Emergency brake was the first thing I checked as well as the dealer. Lots
of travel. In addition neither the rear rotors or the rear emergency brake
drums showed any signs of heat. Just normal wear. As of now it's still a
mystery.


"john" <rsx1877@mistralaero.com> wrote in message
news:9vsed.35602$J16.2154228@news20.bellglobal.com ...
> tell your wife to take the parking brake off while driving ;-)
> just kidding, hope your wife is not reading ;-)
>
> on the other hand, these things (parking brakes) get stuck sometime but
> mostly on older car, in that situation you would also have abnormal wear
> on the parking brakes components. Only other thing I can see is
allignment.
>
> Odds of 2 defective tires put on the rear of your car is slim.
>
> -john
>
>
> KnockKnock wrote:
> > Bought 2004 TL new March '04 as wife's car. At 8,700 miles (virtually
all
> > her driving) the rear tires and only the rear tires were treadless,
front
> > tires were ok. The tires had never been rotated. Dealer checked car
and
> > found nothing wrong. Bridgestone dealer would not adjust tires since he
did
> > not see car first. Dealer agreed to pay for replacement set of
Bridgestones
> > but I checked around and paid difference for a set of Yokohama's. Car
now
> > has about 11500 miles and all tires seem to wearing uniform across tread
and
> > the same for all tires (front and rear). BUT the projected tread life
is
> > only 20,000 to 22,000 miles. In other words I'll need another set of
tires
> > when the car reaches about 30,000 miles. This is not normal relative to
my
> > other vehicles but I am wondering about other TL owner tire wear
experience.
> > BTW, my wife's driving is about 75 miles per day (highway) 5 days a
week.
> > Little if any time is spent as in-town driving. Any comments would be
> > appreciated. Thanks.
> >
> >