NHTSA Complaint #11268655 — 2016 KIA SORENTO

UNUSUALLY RAPID TIRE WEAR ON FRONT TIRES IS GOING TO REQUIRE THE 2ND REPLACEMENT OF ALL 4 TIRES WITHIN A 13 MONTH PERIOD COVERING A TOTAL OF 16,440 MILES. THE VSET OFEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED WITH NEW SET OF TIRES IN 9/2018 (22,205 MI), BY 3/2019, (31,648 MI) TWO TIRES WERE BALD AND REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF ALL 4 TIRES AS CAR HAS ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE.. AGAIN, BY 10/14/2019 (38.650 MI) TWO TIRES ARE DOWN TO < 2/32NDS (SAFETY NUBS) REQUIRING THE 2ND REPLACEMENT OF ALL 4 TIRES WITHIN A 13 MONTH PERIOD. ALL TIRES HAVE BEEN PER KIA SPECIFICATIONS AND SPEED RATING (23560R18 103H). IN ALL CASES THE TIRES HAVE WORN EVENLY AND NO ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS OR SUBJECT TO UNUSUAL DRIVING CONDITIONS OR USE. TIRES ARE ROTATED EVERY 5,000 MI..MECHANICS CONSULTED HAVE NOT SEEN THIS UNUSUAL WEAR RATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE EVEN WEAR PATTERN AND NO ALIGNMENT PROBLEM. APPEARS SOMETHING IS DRASTICALLY WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE VERSUS THE TIRES.