[i007spectre]

This may get a little long, but I wanted to be a thorough as possible.


So three pieces of information up front. Everything suspension related on my car is stock, plus I had an alignment about 3 months ago. And I just put new tires on my car less than a year ago, maybe 7000 to 9000 miles ago. They are General G-max AS-03.

Now recently I have been getting a lot of noise, I was guessing it was a wheel bearing, seeing as the tires were still pretty new.
Well Wednesday I went to my local dealership and after the drive I took with them they were saying wheel bearing as well.
So I left them my car and came back about two hours later. When I got their I was informed that the bearings were fine, but that my tires were badly cupped and messed up. They didn't mention anything about seeing any suspension issues that would cause it. They recommended I call TireRack were I bought the tires, since I had purchased the road hazard service from them as well.

When I got home I called them up, and explained what the dealership told me. I was told by the road hazard service that it sounded more likely to be a tire quality issue. And that I should talk to TireRack directly.
I was transferred over and when I told the story to the TR person. They said that it was not a tire quality issue, but that my suspension or alignment was probably messed up which caused the tires to get how they are.

So I guess what I am so unhappy about is that both side of my issue blames the other side. If I got new tires again, my suspension issues would ruin them according to TR. And according to my dealership the tires were no good and I need to spend $800 for new ones after the last ones only lasted a year. And that shouldn't they have noticed a suspension issue when they did the alignment.

I think my last step will be to go to a dedicated tire and suspension place and have them look everything over and see what they come up with.