I bought michelin hydroedge (90k mile warranty) tires for my xc70 and 35k miles later I need tires again. The volvo dealership ship says regardless of what tires I buy the xc70 and xc90 will only get about 30,000 miles on them because of the way the vehicle handles. Is anyone else experiencing this situation?

 

You might want to ask on the forums on www.volvoxc.com, too.

 

bw77. Thank you! I'll do that.

 

What about the Warranty??? Have you called Michellin or gone to a tire store since the warranty is thru Michellin and not Volvo!

 

Have they been rotated every 6k miles? If not rotated, of course they will wear out in that mileage, since the car is basically front wheel drive. What are the tread depths of all tires?

 

Even though the manual recomends NOT rotating the tires, I rotate the tires every 4,000 miles. I have not gone to Michelin or the store were I bought the tires because a friend of mine had a similar experience with his tires and just got excuses from the store that the tires were not rotated as frequently as they should of been. I have no proof that I had them rotated as often as I say. I may try it anyway. It can't hurt. But Volvo is telling me regardless of what tires I put on the vehicle I will only get 30 - 35,000 miles on them.

 

I have rotated ours every 5000 miles and so far we have gotten about 50K to 60K out of each set.

 

There Michelin hydroedge?

 

Sounds like you've done your part. If the tires are equally worn, that should be a strong indicator to the shop that they were rotated. Did you do this yourself or have a shop do it, for which you should have a receipt?

You haven't said the tires were worn evenly. I could also suggest that the tires may not have been rotated, if you are leaving it to the shop to do, say during your 4000 mile oil changes.

Just trying to rule some things out that can't be seen over the internet.