Lincoln Tire Care: Ensuring Safety and Performance

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According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, worn or damaged tires cause over 11,000 accidents a year. As your Lincoln dealer, we care about you and your passenger’s safety, so we’d like you to know some signs you need to visit us for Lincoln tire maintenance.

Signs You Need Lincoln Tire Maintenance at Your Lincoln Dealer

Cupped Tires

Cupping is an odd tire wear pattern that looks like the tread has been scooped out at regular intervals. This unusual pattern is caused by either worn shocks or poor wheel alignment. The shocks are designed to absorb jolts and vibrations from the surface, mitigating damage to the tires, axles, and other components and to provide a comfortable driving experience. We’ll examine your shocks and replace them if they’re damaged.

Wheel alignment is the angle of your wheels relative to the axle, which can vary between Lincoln models. Alignment is perfect when your Lincoln is new but will change over time due to driving conditions and surfaces. Poor alignment causes the tires to hit the surface harder than they should, resulting in excessive damage. We can correct these issues by connecting your wheels to our computerized wheel alignment machine.

Cracked Tires

Rubber is the perfect material for tires as it combines strength and flexibility. Its natural properties are further enhanced by vulcanization, where the various tire components are fused into a tire. Unfortunately, even the highest quality tires will slowly wear down due to environmental conditions like heat, cold, and exposure to UV rays.

Environmental damage and age cause the rubber to become less elastic, and it will crack instead of flexing. Tires get hotter due to friction as you drive, causing the cracks to widen and deepen. Cracks that reach deep enough into the rubber will cause leaks or even a blowout. Our technicians will examine your tires and replace any that are severely cracked.

Vibrations When Driving

If you feel strange vibrations when driving that occur even on smooth surfaces, your tires are damaged, The vibrations can be caused by incorrect balancing, poor wheel alignment, or the breakdown of the tire’s internal structure. We’ll need to examine your Lincoln and find the cause of the problem.

Incorrect balance causes areas of the tread to wear down faster than they should. These flatter tread areas will cause vibrations as they hit the surface. As we saw above, our technicians can correct poor wheel alignment issues using specialized equipment. If a tire’s internal structure breaks down, we can’t repair it, but we can install a new tire to fix the issue.

Tire problems worsen in time and can damage other vehicle systems and components. Contact the experts at Bob Maxey Lincoln in Detroit, MI.

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