How Often Should You Rotate Your Tires?

 
When you know when to rotate your tires, you can enjoy better performance with every mile. Most vehicle owners rotate their tires once every 5,000 to 7,500 miles, or roughly once or twice per year, but your mileage may vary depending on how you drive. Find out why you need to rotate your tires on schedule and what other steps are involved in proper tire care with our team.

When to Rotate Tires: Important Factors

Although 5,000 to 7,500 miles per rotation is a good safe guideline, you should always reference your owner’s manual and follow whatever recommendations you find inside. Additionally, it may be a good idea to rotate your tires more often if you frequently engage in any of the following:

• Heavy towing or hauling
• Off-road driving
• Performance driving

Not exactly sure of when to rotate your tires? Not sure when your last rotation took place? If you notice significant differences between your tires when you’re checking tire tread wear, it’s probably time to schedule service.

Why Should You Rotate Your Tires?

Knowing how many miles to go before rotating tires can help you maximize your control on Ridgewood and Jersey City roads—and on local trails as well! When your tire treads are all equally deep, you’ll grip the road more effectively and enjoy each of the following benefits:

• Reduced vehicle shake
• Reduced noise on the road
• Less stress on the drivetrain
• Improved traction, with benefits to performance and fuel economy

Additionally, rotating your tires on schedule will ensure that you can replace them all at the same time. If you don’t know when to rotate your tires, one or two of your tires might wear out before the others. This limits your ability to benefit from tire replacement specials, and it also increases the amount of time that you have to spend in the shop.

Practice Proper Tire Care with Our Team

You know how often you should rotate your tires, but are there other things that you should be doing to keep your tires in top shape? Your tires are the only parts of your vehicle that make contact with the road, so make sure that you can check off every box on this checklist:

• Make sure that your tires are filled to the proper pressure level
• Check your tire pressure regularly, before you start driving for the day
• Ask about tire alignment and wheel alignment whenever you visit our service center

We Can Help with Tire Rotation and More!

Now that you’re familiar with basic tire rotation guidelines, we couldn’t blame you if you were ready to learn more! Learn how to change a tire yourself or find out when to equip winter tires in Paramus and Fort Lee.