Im assuming that if your running mobile 1 your good for 5k. Should I rotate the tires every 5k as well? Also i read the rotation is just front to back instead of a full rotation.....doesnt make sense since the front left seems to wear the most..... Thanks..... -Dave PS, thanks to all the good posts here, i just finished my first tank with an avg of 55.6 mpg. Not bad since its been about 35-40 degrees here in NJ. Over 500 miles on 9 gal of gas...Are you serious??? I should have done this years ago : )
If you're running the OEM Integrity tires, you'll get more miles out of them with the 5K tire rotation.
I have rotated mine front to back every 5k just like the Owners Manual says. I'm on my second set of OEM tires and have about 75k on the car. I think If you are getting more wear on left front the pressure is too low. When in doubt check Section 8 of the Owners manual and the “Scheduled Maintenance Guide†or “Owner’s Manual Supplementâ€.
We usually recommend a front to rear rotation since crossing radial tires (side to side) can create a radial tire pull. Odd wear patterns are most likely caused by low inflation. Don't be afraid to bump you pressures to closer to 40 psi. You will get better mileage and tire wear. We also recommend 5k for rotations.
I'm on a 10K rotation (every other oil change). After 54,000 mostly highway miles, the OEM Goodyears are looking pretty good. I figure I'll get at least 10,000 more out of them.
Personally, I think rotating tires every 5K is way too early. If you are the type of driver that is heavy on the throttle, then do what Toyota recommends in their manual. I am rotating my tires between 6K to 10K. BTW, mostly highway riding on this end.
We here in RI do recommend every 5k also, always bear in mind your location within the US... here in Rhode Island, our roads ar hilly and poor condition this will play into account for tire wear
You should be good for 5k on any type of oil... as long as it isn't contaminated and meets specs... Same for the filter too. If the filter goes bad (like gets completely clogged and the valve doesn't release) mobile 1 won't save ya. Mobile 1 can probably last over 10k... assuming the filter is good.
Please explain this "radial tire pull" more. I have never had a problem, nor has my parents. We rotate all of our tires front -> back and then the backs cross on the way up front. (or something like that, I can never remember) I currently have 45000 miles on the tires on my neon and they perform great. Zero problems out of them.
You can also take the easy way out and rotate tires only as needed to keep the less-worn pair on the rear axles. This is also safer because it reduces the chances of oversteer/fishtailing on a slippery surface.
I don't know that I believe that "Tire Radial Pull". My previous car was a Toyota 4 Runner and the owners manual suggested cross rotation to prevent uneven wear on the tires. I rotated the tires every 5K miles for over 11 years and got great mileage out of them and never had a problem. For a truck, I got 82K miles on my factory set and wound up replacing them due to dry rot on the sidewalls. My 2nd set was still perfect at 142K miles. The owners manual suggested this rotation: real tires move forward to the front, the front tires cross in the back. This gives each tire equal time on all 4 wheels of the car so that no pattern can develop in the tires. Radial pull is either from the old days, or a myth. I always maintained 100% perfect alignment and no steering wheel drift even at 142K miles. I plan on performing the same rotation on my Prius. Any comments out there?
Try telling some of my customers that radial tire pull doesn't exist anymore. We have dozens of cars a week complaining that the car pulls. They refuse to accept the idea that road crown (the arch of the road surface that aids in rain water runoff) could possibly make their car go in that direction in spite of the fact that some roads are visibly more arched than others. 95% of the time crossing the front tires causes the car to either go quite straight or to actually begin drifting the other direction.
The only time I have ever had a pull in my neon is when it had the super crappy Good Year Eagle LS's on them. They were the OEM tire on that car. I became accustom to it and figured it was the crown in the road, but when I put a set of Yokohama AVID TRZ's on, it went away and now drives straight as an arrow. I was very dissappointed when I noticed the Prius has Good Years on it. Those Eagle LS's convinced me to never buy a set of Good Years again.
