astrotoy

I have Bridgestone Turanza P235/50R18 97V tires which were OEM on my 460L. At my recent 15K service, my tires were measured at 35% tread remaining. I don't drive particularly agressively - brakes are at 75% remaining. I think the V means these are V rated tires. Can I drop down to H or get V rated tires that have better wear. Looks like at this rate I will be lucky to get 20-25K miles. Thanks.

herbvdh

I was recently looking at a new LS460 and on the rear passenger side door there was a sticker about the tire wear. Now I remember it said some thing to the effect of tires lasting 15,000 miles etc. I vaguely remember the tires being from Bridgestone but I am not sure of that.

boxcarfan

its the way the car is designed. its made with neg. camber, and it will wear tires.

all Lexus come with that 15,000 mile sticker

lexus111

I went to about 29000 miles on my OEM Dunlops and then purchased Michelin Pilot A/S . I now have 32000 miles on the car. The Michelins are much quieter with the same handling or better and are supposed to last a lot longer

rueym

where have you been driving the car so many miles in so few years.

Johnny

I had over 46,000 kilometers (just under 30,000 miles) on my LS when I traded it in (16 months). The 18" Bridgestone Turanza EL42s still had a lot of rubber left on them, about 35%, so I could easily have pushed them to 45,000 miles. 99% of our roads are bitumen asphalt, which is much easier on tires than American concrete highway surfaces.

Mike_TX

I'm beginning to doubt my Dunlop Sport Maxx tires will make it to 20,000. They seemed to holding up fine until lately, when they suddenly began to show wear.

I'm at 14,000 miles now, and they already feel "harder" when I hit small ripples and bumps, etc. The tread depth has shrunken a good bit over the past 5,000 miles, and there's not a lot of rubber left before the treadwear indicators will start showing.

Guess I'll be ponying up some big dollars for Michelins a little while after the first of the year. Shortest life I've EVER gotten out of a set of tires. Boo on Dunlops.

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Mike_TX

Well, I got a nice surprise today. I had talked to Lexus Customer Service weeks ago about my crappy Dunlop tires and their uneven and accelerated wear, but had given up on getting any help from them.

Then, they called out of the blue today and told me they will replace my tires for free. YEEE-ha!

I know one consideration is that I have owned 5 or more Lexus vehicles (can't remember for sure), and they cited my owner loyalty as one reason to give me a hand here. Whatever, it's a nice Christmas present not to have to fork over another $1,200-1,500 for a new set of skins!

Thank you, Lexus!

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gb403

Just had my Bridgestones replaced due to a vibration which they blamed on the tires. I now have a brand new set of Michelins. Mileage app. 1400. Thanks Lexus

Mike_TX

I go in tomorrow to get mine replaced. My service advisor told me they'll out Michelins on mine, too. Don't know which ones, but hey ... do I care? They just saved me $1200 bucks or more!

I have about 14,500 on these Dunlops, and I'm mainly just glad they aren't requiring me to put more of those on! No more Dunlops for this boy.

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Mike_TX

Ahhhh ... happiness is a brand-new set of Michelin Pilot HX MXM4's, for free.

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rojomy

My 2009 600h went in for its 15K today and 2400 bucks later, I've got Michelins (OE were Bridgestones). Service advisor at Sewell in Fort Worth said she was shocked, but was told by Service mgr that 15 is all one could expect on the 600 (something about the weight from the batteries and all). I love these folks, but that sounds like all BS to me. This is my 9th Lexus and Bridgestones (and more especially the Michelins they were built to drive on) have never been a problem. Anybody else know anything about this?

clay7160

was that for tires only or other services....because if for tires only, bring them back,

Johnny

I have the 600h on 19" OEM Bridgestone Turanzas EL42s. I rotate five tires about every 8,000 miles. I have about 25,000 miles on the odometer, and other than a little corner wear from positive camber, I estimate there are at least 15-20,000 more on there. I guess I could flip the tires around to balance the corner wear, but it's hardly worth the trouble.

rojomy

500 or so for "other". Still.......