Q: I don’t think I should be wearing out tires this fast

asked by on November 03, 2015

I had completely worn through the factory-installed tires on my 2009 Ford Focus by the time it hit 27,000 miles. Now I am at 38,000 miles and the replacement tires are wearing extremely unevenly once again! I thought that the previous problem had been due to the stock tires being of poor quality but now I suspect there is something wrong with the suspension. I've had this car aligned more than once, so now what can I do?

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