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Originally Posted by sneagle
Just to sneak in here...my HH has about 34K miles and the service folks said recently that I should start thinking about at least two new tires. Is that unusual to need new tires at 35K miles?
Any recommendation for tires--I think it makes sense to replace all 4 at the same time. Also, I bought the extended warranty. I imagine that does not cover wear items like tires, right?
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35K is early but not unusual for stock tires. I've always needed replacements (4 tires) between 30k-50k. As a rule, I don't mix tires. Best way to keep the car balanced is to have all 4 tires the same (Make, model, treadwear, age etc.) BTW, it sounds like you may not have rotated your tires on schedule (Fronts wearing before the rear?). That's another important thing to do. I do it every 5k with the oil.
My suggestion is to look for reviews of tires, say on tirerack.com or the like. See what people like and then find a dealer in your locale that gives free tire rotations with a purchase of 4 new tires. I recommend switching to an SUV tire (thicker sidewalls) rather than the minivan tires that come standard with the HH, get something such as the Goodyear Fortera TripleTred.