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How often do you rotate your tires?

Asked by SQUEEKY2 (23126points) November 2nd, 2023

Like how many miles, or kilometres do you put on before you rotate your tires?
I just bought a new set of tires and the guy said I should rotate them at every oil change,I thought that was a bit excessive.
I usually rotate them every ten thousand kilometres.
I was just wondering what other people do?

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jca2's avatar

I buy my tires at Costco, and they recommend every 10,000 miles. They put a sticker in the corner of the windshield, as a reminder of what the mileage will be when the rotation is recommended.

gondwanalon's avatar

Every two years or 10K miles (after 2 oil changes). I don’t drive very much.

chyna's avatar

I have mine rotated at each oil change, which is at 10 thousand miles.

Blackwater_Park's avatar

Depends on the vehicle. Toyota Camry every 10k, my truck every 15–20k it generally wears evenly, we have a Z car that you cannot rotate them because the front and rear sizes are different.

ragingloli's avatar

You will find that they rotate every time you drive.

LuckyGuy's avatar

About once every 5000 to 7000 miles – usually when I get the mandatory NY State inspection.
Tire rotation is free.

(I walk to the nearby bagel shop and enjoy a bagel and coffee while the car is in the shop.)

Zaku's avatar

I only rotate them if/when a professional I trust, tells me I should.

So, quite rarely. I think it’s been at least ten years, IIRC. But that’s mostly because I’ve been rotating cars . . .

kritiper's avatar

About once every two years, which is about 15,000 miles. And I make certain to follow the car’s recommended air pressures, not that number that’s on the tire.

SnipSnip's avatar

They do it at oil change time.

LadyMarissa's avatar

I NEVER rotate mine. I just keep an eye on the tire pressure & I watch the treads. Other than that, I just wait until time to replace them.

SQUEEKY2's avatar

@LadyMarissa if you rotate them at specific intervals you greatly extend the life of them ,but there is no law that I know of saying you have to.

LuckyGuy's avatar

If your car comes with radials and has the various forms of traction control, ABS, handling packages. etc. you will see that the service manual says you should replace all the tires at the same time. If you have a damaged tire that cannot be repaired many tire dealers will refuse to change just one tire. They are following the manufacturer recommendation.

I recently saw a neat workaround for this. The next time you need tires get a 5th one for the spare. When you have rotate the tires make sure the spare is rotated as well. That will increase the life of the tires by 20% since it is an additional tire.
But there is another advantage. If you do have one tire that is damaged and cannot be repaired, you replace it with the spare and then drive normally until the next tire rotation. Then rotate only 4. You will not have to replace more tires than you need.

Forever_Free's avatar

Every day I drive, they are rotating. Oh, you mean location on the car. Twice a year when I change from AT’s to MT’s. End of November I put Mud Tires on for Winter driving. April and after Mud Season will put on All Terrain Tiers. I mark the location when I take them off and rotate them when I put the back on.

MrGrimm888's avatar

Usually just when I’m getting some other repair. A local tire shop will fix flats for free. They do all of my wheel/tire stuff.

I try to keep an eye on my tires, though I am usually more concerned about air pressure…

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