2018 Audi Q7 WHEELS

I NOTICED ROUGH HANDLING AND ROAD NOISE AT 7,000 MILES. I CHECKED THE TIRES AND THEY WERE WORN UNEVENLY. THE DEALER SAID THEY NEEDED TO BE ROTATED AND THAT IT WOULD GO AWAY, BUT IT'S BEEN ANOTHER 9,000 MILES AND IT HASN'T IMPROVED. THE TIRES ARE PIRELLI SCORPION VERDE ALL SEASON RUN FLATS. THEY ARE WEARING HORRIBLY ONLY ON THE INSIDE HALF OF THE TIRES. I HAD A FOUR WHEEL ALIGNMENT DONE, BUT IT HASN'T HELPED THE UNEVEN WEAR. THE WEAR PATTERN IS WAVY, LIKE A ROLLER COASTER. I BELIEVE THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THESE TIRES. THE CAR IS A 2018 AUDI Q7.

THE OEM GOODYEAR EAGLE RUN FLAT TECHNOLOGY (RFT) TIRES THAT WERE ORIGINALLY INSTALLED ON THE VEHICLE ARE STARTING TO "CHUNK" ON THE OUTER EDGES OF THE TIRE. THE TREAD IS STILL AT 8/32 AND THE CAR ONLY HAS 9,700 MILES ON IT. THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED ISSUE ON 2018 AUDI Q7'S WITH THIS TIRE, SO MUCH SO THAT THERE IS A TSB OUT FOR THE ISSUE. HOWEVER, AUDI AND THE DEALERSHIP HAVE DECLINED TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE TIRES EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE CLEARLY WEARING DIFFERENTLY THAN THE BACK ONES. THEIR EXPLANATION IS THAT THIS IS "NORMAL WEAR", BUT NO OTHER CAR I HAVE DRIVEN HAS HAD THIS TYPE OF TIRE WEAR.

EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR CONTINENTAL TIRES INSTALLED AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WORN OUT AT 14,000 MILES; IDENTICAL TIRES INSTALLED AND SHOWING EXCESSIVE WEAR AT 3500 MILES.

I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2018 AUDI Q7 PRETIGE WITH GOODYEAR RUN FLAT TIRES. ALL FOUR TIRES FAILED OR ARE FAILING WITH TREAD LOSS AND TREAD SEPARATION/DELAMINATING. I BOUGHT TIRE HAZARD COVERAGE AT ADDED COST. AT 6500 MILES ONE TIRE LOST A LARGE TREAD SECTION, AND THIS TIRE WAS REPLACED BY AUDI BEND OREGON. AS OF TODAY WHEN I TOOK CAR TO AUDI NAPLES FL, NOW THE OTHER THREE TIRES AT 17000 MILES ALL SHOW DEFECT. AUDI WILL NOT STAND BY THE WARRANTY STATE NO IT'S OVER 12000 MILEDELAMINATION/FRAYING TREAD. AUDI STATES ITS A GOODYEAR TIRE ISSUE BUT AUDI PUT THESE TIRES ON THE CARS THEY SOLD. THEY STATED THAT DUE TO PROBLEMS AUDI PUTS PERRILLI OR CONTINENTAL TIRES AND NO LONGER GOODYEAR. I NEVER GOT AN ALERT TO DEFECT OR TO GETTING TIRES INSPECTED FOR A DEFECT. THEY NOW WANT ME TO PAY FOR 4 NEW TIRES WITHOUT ANY ALLOWANCE FOR MY UPFRONT WARRANTY COST AND THE FACT AUDI STATED THEY WERE SWITCHING OUT TO PERELLI TIRES BUT IT EXPIRED FOR ME. THESE TIRES ARE NOT SAFE AND I WILL ATTACH PICTURES OF THE DEFECTS. AND THE DOT NUMBERS OF THE 3 ORGANIC FINAL TIRES AND THE ONE REPLACED - NEC4JJ1R4617 NEC4JJ1R3917 NEC4JJ1R4717 NEC4JJ1R4717