How many of you are guilty of not rotating there tires?

JOCCO

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I know I am!! Maybe once a year, some vehicles I do not put to much mileage on. I miss the 5000 miles or what ever it is these days. So wondering what you guys do?
 
I don't know that I ever have to be honest with you. lol

I had them rotated and balance in Tennessee one time because there was a vibration in the front end on the trip down,but that was a one time event.
 
I never rotate, just replace in pairs. Front drive cars get 2 or 3 to one on the rear. Rear drives get about 2 sets on the rear to one on the front. I get the same milage total on a set as those that rotate, just the drives get more wear.
 
(quoted from post at 07:16:37 03/17/19) I know I am!! Maybe once a year, some vehicles I do not put to much mileage on. I miss the 5000 miles or what ever it is these days. So wondering what you guys do?
Tire rotation is one of those good ideas that I never get around to. I think the set on my Blazer must be about 6 years old now and might have been rotated once in that time. Still looking and driving good.
 
When I was in the tire business it got to the point where rotating tires caused more problems that not. Usually after a rotation would follow complaints of pulling to one side or the like. This being with radials.
 
I?m guilty of not rotating, was putting brake pads on rear of my wife?s Jeep Wrangler yesterday afternoon and noticed her tires need rotation, guess I?ll take care of that this week, may get in to the habit of doing it since tires costs so much now.
 
I have every time with a oil change at 5000 miles for my '16 F150. I go to the ford dealers "Quick Lane" just up the road from work. I've got 26,000 miles at this time, and the tires have at least 10,000 left on them. Wear on all tires, so far is normal, rides and drives like the first day I got it. Seems to be a good idea from every vehicle I have done this with, but I have not always done this regularly to all vehicles. For what they charge and knowing their service technicians, I am fortunate I can drop it off in the morning, get a ride back to the office, pick it up at noon and not have to waste any of my time to deal with it.
 
You are lucky!! with me that is a broken belt, bump on sidewall, steering or suspention issue!!!
 
I've also had trouble with pulling when tires have been rotated. I think it's because I waited too long. My wife's edge has had the tires rotated with each oil change and still runs fine at almost 50k.
 
Every 30,000 miles or so I have the front end aligned and they rotate the tires then. Just changed tires on my 2012 F-150 (always align just before new tires) and the old ones had 60,000 miles on then with maybe another 10,000 miles left, but with winter coming I wanted a good tread. Tires all seemed to be worn about even.
 
I couldn't believe it. I pulled in to a little shop in Byrdstown Tn,asked if he could just take one rear tire off the back and put it on the front for me. He asked if I could come back in an hour. I did. When I got back,he took them all off,balanced and rotated them. When I asked what I owed him,he thought a minute and said "Oh...seven dollars I guess.".
 
It depends on the vehicle, all wheel drive where tires must match - regular tire rotation at each oil change is a must. On other vehicles - maybe at 25,000 to 30,000 miles, I replace tires on those vehicles in pairs.
 
I rotate my tires every other oil change. Change my oil at 3000 miles and rotate tires every 6000 miles. My work has a full shop so it is very convenient.
 
Rotate with every oil change. 5000 miles at the most. Just did them yesterday. Of course I have a shop with air and impact wrenches.
 
(quoted from post at 15:16:37 03/17/19) I know I am!! Maybe once a year, some vehicles I do not put to much mileage on. I miss the 5000 miles or what ever it is these days. So wondering what you guys do?
Every time I change the oil. I have a lift in my barn, so it's no big deal to pull the tires off while the oil is draining. Gives me a chance to look over the brakes, suspension, etc. You'd be surprised how often you catch a heat shield or something else working loose under there. Also a good time to check for leaks.
 
Firstly, it's usually free. If not, I can do it myself in about 30 minutes.

Consequently, all tires are equally worn and replaced at the same time, usually with the car.

Dean
 
When they are new I?m pretty good at it every 5000. However with 4 vehicular it?s hard to keep up with it.
 
Good heavens RR!! around me they would have said come back in a week and charged $50-$100!!!
 
On our last Subaru the original tires only lasted 26,000, the tire dealer said lack of rotation contributed to their short life. I will rotate the tires on the new car as recommended.
 
(quoted from post at 18:31:59 03/17/19) On our last Subaru the original tires only lasted 26,000, the tire dealer said lack of rotation contributed to their short life. I will rotate the tires on the new car as recommended.

