The importance of rotating tires?

i rarely rotate mine, just replace when necessary. does that reduce longevity? maybe if they are wearing unevenly.
but there's a difference between directional and non directional tire rotation as well.

sure, the fronts tend to wear faster, which can be replaced, or moved to the back with new on the front.

 

Rarely rotated the tires on my G4 Two Eco and the stock tires lasted 45k miles, I think.

 

I never rotate mine.
When the front gets worn out, Two new tires go at the back and the back tires go to the front.

 

I started being pretty conscientious regarding tire rotation when we were driving a heavy duty truck and pulling a large travel trailer: a full set of tires was costing us nearly $2K! It was surprising how much longer the tires lasted. Now the Prius is significantly lighter than the truck and trailer, but considering that 5k interval also calls for a brake inspection and the tires need to be removed to do that, I kind of feel it falls under “duh”.
As far as opinions on OCI, I would suggest checking out The Petroleum Institute of America to educate yourself so you are making your choice on facts instead of opinions (API is another good source). Even the Car Care Nut is (in my opinion, FWTW) an educated source backed by evidence, for deciding what intervals are appropriate for you.

 

I too follow the Car Care Nut but my brother in law is a tyre dealer.

And he told me that ereytime you rotate the tires, each tire needs to assest in it's new position. Thus wears out fatster till it's properly assesed.
Plus the better tires better stay at the back, where it needs more grip when braking as the weight moves to the Front.

Even big brands suggest to mount new tires at the rear.
https://www.tirereview.com/always-install-two-new-tires-on-the-rear-axle/
Every day - 2 tires to change | Michelin The tire digest

 

I too follow the Car Care Nut but my brother in law is a tyre dealer.

And he told me that ereytime you rotate the tires, each tire needs to assest in it's new position. Thus wears out fatster till it's properly assesed.
Plus the better tires better stay at the back, where it needs more grip when braking as the weight moves to the Front.

Even big brands suggest to mount new tires at the rear.
https://www.tirereview.com/always-install-two-new-tires-on-the-rear-axle/
Every day - 2 tires to change | Michelin The tire digest

 

Flat earther alert above!

Rotating tires does make a difference. A big difference since most tire wear from driving is on the front. I routinely get 80k-100k miles on my tires.

Second, oil change frequency does help. If nothing else it eliminates fuel dilution contaminates. The only reason to stretch oil changes is cost, especially these days at $79 a change.

Doing it yourself with $23 worth of Mobil 1 and $10 worth of filters and supplies means you can do it at 5k intervals and save money. Even more if you change your own engine, battery and cabin filters.

 

No, I've abandoned periodical tire rotation practice decades ago.

It does not prolong tire life as often claimed, instead it 'overshadows/hides' alignment errors if any.

 

The only maintenance nags in my Gen 3 are the configurable ones (for things like tire rotation) that can all be reset via the touch screen, and the generic "hey it's been 5,000 miles" one that is reset by holding certain buttons while powering the car on.

I'd be surprised if the Gen 5 required OBD-II nonsense to reset any of that. (But I've been surprised before.)

 

Toyota Service Information and Where To Find It | PriusChat

 

Honda has “Maintenance Minder”, much more useful:

1. Appears to monitor various factors, counts down in 10% increments to next service.

2. When service is imminent displays a code that you can decipher with the Owners Manual, giving specifics as to what needs doing.


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I’d say also, their Shop Manuals were (and hopefully still are) a breath of fresh air compared to Toyota’s Repair Manuals. Opening chapter lists maintenance items, with reference to the page where the maintenance is described in detail. Go to that page and you’ll find a matching title, and instruction specific to that maintenance. Toyota manual writers could learn a lot from them.

 

I used to neglect tire rotations as well when I was younger. Then I moved to an area that gets snow in the winter, and suddenly it became important to me for all of my tires to wear evenly. Ever since then, I rotate my tires with every oil change, which makes it easy to do.

 

Hey there, personally I've never rotated tires. I'd like to mention that all my cars have been AWD/4WD whatever you'd like to call it, I'm sure most people would care less but I do not rotate my tires on my cars due to the fact that they are AWD. If I'm not mistaken, AWD vehicles often states that when changing tires, changing all 4 is the recommended way because not changing all 4 could hinder traction control and stability control since you have mismatching tread wear on your tires. I could be wrong, but I replace all my tires everytime. Cheers!

 

Gen 4 has Maintenance intervals in the MFDs settings that can be manually setup by the owner and /or have a servicing dealer setup so reminders on the MFD direct to that dealer. All setting are optional even if the dealer sets them up pre delivery. ATM, I have the engine air filter minder show up every time I start the car and 1 touch on the MFD turns it off and switches back to the MFDs default screen. If multiple items are set to the same date it might take more than 1 touch on he MFD to switch them off until the owner or dealer resets the items date(/s). .

 

I try to time tire wear so that I only rotate once. The calculation is easy. If you're planning on wearing the tires down from 10/32 to 2/32 of an inch, rotate when the combined wear is 8/32 of an inch (or average tread left is 6/32 front + rear). And they should both hit 2/32" at about same time.

 

I have no idea what a G5 has, but G4 has a simple reminder reset function in the Vehicle Settings menus accessed by steering wheel arrows. It's in the same section as TPMS reset.