Could the MOTers amongst us please clarify what they are for on car tyres. I was of the assumption that they show that when flush the tyre tread is at the minimum and the tyre needs changing. My son has just bought a car from a dealer who put an MOT on it but when I checked it the front two looked well worn. They had tread but not a lot. As it is a front wheel drive (Honda CRV) I decided that it was better to put the rears on the front as that is the main axle for drive, steering etc. and suggested that when his funds allowed he should replace the others. When I started the swap I measured the tyres with my depth gauge and one had a number of the wear indicators flush. The other was not much better. We took it back to the dealer and he sent us to their garage where the car was MOT'd. In their opinion the wear indicators are worthless and as long as the tread was 1.6mm then the tyres were serviceable. My point was that they are called wear indicators for a reason and therefore that warrants that the tyres are worn to limits. My lad is not car nerd and just wants a road legal car which he needs for work as well as he has his first baby on the way and has bought this "safe" Honda to replace his Suzuki Vitara. What do you think. Any advice will be appreciated.
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1.6 is the limit across the central 3 quarters of the tread and if you measure 1.6 then its just legal I assume they are called indicators as they are not accurate.
edit you can always state to the dealer / mot centre that you intend to speak to vosa over this matter, if they have pulled a fast one they will want to correct it without vosa being involved
edit you can always state to the dealer / mot centre that you intend to speak to vosa over this matter, if they have pulled a fast one they will want to correct it without vosa being involved
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Always have the best tyres on the front, common sense that......
Much easier to correct understeer as opposed to oversteer.
1.6m as above across 3/4 of the tread
Much easier to correct understeer as opposed to oversteer.
1.6m as above across 3/4 of the tread
So what you are saying is that they are only a guide and not used to show legal tread depth. Seems to be a waste of time having them then. I only hope a overzealous plod does not decide that they are the limit and tickets him accordingly!
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plod always measures tread depth, the thing is once they are level with the tread they will stay level with it until bald so you lose the indicator, I wouldn't take the chance with them, contact the garage and tell them you intend to speak to vosa as you don't think these 2 tyres should have passed the mot, are they on the mot as an advisory ? I would think they should be if that low
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has to be central 3/4
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I have wear indicators flush with tread on both fronts on my megane (which is annoying as I bought they tyres brand new 4 months ago) one is readin 1.73mm and the other is reading 1.98mm both are being changed in the week, cant be bothered with rotating the rears to the front, there is only 3mm left on the rears
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I've bought a nearly new car from a dealership a few years back. Brakes were supposed to be replaced before i collected. They hadn't and they said still in spec blah blah blah. Tbh I had already stole the car at the price I managed to get with a straight cash deal, but I took the car to me mates garage, put on brake tester, showed excessive wear so he wrote a note on headed paper. New discs and pads all round insued, more than what was required.
and yes, should be an advisory with the ticket.
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The wear indicator shows when the tyre has reached 2mm (the manufacturers) recommended replacement depth
1.6 is the legal limit
A tyre can pass a MOT with no tread on the outer edges ie "bald" depending on the tread pattern as long as the centre 3/4 has 1.6 mm
Belive me a tyre like that has very little grip on a wet road
1.6 is the legal limit
A tyre can pass a MOT with no tread on the outer edges ie "bald" depending on the tread pattern as long as the centre 3/4 has 1.6 mm
Belive me a tyre like that has very little grip on a wet road
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at the moment my car is a nightmare on wet roads. the tyre tread seems to have dropped off very rapidly over the last 600 miles, it understeers a bit now where as it used to grip really well. they were only cheap tyres but still annoyed that they have worn to the limit after 5k miles, my father bought a set of similarly priced tyres for his jag about 9k miles ago and they still have over 2mm on the front
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anyone that lets there tires get worn to the limit in winter is asking for it . even in summer when its poring down . i change tires in pairs never singly and people that swap from front to back to get better wear want there heads testing. i only ever did it once on the stockcar and smashed up on the 1st bend as it lost grip due to tires not been bedded in
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there are some flimsy ones about but equally some really good ones
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If you need to measure the tread the tyre is worn out lol
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I agree with you, but when I've wanted to measure the depth I just use an ordinary digital vernier, can't read the traditional one anymore, the graduations are too small without a magnifying glass
Your front tyres are doing 2 things at once.... Driving and steering. On the jag, they just handle the steering.
Tyre performance drops off after 4mm tread depth. Change yours as soon as poss...
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