Tire wear

We have the same set up we used on a wrangler for 3 years with no problem. When we bought the Liberty we noticed excess wear. We just got back from a 4500 mile trip and the wear is obvious. We had the wheels aligned and new tires before we started.

dahkota wrote:
If you rotate your tires (per manufacturer's recommendation), the problem goes away. We do it every 5-8K miles and have no problems.

Rotating your tires wouldn't make the problem of excessive front tire wear go away. All that would do is mask the problem and spread it out over all your tires. I mean no disrespect, but this is like doing a burnout every time you leave the light, and rotating the tires daily and saying that burnouts don't wear down the rubber.

We're going to be towing soon and I'm curious too if front tire wear is normally a symptom of towing or just a bad towing setup?

If you rotate your tires (per manufacturer's recommendation), the problem goes away. We do it every 5-8K miles and have no problems.

Yes. On a 2008 Jeep Liberty. Right front tire wore down on the outside of the tread. Left side showed no similar signs at all. I replaced the right front with the same make tire, moved the then unused spare to the left front. Had front end alignment checked and it was found to be within spec. Since then been watching closely for any unusual wear patterns and so far nothing has shown up. It's been about 8000 miles since then with about a thousand of that being towed.
The tires are Goodyear Wranglers. They are what came on it new.

The only time I've had a problem with my front Jeep Wrangler tires is when the steering wheel locked up one time. It happened someplace in about two miles making a lot of sharp corners and then a tight circle at the old WWII hanger at Watson Lake, Canada. Eventually found two new tires to match the almost new ones on the rear and haven't had any front tread problems since. That's probably about 15,000 miles ago.

Bill

We were also told that the front tires would wear quicker when we are towed.