Tires cracking all around the middle anyone else have this.

[rharl]

Anyone have this issue a crack all the way around the tires . Front is worse than back but all 4 have it .

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[dalton108]

I’m pretty sure that those are treadwear indicators my friend not cracks. Time for new tires.

 

[rharl]

Around the middle of the tire? I have 11,000 moles was thinking I could get 18 to 20 on a set .

 

[dalton108]

I’m not an expert but yes and that’s where it’s gonna wear out isn’t it? Those aren’t accidental and they’re not coming from roadware they’re literally baked into the tire and they did their job because they got your attention. Right?

And as far as the pitiful tread life, yes! Many users have reported the same thing. Mine were in awful shape after just about 5000 miles. Which also highlights the discussion I was having previously about the DuraTracs (1) not being seasonal winter tires, (2) having significantly greater tire depth than the OEMs and (3) being both rated and warranted for 50,000 miles.

 

[RM Rilke]

The tread wear indicators are the little narrow bridges between the lugs. They make a little crooked path across the tread. They are visible in the pictures. The cracks are something else. They should not be there. Problem with the mold maybe? You got me. I would try to warranty those suckers.

 

[dalton108]

The tread wear indicators are the little narrow bridges between the lugs. They make a little crooked path across the tread. They are visible in the pictures. The cracks are something else. They should not be there. Problem with the mold maybe? You got me. I would try to warranty those suckers.

Yeah, I tried to have chat analyze the photo and tell me what it thought they were and I agree with your assessment (I did say I’m not an expert). So, to make it easier for the AI I modified the image and then asked again.

Response after feeding it this image with my annotations:

You’re right to draw the distinction — thank you for marking it. Here’s a corrected assessment:

• The blue circles: As you noted, those are tread wear indicators (raised bars molded into the grooves), and you’re absolutely correct about their function.
• The red markings: These appear to be shallow, linear surface splits in the tread blocks themselves — likely mold marks or minor superficial cracking from flex fatigue, not deep structural cracks or dry rot.

Here’s the technical breakdown:

1. They follow a fairly regular vertical path, often aligned with the molding process or tread pattern symmetry.
2. They don’t penetrate deeply — they’re surface-level and don’t appear to reach the casing or compromise the integrity of the tread block.
3. They are not tread wear indicators, nor are they siping features.
4. Most likely explanations:
   • Mold seam artifacts: Leftover from manufacturing where rubber meets in the mold.
   • Surface fatigue micro-cracking: From repeated flexing, especially in blockier, stiffer all-terrain tires with shallow sipes.
   • Thermal cycling effects: Common in high-load EV applications, especially under torque-heavy conditions like the Cybertruck’s.
5. Unless they deepen or spread significantly, these are cosmetic and not a cause for concern. That said, if they’re growing or accompanied by other wear anomalies (like chunking, uneven wear, or sidewall bubbling), a tire shop should inspect them.

 

[RM Rilke]

Excellent write up Dalton. I agree. I’m excited I got the mold part correct. Still, it looks bad and the crack looks like it is expanding and getting deeper. There are also some chunks coming off on related block corners in the upper pictures. There is no evidence that this defect will not continue to propagate down and expand out. If it makes it’s way to the mold surface it would lead to a surface tear which will pretty quickly delaminate and rip the tread off. I’m not saying it will, I’m saying it could, and I I would try to get a warranty claim on them for a manufacturing defect to ameliorate that chance. That it encompasses across all four tires makes this looks like they are part of a bad run that all suffered from this issue before it was corrected. The risk of failure may be low but the potential horn from failure is high. New tires for you! What say you good and fair Judge Dalton108.

 

[dalton108]

Excellent write up Dalton. I agree. I’m excited I got the mold part correct. Still, it looks bad and the crack looks like it is expanding and getting deeper. There are also some chunks coming off on related block corners in the upper pictures. There is no evidence that this defect will not continue to propagate down and expand out. If it makes it’s way to the mold surface it would lead to a surface tear which will pretty quickly delaminate and rip the tread off. I’m not saying it will, I’m saying it could, and I I would try to get a warranty claim on them for a manufacturing defect to ameliorate that chance. That it encompasses across all four tires makes this looks like they are part of a bad run that all suffered from this issue before it was corrected. The risk of failure may be low but the potential horn from failure is high. New tires for you! What say you good and fair Judge Dalton108.

100% agree!

 

[Leifmb]

Anyone have this issue a crack all the way around the tires . Front is worse than back but all 4 have it .

Make a warranty claim

 

[M0unt41nm4n]

Around the middle of the tire? I have 11,000 moles was thinking I could get 18 to 20 on a set .

Haha not on an EV. Not with Goodyears. I just went to get mine rotated at Discount tire (6k miles). They are half over for tread. They told me at 12k (next rotation) I will be ready for a new set of tires. On your new set, don’t get those crap Goodyears. Get a high torque truck tire (think deisel) and you should get 30-50k out of them. Im personally getting BFG KO3s. Discount even said they have been putting them on CTs and they have been keeping up pretty good.

 

[dalton108]

Haha not on an EV. Not with Goodyears. I just went to get mine rotated at Discount tire (6k miles). They are half over for tread. They told me at 12k (next rotation) I will be ready for a new set of tires. On your new set, don’t get those crap Goodyears. Get a high torque truck tire (think deisel) and you should get 30-50k out of them. Im personally getting BFG KO3s. Discount even said they have been putting them on CTs and they have been keeping up pretty good.

I got the Dura tracks because I needed to burn my power share credit but KO3s are 100% in my future!

 

[Black306]

These ‘cracks’ look carved to me. Did you go off-road a bit and potentially drive over sharp, stationary rocks? Looks like the tires could have slipped on sharp rocks. If this was a manufacture defect, I’d expect there to be more random cracks on the thread face, not a single linear path.

 

[Cybertruck Dude]

I got the Dura tracks because I needed to burn my power share credit but KO3s are 100% in my future!

If you have Beast make sure they are rated for 130mph. As far as I know there’s only one other set of tires out there by Michelin that are rated for 130mph. At least for what I found for truck tires.

 

[Kengineer]

12k, looks pretty good.

 

[dalton108]

These ‘cracks’ look carved to me. Did you go off-road a bit and potentially drive over sharp, stationary rocks? Looks like the tires could have slipped on sharp rocks. If this was a manufacture defect, I’d expect there to be more random cracks on the thread face, not a single linear path.

Highly unlikely with now two owners showing exactly the same pattern. ??

12k, looks pretty good.

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