One of the best ways to maintain your tires is to make sure they are routinely rotated. Not only does this help ensure that their treads wear out evenly, it also lets a service team give each tire a look for damage. So how often should you be rotating your tires? The tire experts here at Downtown Ford take a look.
How Does Regular Rotation Benefit Your Tires?
When we say “wear out evenly,” what exactly does that mean, and how does it benefit your tires? As tires are used, the tread wears down, and an uneven tread depth will reduce traction. The benefits to regular rotation include better grip on loose, slippery, or steep road surfaces, less overall road noise, reduced stress on your vehicle’s drivetrain, improved fuel efficiency, and improved safety as you’re less likely to have a tire catastrophically fail on you.
How Do You Rotate Your Tires?
This depends on the type of vehicle and driving you do, but in general, front and rear tires are swapped, and the tires coming off the drive axle are also flipped left to right. On all-wheel drive vehicles, all the tires would be flipped left to right, while also moving front to back. This is the optimal way to ensure tires are wearing out evenly.
Schedule Your Tire Rotation with Downtown Ford
Not only will our team rotate your tires, we can also inspect them for damage and check your wheel alignment at the same time. We’re also happy to swap out seasonal tires, and you can even store them in our secure, climate controlled facility. Book your next tire rotation appointment at Downtown Ford, today!