The "factory spec" negative camber settings on the mazda 3 caused my tires to prematurely wear on the inside of the tread even with regular tire rotations. By the time I had 30,000 miles on the factory toyo tires the inside tread was completely bald.
2006 Mazda MAZDA3 suspension complaints
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2006 mazda 3 alignment issue ruining new tires. Now mazda claims I need a $900 front alignment repair, but can't explain why????? I've gone through 2 sets of tires in 50,000 miles???
Bought a mazda 3 2006. At around 17,000 miles I began to have problems with the tires. After complaining several times to the dealer, I was referred to the toyo dealers to address the warranty. I ran into major problems with them in honoring the warranty and ended up buying 4 new firestone tires at 21,000 miles. Again at around 20,000 miles, I began having the same problems. I had the tires aligned, rotated and balanced every 3,000-6,000 miles and nothing improved the wear of the tires. Neither the mazda dealership nor the main mazda offices were willing to do anything to remedy the problem or find a solution. I finally traded the car in 2008 and don?t plan to ever buy another mazda in my life. I have read blogs on both the mazda 3 and mazda 6 with the same problems. Unless one is rich and can afford tires every 17,000 miles, it is not worth the trouble you incur. You will be zoom zooming every 17,000 miles to a tire store.
2006 mazda 3 front tires rub and wear uneven. The car cut a deep gouge on the inside of each front tire.
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