flat tyre this morning :(

[PeterD]

Due to a flat, I had to change the rear passenger tyre on my 02 forester GT
with the spare which has never been used. I would estimate the other tyres
are about 80% unused.

Do i need to start worrying about buggering up the AWD now?

 

[Todd H.]

Due to a flat, I had to change the rear passenger tyre on my 02 forester GT
with the spare which has never been used. I would estimate the other tyres
are about 80% unused.

Do i need to start worrying about buggering up the AWD now?

Nah. I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[cc0113830]

I started a long chain of posts on this subject back in springtime. I
had a flat at 13k miles, mounted the spare and the new tire on one side
and the older ones on the other side plus spare. Now at 22k miles the
car hasn't yet objected, to the best of my knowledge.

Reports of the official Subaru position on this were quite
draconian--tires must be within 1/4" circumference, which works out to
about 4/100" tire wear. General belief here on the newsgroup seemed to
be that this is a CYA response, probably written by their lawyers, to
minimize their warranty responsibility in the event of problems.