I’ve just seen this on one of my car tyres and started to feel a little bit sick…….

We only bought the car at the start of the year and the tyres were fine. We have done less than 6000 miles.

WTF has caused this then ?
The other side is the same but not worn through.

There is no play or knocking etc in the suspension. This was the front right tyre.

Assuming that is the inner edge it’ll be the toe settings. The wheels are either splayed apart or pointing ino each other.

Being a tight git and spending out on wrong size tyres.

hmmmm, I spot a reoccurring theme here. lol

Excessive toe out or excess negative camber, broken springs, worn bushes/ ball joints, tracking incorrectly set

Show your local tyre dealer, ask for advice while getting the wheel alignment checked/adjusted.

Hopeychondriact wtf are you actually on about ??? It’s no laughing matter.

We had similar, although not as bad as that, caused by a combination of toe in out of alignment and lots of those square sleeping policemen things where we lived.

Stance?

Poor cornering technique.

(I always park my car at home with the wheels turned so I get a look at the tyres each morning. Sad I know, but ^ that’s why.)

Poor cornering technique

It’s a family estate car not a rally car ?

It was a joke, should have put a smiley I suppose. Good job you spotted it in time!

Not stanced at all ……

Deliberately doesn’t mention cornering/29ers/other threads….Oh.wait

Sorry the great ape.

I’m waiting for hopey nobbby up there to come back and explain his crap post.

I’ve had my family in the car with that on. I’m not finding it funny.

No worries. I used to drive a Mondeo police car, and when you booted it there was quite a bit of torque steer. I’m not an engineer but I wonder if that could cause it?

Massive assumption from one pic, but if it goes up and down kerbs, that may gradually nudge your alignment out (although it’s much more likely to be one or more big knocks, judging by how bad yours looks) – previous owner?

Fadda… It’s put up the kerb by using the dropped kerb behind the car and always reversed off the same bit.

Previous owner used it mostly on the motorway. ?

It’s weird as it doesn’t pull all over the road etc.

that’s really gone through right round the shoulder – something is properly wrong with your suspension set up.

I had something very similar happen to a VW Jetta when a damper was shot. Guess the wheel was just bouncing up and down all the time. Weird you’ve got it on both fronts though.

Take it somewhere proper to get looked at.

Ah, it’s a mondy estate. My smax (same car essentially) had similar wear after about 10k from new (I got it at 2.5k). First set of tyres wore in the same way. Was toeing out, hence my guess. Not sure if it’s a ford wear in thing with the suspension.

i’ve had my family in the car with that on. I’m not finding it funny.

Surely if you were that bothered by their safety you’d check the tyres regularly, they haven’t got like that over night

Mondeo estate? Mine did that. Both sides. Getting the tracking done seemed to sort it out iirc.

Had a golf that didthat was the camber that kept the car on the road.

Had it set neutral once. Had it put back within 3 days, car handled like crap,

Just lived with the wear over 40k.

Have yours looked at by a pro somethings not right with that- as said your right round the shoulder surely you would have noticedthe tracking out tht far- unless you never driven a straight car before !

I did have an escort do something similar actually – id not seen the speedbump as you leave nevis range after a long days downhilling 4 up and 4 bikes on so no suspensipn travel left…. Bent both wish bones badly,

Low pressure in tyre , so tyre moves out on cornering, always use an independant gauge to test pressures not the garage pump.

oh and its a fine and points for driving on a tyre with exposed thread, and dont rub hand along the thread, youll get speared by rusty metal that will go septic in a few days, i did and it did.

Swop tyres, front left to rear right and likewise to even out tyre rub and wear.

dont rub hand along the thread, youll get speared by rusty metal

He’s right, I did, and I was.

if they were fine 6k ago then something’s not right as above.

Plenty of honest and good garages about town too — give Wisharts a call. Sandy’s Reids pretty good too.

Maybe it’s the fact you’re driving it on pavements that is leading to excessive wear. 🙄

Alignment I reckon, the previous Mondeo to yours was known to go out of alignment with relative ease.

It will just be the tracking…….do you have lots of ‘witches tits’ sleeping policeman in your area? If you do I would suggest no more than 10-15mph over them but good technique by hitting them with both wheels at the same point, because if you do t it ends up knackering wishbones and tracking! My wife can confirm theses salient points 😆

Had similar on my car but on rear and not quite as extreme but having everything realigned resolved it.

We only bought the car at the start of the year and the tyres were fine.

Were they, or have you only now just had cause to look at the inside edge? When I got my first car I checked the tread depth religiously and still managed to drive around for (presumably) months on a tyre with the steel poking out of the inner edge. I only spotted it when I happened to park with my wheels at a rakish angle one day.

But yeah. As others have said it’s probably something toe / tracking / wheel alignment related, get it checked.

sleeping policeman

I drove the hatch version of that Mondeo (Titanium?) “briskly” over speed bumps for four years and never saw anything like that kind of wear pattern. I’d respectfully suggest it’s not that.

Yep toe in / tracking problem. Shows nicely that you should occasionally put your wheels on full lock to check the overall conditions of the tyres. That would be worth a big fine plus points if you were caught by the police.

I drove the hatch version of that Mondeo (Titanium?) “briskly” over speed bumps for four years and never saw anything like that kind of wear pattern. I’d respectfully suggest it’s not that.

Sorry but it was, not talking about normal sleeping policemen, but the square ones that you try to straddle.

Renton I think hopeychondriact is confusing you with Molgrips?

Nope the tyres were fine as I checked them as if they were i was going to barter with the garage to change them.

I check the tyre pressures weekly and also they are fitted with pressure monitors.

I understand that I should of checked them and feel sick thinking about it as I’ve had my family in the car. Thanks for rubbing it in though.

How on earth does driving up a dropped kerb cause wear like that then hopeychondriact you are coming across as an even bigger knob.

Mrovershoot I hope that is the case as if not it’s pretty poor skills.

Stu170 thanks for the kind words. I dont think that at all.

When we were quite a bit younger we noticed a mates tyres were down to the wire when he had sparks coming from the underside of his car.

No worries renton. Struggling to work out whether you are after pity? How you don’t notice that is unbelievable

Is that the inside or outside of the tyre?
Just that one or others too?

i’ve had my family in the car with that on. I’m not finding it funny.

Surely if you were that bothered by their safety you’d check the tyres regularly, they haven’t got like that over night

What RD said…