Tire causes rubbing on the front strut, namely and more commonly the passenger side strut. This is evidenced by a rubbing mark on the strut body and many times wear marks on the tires themselves. In some cases, front suspension binding has occurred. In other cases, tire replacement was necessary.
2004 Pontiac Gto suspension complaints
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"I reference claim oid#10116796. I am having this same problem. My tires are rubbing on my front strut." and add anything else neded. I used the component discriptors of "suspension: front" and "suspension: front, macpherson strut".
The inside of the front tires rubs on the strut tower. The inside tread of my tires was bald after only 12000 miles. This could possibly cause a blowout. The only remedy I can imagine would be to give the car a .5 to 1 inch lift or downgrade to 235/45zr17 tires.I belong to a gto club and everyone I've spoken to has the same problem. I will have them fill out complaints also.
I reference claim oid#10116796. I am having this same problem. My tires are rubbed on my front struts and after rotation all 4 tires were worn. Two of them were worn down to the cords and all 4 tires needed immediate replacement. The dealer said that this problem was not covered by warranty and refused to replace my dangerously worn tires. This condition could have easily caused a blowout. I did save the least worn of the 4 tires for a full size spare and have a picture of the damage done to worst of the 4. History: the 2004-2005 pontiac gto is an imported version of the australia holden monaro. The holden manaro comes from the factory with 235/45r17 tires, tires that are generally 235mm (9.25") wide. However, when pontiac spec'd the gto for the us, they finally decided on a 10mm wider tire, a 245/45r17 bf goodrich g-force kdws tire. Current problem: the larger tire causes rubbing on the front strut, namely and more commonly the passenger side strut. This is evidenced by a rubbing mark on the strut body and many times wear marks on the tires themselves. In some cases, front suspension binding has occurred. In other cases, tire replacement was necessary. This is due, in fact, to the increase in size of the tire that pontiac has chosen to put on the imported version. Several pontiac dealerships are aware of this problem, and it has been speculated that pontiac is aware as well. Future problems: tires are not all the same size. One 245/45r17 tire can be smaller or larger depending on the manufacturer of the tire. There is a strong posibility that when a consumer replaces his/her worn factory tires with another set of tires, of the same "size", that they would be even larger and could cause serious problems. In light of the ford-firestone tire problems, I believe this is a situation that should be researched. Please note: dealership lot cars would most likely not demonstrate this problem as they will not have been driven enough to cause the rubbing.
Front tires on this vehicle rub on the front struts. Concern is the effect of the rubbing on the structure of the tire. As of yet there are no failures that I am aware of due to this problem. Gm is aware of the problem, but has failed to address the issue with owners.
On a 2004 pontiac gto front struts are rubbing sidewalls of factory tires, took into dealer said nothing wrong, member of a internet forum and many owners are having same problem reference claim #10116796 thank you.
Ireference claim oid 10116796. I am having this same problem. My tires are rubbing on my front struton my 2004 pontiac gto.
History: the 2004-2005 pontiac gto is an imported version of the australia holden monaro. The holden manaro comes from the factory with 235/45r17 tires, tires that are generally 235mm (9.25") wide. However, when pontiac specs the gto for the us, they finally decided on a 10mm wider tire, a 245/45r17 bf goodrich g-force kdws tire. No changes were made to the suspension of the vehicle for us import though. Current problem: the larger tire causes rubbing on the front strut, namely and more commonly the passenger side strut. This is evidenced by a rubbing mark on the strut body and many times wear marks on the tires themselves. In some cases, front suspension binding has occurred. In other cases, tire replacement was necessary. This is due, in fact, to the increase in size of the tire that pontiac has chosen to put on the imported version. Several pontiac dealerships are aware of this problem, and it has been speculated that pontiac is aware as well. Future problems: tires are not all the same size. One 245/45r17 tire can be smaller or larger depending on the manufacturer of the tire. There is a strong posibility that when a consumer replaces his/her worn factory tires with another set of tires, of the same "size", that they would be even larger and could cause serious problems. In light of the ford-firestone tire problems, I believe this is a situation that should be researched. Please note: dealership lot cars would most likely not demonstrate this problem as they will not have been driven enough to cause the rubbing.
Immediately after purchase, heard grinding noise from right, front tire when turning and backing up. Also noticed that steering wheel was slightly turned to the left while driving straight down the road. Before 5000 miles I noticed an ever increasing rough ride and that the steering wheel vibrated badly while driving, also noticed that the inside of both front tires were worn completely bald. The right front tire even had the cords hanging out. Immediately after discovering this, I took the car to the closest pontiac dealer. After being harassed and turned away by the local dealer, I was forced to take the car to the original selling dealer over 2 hours away. Dealer discovered that the right front strut was bent, which caused this severe alignment issue, which made the tires rub while turning, also caused the steering wheel to be turned while driving straight and also wearing out both front tires to the point that driving on them was very unsafe. Dealer replaced the bent strut, while stating that they could not find any evidence of a road hazard that would have caused this failure after delivery of the vehicle. Also replaced the front tires. Then the gm (indiana ) regional service manager refused to cover the cost under warranty stating that I could have caused this failure after delivery (even after dealer stated that their was no evidence of customer damage) also stated that struts were not covered under the gm 3yr 36k mile warranty . The dealer feeling badly, gave me a set of tires off of another gto that they put new tires and rims on. This gm "pre delivery" defect was very costly to me and even more importantly, could have cost me my life due to the potential for a tire blow out due to this gm alignment issue. Pontiac customer service, after weeks of appeals, has refused to reimburse me. This is terrible and I advise any gto owner to check his or her front tires and alignment for unusual wear before it is too late.
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