Volkswagen Polo Service & Repair Manual: Tires, Evaluating
- Flat Spots
- Cracking
- Wear Spots
- Tire Sidewall Swelling
- Foreign Object Damage
- Disintegrated Tread
- Tires, Damage from Low Tire Pressure
- Inspecting Tires
- Mounting Damage
Flat Spots, Correcting
Flat spots cannot be removed from tires with workshop
equipment.
Such flat spots can be "driven out" only by driving the car
un ...
Flat Spots
What is a Flat Spot From Standing?
Terms like flat portion, flattening, are also used as a term
for flat spots from standing.
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Other materials:
Cigarette Lighter Illumination Bulb -L28-, Removing and Installing
Note
On some vehicle equipment levels, socket illumination is via
Light Emitting Diode (LED) instead of a bulb. These LEDs are
integrated with the illumination housing and cannot be serviced
or replaced separately.
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Vibration, Causes for Vibration
There are many causes for vibration. Vibration can also be
caused by tire wear, among other things. Tire wear caused by
driving does not always develop evenly over the entire tread.
Due to this, a slight imbalance develops which disturbs the
smoothness o ...
Diagonal Washouts
Diagonal wear spots on tires
Diagonal wear spots run at an angle of approximately 45°
with respect to the plane of circumference.
They usually occur once, but may also occur several times
along the tire circumference.
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