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Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by RICKKONK, Jul 7, 2015.

  1. RICKKONK

    RICKKONK Junior Member

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    I have Bridgestone Ecopia E422 tires on my 2011 . They are wearing real well. I have 90,000 on them and will probably get 100,000. But I started getting road noise the last 10,000. Anybody else have this issue? Or recommendations
     
    #1 RICKKONK, Jul 7, 2015
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    mmmodem Senior Taste Tester

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    Common issue with all tires as they age.
     
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    Yep, they're probably uneven now and have rough surfaces since they are almost done. Hence the noise.
     
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    Time for new tires.
     
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    How long since the tires were rotated? That's a common issue with tires left too long in the rear of fwd cars.
     
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    I'm looking at the EP422+ they say it out preforms the old EP422
     
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    I rotated them every 10,000 miles. Still have tread or Discount Tire would have been pushing new ones at last rotation in May.
     
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    The noise might be from tires but it could also be wheel bearings. Jack up the rear/front and rotate the tires and listen/feel for abnormal noise. I have a thread on here about replacing the rear bearings with a video.
     
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    BTW, what was your fuel economy with those tires?
     
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