Wow. On my Subie the first set of tires lsted 160,000 miles, Yokohama Geolanders (yes, really!). Rode like bricks however. Rotated them maybe twice. Sometimes you get lucky.
 

Tire rotation is a sore subject for me. It depends completely on whether the car is AWD or 4x2. The AWDs are a totally different animal from what we have been accustomed to. My wife takes care of her car. She takes it to the dealer for regular service. One of the services is tire rotation. Automatic regular rotation of tires on and AWD vehicle is NOT a good idea because you will end up having one pair go 5,000 miles less than the other, so you have to discard a pair that have still 10,000 more miles in them. You have to keep track of what pair is where because in order to get even wear on all four you need to be sure that they spend more miles on the rear than on the front.
 
Had a two wheel drive pickup never rotated. When the front were bad I bought one tire to match spare and put them on front. When they were bad so were the back. I would not do that with a 4 wheel drive.
 
Cupping and slabbing happen to any tire that is not routinely rotated. For those of you who think its not necessary we will hear you coming down the highway....whapwhapwhapwhapwhapwhapwhapwhapwhapwhapwhapwhap !
 
I never rotate my tires. The place that I take it to for oil changes rotates them at every oil change for me :lol: :lol:

Rick
 

Front to back and back to front when ever the winter tires or the summer tires are seasonally swapped.
Not the big deal it used to be.
 
I don't rotate tires. The tire barn does. Also balances every 6k. Free after initially paying $50 for new stems, mount, Balance and road hazzard is thrown in too.

Barging $12.50 a tire and I don't have to do a thing.
 
(quoted from post at 11:31:41 03/17/19) Cupping and slabbing happen to any tire that is not routinely rotated. For those of you who think its not necessary we will hear you coming down the highway....whapwhapwhapwhapwhapwhapwhapwhapwhapwhapwhapwhap !

Michael, in my part of the country cupping is caused by out of balance.
 
I would say I am guilty of rotating tires meaning I hardly ever do it. A car is a mere necessity in my life so I don't pay as much attention to it as I should. The oil is changed regularly but the rest doesn't get my attention as often as it should.
 
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> Automatic regular rotation of tires on and AWD vehicle is NOT a good idea because you will end up having one pair go 5,000 miles less than the other, so you have to discard a pair that have still 10,000 more miles in them.

I'm afraid I don't understand why that should be the case. Please explain.
 
Not near as much as when I just pulled it into the shop, and told one of the guys to do it.:)
 
I never rotate tires they last me 60-70000 miles. I never change tranny fluid. They always run me over 300000 miles. Last front end alignmant I had done was in 1967. Engine oil and complete grease job every 2500 to 3000 miles. They also last me over 300000 miles and then I give them to 1 of the boys to finish running out. They usually get another 200000 miles outta the GM and 100000 miles outta the Dodges.
 
I never rotate my tires. I used to do it myself, but stopped at some point many years ago. It's not worth my time for all you save in tire wear taking the vehicle somewhere to have them rotated. Anyway, they say once a wear pattern on a tire develops, it continues.
 
On my front wheel drive car, every time I leave my driveway. Change positions on the car, never. Buy two new tires and put on the front and move fronts to the rear. I have put 53000 on it in the last five years. Being retired is terable but somebody has to do it.
 
(quoted from post at 15:24:04 03/17/19) > Automatic regular rotation of tires on and AWD vehicle is NOT a good idea because you will end up having one pair go 5,000 miles less than the other, so you have to discard a pair that have still 10,000 more miles in them.

I'm afraid I don't understand why that should be the case. Please explain.

If a pair gets excessive wear while on the front, then go to the rear for 5,000 miles then back to the front for another 5,000 they can get worn to the point of needing replacement while the other pair is good for another 10,000 miles. This happened on our AWD SUV. You would think that the tech would be able to see the excessive wear pattern as he makes the change and tell his supervisor that attention is needed but you can't count on it. It is apparent to me that owner input is needed to insure that maximum wear is gotten from all four, instead of discarding one pair at 40% because the other pair is at 10%.
 
Rotated at every oil change, which is around every 5,000 miles. I also replace all four tires at the same time. My wife will go out and buy two tires at a time, whatever is the cheapest, so most of the time she has two different tires on her little SUV. Aggravates me to no end but it's her car and she insists on maintaining it so I just sit back and let her do it.
 
These days, if you're going to rotate your tires you need a relearn tool for the TPMS. They're not that expensive, but that's one more reason to have a shop to the rotation. You can get an oil change and tire rotation at the dealer for around 50 bucks; that's a pretty good deal.

