Are you serious about tire rotation intervals?

[ZZman]

I have to admit I have been lax most of my life about rotations. I rarely had them done as I rarely took my car into a shop for routine maintenance. Over the past few years I have tried to be better at rotating them.

How about you all?

 

[The Critic]

Every 5-6K, or at the minimum, every oil change. IME it really helps improve longevity since the front and rear tires wear at different rates. It also gives you an opportunity for a brake inspection.

 

[RitcheyRch]

every 5K miles along with an oil and filter change,

 

[hrv]

Every 7 to 10000 miles same side rotation for me....

 

[JayhawkRoy]

Yep. I schedule a rotation for every vehicle right after an oil change. I ruined more than one tire by not rotating, especially on my older trucks.

 

[jurko]

Once a year when I switch to winter dedicated steel wheels/tires combo. About 9-10K miles. When the summer tires go back on that's when they get rotated. Done that like this for years

 

[Silver]

I rotate when I start to notice a depth difference. All my vehicles wear the front tires way faster than the back.

 

[buster]

Yes I try to aim for 5k mile intervals.

 

[Astro14]

Yes

 

[simple_gifts]

no

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

Staggered set-up so no.

 

[cmarshall78]

Every oil change

 

[swampdodo]

I forget who, but someone on YouTube once calculated the economics of rotating tires...basically, unless you do it yourself or can have someone else do it for 'free' (say as part of an oil change service), then it is actually cheaper to just let the tires on 1 side (front or back) wear out and just replace those 2 tires when needed. Now this was a few years back and I believe they assumed a $25 service charge for tire rotation. Personally, I rotate my tires every 5-7k miles...either myself or part of a service package.

 

[Hillbilly Deluxe]

Yes

I have seen the results of not doing it versus doing it religiously at 5K. Much better, even tire wear and they wear longer.

I try to buy tires where rotate and balance is included for the life of the tire, so that helps on the economics

 

[joekingcorvette]

I buy my tires from Discount tire and they rotate them about every 5,000 miles on the Honda, my Ford and the Jeep.

 

[stangguy]

as long as my tires are wearing evenly I leave them alone. The las time I had tires rotated, was a ford fast lane special which included rotation on my 2014 Fusion. That was the only time I had it done on that car. Sold it in 2018.

 

[Nick1994]

I'm usually good with my rotations, every 5k-6k or so. But on the '14 Grand Cherokee I meant to do them at 5k and went to 8k. Oh well, they seem to be wearing very evenly anyways.

On the Sonata I just bought, the fronts were a lot more worn than the rear, so I rotated them to buy me some more time. Need to replace them anyways.

 

[Deamos]

Every 5-6000 miles when the oil is changed, makes it super easy for me to remember.

Though last time around it was recommended to skip rotating and just balance because the front tires were scalloping. I'll see what the recommendation is during the next OCI. These tires are on the way to needing replacement so meh. Just need to get through the next 5-6 months.

 

[repairman54]

I measure tread depth in my fleet with a tread gauge. When I see differences, I rotate.
Every vehicle has its own characteristics.

 

[Leo99]

I don't rotate tires.