Yaris making wide right turns and now flat tire - Toyota Yaris Forums

DallasYar · 10-21-2016, 09:13 AM

2007 Yaris Sedan has flat tire on rear passenger side which isn't 100% flat but still has about 10% air. Passenger front is also somewhat flat but has about 90% air.

Could this be related to the car making excessively wide right turns and being wobbly while driving straight? Could this be a tie rod end problem? Or perhaps coil/suspension or even an axle? Can these type of problems result in excessive wear on tires causing tire leakage?

The car only has 31,000, about 18,000 I put myself over the last 1.5 years. Bought from an elderly person who rarely drove it.

The mileage is really on the tires to have them wear out so quickly based on these hypothetical issues with axle, suspension, tie rod ends etc? True?

also, in a general sense, are wide right (or left) turns caused by tie rod ends going bad, or something else?

thanks for any help.

WeeYari · 10-21-2016, 09:27 AM

Get the air pressure in all of your tires up to spec, drive it, then report your issues and questions.

DallasYar · 10-21-2016, 09:36 AM

it could be air pressure but the car is definitely making excessively wide right turns. That's suspension system yes? That in turn could be causing tire problems, maybe?

dogsridewith · 10-21-2016, 09:57 AM

Find a message forum to ask about effects of an extremely underflated tire, while still driving around on it, rather than just inflating to recommended pressure. April 1?

DallasYar · 10-21-2016, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dogsridewith

Find a message forum to ask about effects of an extremely underflated tire, while still driving around on it, rather than just inflating to recommended pressure. April 1?

you don't seem to undestand the question and reply with a dog bark.

The tires were fine until today, the bad right turn and wobble were ongoing problems, (A)

A (bad turn/wobble) before B (bad tire), not B before A.

Reading comprehension brotha.

dogsridewith · 10-21-2016, 12:52 PM

Then crazier yet...no the tie rod couldn't let air out of the tire unless it put a hole in it. Crawl under and look.(oops, my bad...reading comprehension error--tire isn't near a tie rod.)
Yes. A way-out of alignment could cause increased tire wear... eventually the tire will start to leak. And driving on a severely underinflated tire drastically increases wear. Can cause delamination, a bubble and blowout pretty quickly at freeway speeds.
(Whole description of the situation with this tire/suspension remains essentially unintelligible.)

Exiwolfman · 10-21-2016, 08:59 PM

Now this post made me laugh 😁

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SirDigby · 10-22-2016, 12:32 PM

no, a flat tire on the (us) passenger rear would not cause excess turn radius to the right. you would need to be pulling more than 3g's to cause turning to break the bead on the tire to cause leakage, unless there is bead damage from mounting the tire improperly. sounds like there is damage to rear axle or to passenger front control arm. but damage like this doesn't just happen from wear...

10-21-2016, 09:13 AM	#1
DallasYar Drives: 2007 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: DFW Posts: 9	Yaris making wide right turns and now flat tire 2007 Yaris Sedan has flat tire on rear passenger side which isn't 100% flat but still has about 10% air. Passenger front is also somewhat flat but has about 90% air. Could this be related to the car making excessively wide right turns and being wobbly while driving straight? Could this be a tie rod end problem? Or perhaps coil/suspension or even an axle? Can these type of problems result in excessive wear on tires causing tire leakage? The car only has 31,000, about 18,000 I put myself over the last 1.5 years. Bought from an elderly person who rarely drove it. The mileage is really on the tires to have them wear out so quickly based on these hypothetical issues with axle, suspension, tie rod ends etc? True? also, in a general sense, are wide right (or left) turns caused by tie rod ends going bad, or something else? thanks for any help.

10-21-2016, 09:27 AM	#2
WeeYari View User's Garage Drives: 06 Polar White 5dr, 13 Soul 4u Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Georgetown, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,740	Get the air pressure in all of your tires up to spec, drive it, then report your issues and questions. __________________

10-21-2016, 09:57 AM	#4
dogsridewith Drives: 2007 2-door hatchback Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: USAnotCA Posts: 750	Put this on facebook so someone reports you to Highway Patrol Find a message forum to ask about effects of an extremely underflated tire, while still driving around on it, rather than just inflating to recommended pressure. April 1?

10-21-2016, 09:36 AM	#3
DallasYar Drives: 2007 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: DFW Posts: 9	it could be air pressure but the car is definitely making excessively wide right turns. That's suspension system yes? That in turn could be causing tire problems, maybe?

10-21-2016, 12:52 PM	#6
dogsridewith Drives: 2007 2-door hatchback Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: USAnotCA Posts: 750	Then crazier yet...no the tie rod couldn't let air out of the tire unless it put a hole in it. Crawl under and look.(oops, my bad...reading comprehension error--tire isn't near a tie rod.) Yes. A way-out of alignment could cause increased tire wear... eventually the tire will start to leak. And driving on a severely underinflated tire drastically increases wear. Can cause delamination, a bubble and blowout pretty quickly at freeway speeds. (Whole description of the situation with this tire/suspension remains essentially unintelligible.)

10-21-2016, 08:59 PM	#7
Exiwolfman View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Wasaga beach Posts: 1,617	Now this post made me laugh 😁 Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk

10-22-2016, 12:32 PM	#8
SirDigby View User's Garage Drives: 2007 yaris 3 door Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Denver, Colorado Posts: 1,000	no, a flat tire on the (us) passenger rear would not cause excess turn radius to the right. you would need to be pulling more than 3g's to cause turning to break the bead on the tire to cause leakage, unless there is bead damage from mounting the tire improperly. sounds like there is damage to rear axle or to passenger front control arm. but damage like this doesn't just happen from wear...