I don't rotate my tires at every oil change, but I try to do it at least a couple of times during the life of the tires. Alignment shops normally rotate before doing an alignment, so that's once. And I always rotate when I do a brake job or other work that requires me to jack up the vehicle.
 

It looks like most people here do not swap the vehicle tires to winter in the fall and back to regular tires in the spring .
 

One of the few cars I know of that rotating the tires gives a pulling issue is my Honda Accord... It has speed rated tires never again for me tho they do handle good they are a rough ride till they warm up... Its one of the few cars I have worked on If I bring the rears forward and keep them on the same side it will pull I have to cross the rears to the front...

It has aftermarket wide low profile rims maybe looked good to the original owner but I don't like'em... BTW on all my Honda's I rotate every oil change 3K miles why because I can...

I keep good records on all my customers tires we practice good tire maintenance they all get good service life out of their tires... If they don't I find the alignment issue and correct it sometimes it get expensive but tires are also...

Hondas and Toyota's seam to be the worst #1 the tires are to wide and little factory adjustment for alignment from the factory so you have to go to the aftermarket for parts that offer adjustment to correct the alignment... All manufacturers have this problem now days these two just stand out...

The next issue is getting a alignment man to go after it and not a wham bam thank you mam alignment...
 
generally rotate tires.. sometimes might be a bit late on a rotation.

wife's car is AWD so i'm pretty faithful about getting those rotated.

a lady at work as a ford escape.. i think she bought new and would guess is probably in the 50-60000 mile range. i noticed while out in the parking lot this winter that her front tires were almost bald (no clue how she managed the snow) and the rears looked practically new.

i have squeaked by with a so-so set of tires on the rear of a FWD car for the summer but then replace for winter... even though they aren't the drive wheels you still need lateral stability in wet and snow.
 
How would you rotate them when you run all season on front of a 2 wheel drive pickup with a good mud tire on rear? And to put matching mud tires on front they do not have the control-stopping power of the all season tire.
 
Leroy you don?t . I run 285 75 16 in the front all terrain tread. and 235/85/16 commercial traction in the back not mention 2 steel wheels and 4 aluminum
 
(quoted from post at 18:01:10 03/18/19) How would you rotate them when you run all season on front of a 2 wheel drive pickup with a good mud tire on rear? And to put matching mud tires on front they do not have the control-stopping power of the all season tire.

Leroy it doesn't matter on that truck
 
I've got snow tires for my daily driver and my wife's van, so every spring and fall they get rotated. The snow tires are directional so they just go front to back, but the other tires get crossed back to front and front straight back. Just gotta mark them when i pull them off where they were.

Donovan from Wisconsin.
 
I know you cannot but they will say buy all 4 mud tires to do that with even tho I think you loose control. Never rotated on anything. I just wanted to see what the ones that say you HAVE to rotate would say.
 
Check your owners manual, or if you can't read ask your dealer. As long as vehicle is properly aligned the modern tires do not need to be rotate near as often as they used to.
 
(quoted from post at 10:52:15 03/19/19) Check your owners manual, or if you can't read ask your dealer. As long as vehicle is properly aligned the modern tires do not need to be rotate near as often as they used to.

John that may be true with most cars but when it comes to AWD they need to be kept very close to the same tread depth or you need to replace them even with a lot of tread left. NO difference between older or modern.
 
(quoted from post at 21:01:10 03/18/19) How would you rotate them when you run all season on front of a 2 wheel drive pickup with a good mud tire on rear? And to put matching mud tires on front they do not have the control-stopping power of the all season tire.

An All Season Tire is in no way a winter tire .
 
(quoted from post at 19:21:51 03/19/19)
(quoted from post at 21:01:10 03/18/19) How would you rotate them when you run all season on front of a 2 wheel drive pickup with a good mud tire on rear? And to put matching mud tires on front they do not have the control-stopping power of the all season tire.

An All Season Tire is in no way a winter tire .

B&D, I live in NH where we have cold weather and snow, and an all season is completely adequate as a winter tire. As soon as the first flake hits the ground our road agent has the crew out and ready to hit the road as soon as there is any accumulation and he has enough plows for them to be able to make a pass every hour. They keep at it until the pavement is dry and even well after. It is a totally different ball game from twenty years ago. Today's drivers require roads that enable them to get where they are going in all weather with no increase in time.
 

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