Insane tire wear at 30k miles. ‘23 Prime SE

Discussion in 'Gen 5 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Zyrian, Jul 10, 2026 at 1:05 PM.

  1. Zyrian

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    Was driving from Atlanta to the Gulf and had a fun Rapids Unplanned Depressurization of the front passenger tire. Good thing I’m weird and made myself a spare tire kit.

    Tire looked awful and I thought it was because of riding couple hundred yards on the interstate stopping from 70. Of course size is impossible to find, especially in rural FL. But got a shop that could get it, and when they lifted the car they showed me the rest of the tire.

    Long story short - alignment issues destroyed the tires, all 4 needed to be replaced. I opted for 215/55 as an experiment - diameter is the same.

    Fun pics attached. 30k on the odometer, just hit 3 years, was at the dealer for service 4 months back - didn’t hear a peep.

    What do you guys think about 215/55?
     

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    didn't anyone notice at the previous services?
     
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    They should've caught that on your last tire rotation @ 25K. Looks like it was toe-out really badly. Did you wack a curb really hard or gone over some major pot holes?
    I would stop using that dealership; since that's on the basic safety check list. Any blind mechanic should've found that. Makes me wonder what else they're checking off and not doing???? Did the dealership tell you that you needed an alignment and tires????
     
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  4. Zyrian

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    Nope, I’m at the dealer every 6 months / 5k miles and got “all good”. Tires good, brakes good - can’t be better. Dudes didn’t check it, it seems.

    all 4 had inside edge wear, and fronts started just disintegrating (middle pic). Had 2 dozen cars in almost 30 years, never had anything like that. And I autocrossed and did road course and tail of the dragon runs. My fault for not double checking. Got fat and happy and trusted dealer.