Ford Mondeo IV (2007 - ) - 08 2.0 tracking problem 18" alloy wheel

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Sat 24 Oct 2009 22:33
08 2.0 tracking problem 18" alloy wheel - 12bore
My car is a Titanium X estate with sport appearance pack. I have got bad tyre wear on the front o/s wheel. A tyre specialist garage checked the tracking, but informed me that they did not have the correct settings available for my particular model. They then said they should be the same as a previous model. After checking they said all four wheels were out of alignment. I did not want to pay £48 for possibly wrong setting adjustments especially as a new tyre is approx £180.

Any advice would be appreciated.
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Sat 24 Oct 2009 22:57
08 2.0 tracking problem 18" alloy wheel - bell boy
if you only have one tyre tracking off then its a suspension problem
consider
a ball joint
a track rod end
for starters
get a decent place to jack the car up looking for play
seems to me if specialist tyre garage cant track a mondeo up and or tell you what your problem is then you would be advised to keep away from them
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