Winter Tyres.

Si.

Si.

Si.

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Hi.

Just had winter tyres fitted to my Qashsai but since doing it I've noticed the car has a tendency to pull sharply to the left or right sometimes, it makes the car feel very twitches and not pleasant to drive at all. Is this something to do with the tyres? Or is this normal with winter tyres?
 
Si. said:
Hi.

Just had winter tyres fitted to my Qashsai but since doing it I've noticed the car has a tendency to pull sharply to the left or right sometimes, it makes the car feel very twitches and not pleasant to drive at all. Is this something to do with the tyres? Or is this normal with winter tyres?
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As said, get the alignment checked and tracking. The only tendency winters have is to be wallowy and imprecise as the tread flexes more
 
ok, will get the tracking checked.. I've used the same fitter a few times on different cars and never had a problem.
 
Changing tyres cannot upset the wheel alignment!
It may however have been out before hand anyway.
 
Take the wheels off and put them back on again making sure to tighten the nuts in such a way that the first one you tighten is the opposite of the second one and so on. It could be that the wheels are not seated on the hubs correctly.

While the wheel is off, check the tyre is on the rim properly.
 
My Wife has just got in from work white as a sheet, it's the first time she's driven it with the tyres on and it's really scary for her, it's tram lining and pulling quite badly making it difficult for her to control. Hopefully it's just tracking or something but if not I'll have to get them taken off and the originals put back on. There we no issues at all with the original tyres on.

I watched him fit them and he did the bolts correctly (we replaced all 4 tyres), each was tightened in a cross pattern and he torqued them up correctly (I assume). As it happens it's in the garage tomorrow for a knocking noise they are going to look at so will get them to check the wheels/tracking at the same time.

The manufacturer website says "asymmetric non-directional tread pattern"

http://www.matador.sk/index.cfm?module=ActiveWeb&page=WebPage&s=MP92
 
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It's just a minor thing which is why it's going back to the garage (there is a noise/clunk sometimes from the front drivers side when pulling away from a standing start, or sometimes when braking).. we've only had the car a week. I didn't think of that causing any of the symptoms as they weren't there before we changed tyres, however I suppose it could be suspension related.
 
Knocking tends to suggest a suspension component is loose/worn/broken. So that probably is causing the issue!
 
Si. said:
My Wife has just got in from work white as a sheet, it's the first time she's driven it with the tyres on and it's really scary for her, it's tram lining and pulling quite badly making it difficult for her to control. Hopefully it's just tracking or something but if not I'll have to get them taken off and the originals put back on. There we no issues at all with the original tyres on.

I watched him fit them and he did the bolts correctly (we replaced all 4 tyres), each was tightened in a cross pattern and he torqued them up correctly (I assume). As it happens it's in the garage tomorrow for a knocking noise they are going to look at so will get them to check the wheels/tracking at the same time.

The manufacturer website says "asymmetric non-directional tread pattern"

http://www.matador.sk/index.cfm?module=ActiveWeb&page=WebPage&s=MP92
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Are they snow or winter tyres? But still winter tyres have much bigger tread blocks and deeper tread which means the tyres moves around a lot more. This helps heat them up faster and give the grip on snow.

Winter tyres generally have soft sidewalls too, so your probably experience the tyres being soft, put some more air in them like 4-6psi all round, might help.
 
I'll try that thanks.

I believe there snow tyres rather than winter ones (needed where I live)
 
Si. said:
I'll try that thanks.

I believe there snow tyres rather than winter ones (needed where I live)
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That is why then, snow tyres are studded, maximum speed of about 60-70mph. So in none snow conditions they can be pretty aweful and the car certainly won't feel good.

Where in the UK are you where you need full snow tyres though???
 
Most studded tyres are much higher rated than that. Even my piddly little Fulda ones are rated up to 99 (Q), while the regular winters would have been T-rated and summer tyres either T or H rated. A quick look online suggests that more substantially sized studded ones tend to be T rated, so unless you're on the autobahn that's all a bit academic.

In the dry they don't feel great but the amount of extra tramlining is pretty small - they certainly don't make the car pull massively and there's no way anyone should be "white as a sheet" . With there being a knocking noise it certainly sounds like there's a more substantial issue that's just come to light rather than it being the tyres themselves unless one of them is defective or simply not at the right pressure.
 
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