How often do you rotate your tires?

[MicaBlue03]

Recommendation in Bridgestone booklet

I took a look at the Bridgestone booklet that came with the vehicle. It's got a lot of good info on tire care, and includes a section on rotation. The recommendations match what is on the Bridgestone site (link I posted previously) but there is one modification. Since this booklet is meant to come with a new vehicle that has Bridgestone tires mounted, it defers to the manufacturer's recommendations. It basically tells you to follow the manufacturer's recommended tire rotation procedure if they supply one.

I suspect that's just Bridgestone trying to reduce confusion and (mostly) risk. Maybe they worry that some vehicles have strange driveline configurations that might make their ordinary recommendations unsuitable.

The only other thing to check is the Toyota Repair manual set. It'll be a few days before I can get around to that, though.

 

[PDavidG]

Rotate every 5K

I take my 05 4Runner to the Toyota dealer for service and almost always have. They rotate every 5K. I had my original tires for 74,300 miles which the dealer told me was unheard of. Anyway, got the same tires as what came with the 4Runner. Best price was the deal from Toyota for the new tires as price of tires included installation and balancing/alignment which was extra at other tire places. A colleague with an 06 4Runner has his tires replaced at 60K, maybe because he didn't get his tired rotated.

 

[ogden8]

Never, so they wear out faster and get new meats that look new. Nothing beats the look of new mud tires.

JK, I just wing it. I wake up one day, and decide to do it.

 

[Uneek]

Every 5k.

 

[J.A.]

5K, 5-tire rotations on my 2007 w/ matching alloy wheel

5K, 4-tire rearward cross pattern rotations on my 1999 that uses a black steel spare wheel

 

[SUBTEGRAL]

How often do you rotate your tires?

I watch them and rotate them as needed.

Rear-wheel drive, so the tires on the rear-end wear down faster.

I usually rotate front to back around every six months or so.

But last time I noticed that both my passenger side tires were worn down a little more than the driver side tires, so I switched the front driver side tire with the rear passenger side tire (only rotated these two tires) so that the two tires with the most tread are both back with the drive axle and the two tires with the lowest tread are both back on the front axle.

 

[810moto]

Threw on a set of Nitto Grapplers, never rotated them and got just under 8 years out of them. Score!

 

[HarveyLewis]

Rotate every 8-9K usually. I know most do it at 5K, but I honestly never had issues with my tactic either.

 

[JLTD]

This topic has so many answers because of different driving styles. Someone who does 95% highway has a way different wear situation than someone in the city/suburbs with lots of stop start off ramps etc.

I usually go by the outside edge of the front tires. They get feathered edges - one side of the tread block higher than the other - which you can feel by running your hand in both directions.

Over the years and different locations where I've lived (and different vehicle weights) my rotation has varied from about 4,000 miles all the way up to 12,000.

Looking at my tires now with about 8,500 miles on the oil, I will probably just rotate when I do my oil change in a couple of months.

 

[patkelly4370]

I rotate the tires every oil change.

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[JLTD]

I rotate the tires every oil change.

:hatsoff:

How often do you change your oil?

 

[xyzzy]

I rotate every time I swap in/out the winter tire and wheel set with the summer tire and wheel set and work hard to wear each of them out every 4-5 years. I remember where a tire came from by sticking a piece of duct tape in the center cap with the labels "from DF" "from DR" "from PF" "from PR" and "from SP" then when these tires come out of storage, I do my swap and replace the center cap into the correct location.

In general, you *can* take a winter directional rotation tire like the Blizzak and run it opposite the indicated direction. Doing so will only make it wear a slight bit more rapidly, so remember that in a pinch if you have to.

Running something like a summer ultra high performance directional tire the opposite way will suffer significantly more from a performance perspective.

The easiest way to determine which tires will or won't suffer too much from running in the opposite direction is to take a look at the tread, if it's asymmetric (look at both left-right and front-back symmetry), performance will suffer more than a symmetric tread will.

YMMV, that's why I stated "in general".

 

[Dillusion]

Every oil change which is once a year and less than 3k miles.

Probably over kill but oh well.

 

[JLTD]

Every oil change which is once a year and less than 3k miles.

Probably over kill but oh well.

:thumb3: Better more often than not often enough!!

 

[sam18142]

Every 5000 miles at my local Toyota dealer