck my brand new 2004 Elantra GT was 2 months old and required a 4 wheel
    wheel alignment.. I hit no curbs. I dont drive down bumpy roads.. my only
    answer would be that it came from the factory like that… they wanted to
    charge me to have it done I was like NOT. the car is brand new and obviously
    it came from the factory that way.. my saving grace was that day there was a
    Hyundai Rep at the dealer and he took care of it for me. no problems since..

    Pete..

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    >I just got an askance from the service dept. saying that my 2002 Elantra
    >GT’s tires have wear to the _outside_ inch of the tires that an alignment
    >is in order……………..?

    > My question is that why would an alignment help since the wear is on ALL 4
    > TIRES ?

    > This car is 24 months old BUT with only _ 10K miles on it ……………
    > —
    > Michael

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    "Pete & Cindy" <ran…@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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    > heck my brand new 2004 Elantra GT was 2 months old and required a 4 wheel
    > wheel alignment.. I hit no curbs. I dont drive down bumpy roads.. my only
    > answer would be that it came from the factory like that… they wanted to
    > charge me to have it done I was like NOT. the car is brand new and
    > obviously it came from the factory that way.. my saving grace was that day
    > there was a Hyundai Rep at the dealer and he took care of it for me. no
    > problems since..

    Thanks, I didn’t know there was a ’4 wheel wheel alignment’ …..I come from
    the old school
    of american cars and front end alignments , oh well guess I’ll have it done
    ($99 ouch) .


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  3. admin says:

    Welcome to the world of 4 wheel independant suspension…

    Pete..

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    > "Pete & Cindy" <ran…@shaw.ca> wrote in message
    > news:iRR%c.363641$gE.100315@pd7tw3no…
    >> heck my brand new 2004 Elantra GT was 2 months old and required a 4 wheel
    >> wheel alignment.. I hit no curbs. I dont drive down bumpy roads.. my only
    >> answer would be that it came from the factory like that… they wanted to
    >> charge me to have it done I was like NOT. the car is brand new and
    >> obviously it came from the factory that way.. my saving grace was that
    >> day there was a Hyundai Rep at the dealer and he took care of it for me.
    >> no problems since..

    > Thanks, I didn’t know there was a ’4 wheel wheel alignment’ …..I come
    > from the old school
    > of american cars and front end alignments , oh well guess I’ll have it
    > done ($99 ouch) .

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  4. admin says:

    "Pete & Cindy" <ran…@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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    > Welcome to the world of 4 wheel independant suspension…

    > Pete..

    Thanks Pete, hey it _does_ corner and ride great though……………

    Just would have liked them to say something about an alignment when I asked
    them if it looked like
    the tires seemed to be wearing unevenly at 9 months when the suspension was
    still under warrantee.

    Michael


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