Axel59 Posted May 7 Report Share Posted May 7 Slashed tire on a Ford Edge SEL AWD. I drive a Ford Edge SEL AWD and recently had one winter tire slashed. These tires had a tread wear of 8/32s. Insurance says they only will cover the one tire but with a betterment fee included. The garage claims that because of the awd system I should replace all 4 tires. If I don’t I risk damage to transmission as the system may detect different tractions from the different tires. So now I am facing buying 4 new tires and only getting compensated partially for the one that was slashed. Has anyone heard of this? Am I being scammed by garage? I am thinking I could get away with replacing just 2 tires but am not sure if that would be safe to do. Either way I seem to be out a lot of money for being insured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabangsta Posted May 7 Report Share Posted May 7 So new they have 11/32 tread, but yours are worn down to 8/32? I think the industry standard deviation is 3/32 before it will cause weird things to happen, so right at that. I don't know if Ford has a spec for it or not. Places like Tirerack can shave them to match your other 3 as well. https://www.tirerack.com/upgrade-garage/can-tires-be-shaved-to-match-tread-depths-on-allwheel-drive-fourwheel-drive-vehicles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma-2 Posted May 30 Report Share Posted May 30 What it states in my owners manual "It is recommended that the two front tires or two rear tires generally be replaced as a pair." I've read that different tires on the same axle can have different tread and throw off the AdvanceTrac sensors. (You see this when you drive using the spare.) Personally I replace all four when one is damaged and there's at least 50% wear. (I like a smooth, quiet ride.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vols44 Posted June 4 Report Share Posted June 4 If you have a full sized spare, put the other tire with 8/32 under the trunk floor and pair the spare with one new tire. The TPMS sensor will need to be transferred so swap the spare wheel (most are the base trim style/steelie look) and make sure the technician followed your instructions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma-2 Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 On 6/4/2024 at 4:07 PM, Vols44 said: If you have a full sized spare, put the other tire with 8/32 under the trunk floor and pair the spare with one new tire. The TPMS sensor will need to be transferred so swap the spare wheel (most are the base trim style/steelie look) and make sure the technician followed your instructions. I'm thinking that the "full sized" spare is only 17" and doesn't match up in height with a standard size tire. Also it's not intended to be used for more than 50 miles. (And has a max 50 mph rating.) Other than that, at least on my mkx, the wheel well is only large enough to fit the donut spare. (A full size tire doesn't fit below the floor.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 If your vehicle is equipped with a trailer hitch, there is always room on the Back Porch... From Basecamp Brooklyn Good luck! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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