Will Good Year rotate your Prius (Good Year Tires) for FREE??

The easiest and best answer will come from your local Goodyear tire dealer. Call them up, tell them you have Goodyear tires, and ask them how much they will charge you for tire rotation. If it's greater than $0, you can start asking other tire shops. Some independent shops may want to earn your future business when your Integrity tires wear out and give you free or low cost rotations to get you in the door and in the habit of visiting them.

 

Most tire installation places will rotate for free now, especially if you buy 4 new tires. I got my Goodyear Assurance tires at Tire America and they come with lifetime free rotation.

 

Tires should be rotated only as needed to keep the most tread on the rear wheels. This is safer because it reduces the chances of a tailspin.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(richard schumacher @ Feb 3 2007, 02:03 PM) [snapback]384895[/snapback]</div>

Can you please post a link or reference a source to the information that substantiates this claim? I never heard this before and frankly, am under the understanding that with a front wheel drive car, tires with the best tread always go on the front (drive wheels.) :blink:

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(richard schumacher @ Feb 3 2007, 01:03 PM) [snapback]384895[/snapback]</div>

The point of rotating tires is to have them all wear evenly. So, I'd recommend rotating them regularly. The last FWD car that I owned and didn't rotate tires on would go through fronts in about half the time as rears. I do agree that if you have wear-mismatched tires, the best ones go on the rear.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Fatfenders @ Feb 3 2007, 01:46 PM) [snapback]384910[/snapback]</div>

Well, I'd much rather have the front sliding than the rear breaking loose, or if you've had a blowout at speed, I'd prefer that to happen on the front as well. It may seem counterintuitive on a FWD car. The ideal, of course, is to have four good tires, and rotating tires will help keep the wear even between the fronts and rears. A link:

http://www.michelinman.com/care/tip6.html

Where do I install new tires if I only buy two?

If you're replacing only two tires, be sure to have them installed on your vehicle's rear axle. New tires will provide better grip than your half-worn tires and when they are installed on the rear that helps reduce the potential for your vehicle to fishtail or hydroplane in wet conditions.

 

If you buy any tires at discount tire, they'll rotate them for free for the life of your tires.

They'll even rotate any set of tires for free as long as you've bought tires there before (my experience only, not sure if that's common or not)

 

Yea, they'll rotate them 'for life' all right. That means rotations just TWO times. Goodyear? Why bother? We blew through TWO pair of Integrity's in less than 52K miles (kicking myself for giving them a 2nd chance). Our Michelins are warented for more nearly DOUBLE that length.

 

My 16'' rims came with 195/55/16 Bridgestone Turenza's.

I'm glad I got the Touring edition.

I had a set of 245/45/17 Bridgestone's on my Tbird and they lasted about 55K.

 

Not true. FWD vehicles should ALWAYS have the best tread up front. It will increase traction and braking.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(BORNGEARHEAD @ Feb 4 2007, 03:08 PM) [snapback]385264[/snapback]</div>

I beg to differ. Can you please post a link to a credible reference that substantiates your claim?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(IsrAmeriPrius @ Feb 4 2007, 09:53 PM) [snapback]385369[/snapback]</div>

I do it for a living.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(BORNGEARHEAD @ Feb 4 2007, 03:08 PM) [snapback]385264[/snapback]</div>

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/tec...e.jsp?techid=52 contradicts your statement and gives very specific reasoning.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(cwerdna @ Feb 4 2007, 10:39 PM) [snapback]385387[/snapback]</div>

I read that link but it doesn't make sense to me. I would much rather control an oversteer situation that an understeer one. Controlling understeer is not simply easy to correct by letting off the gas. If your going fast enough to hydroplane and in a curve, your done.

I am a Nissan tech at a dealership. I have worked at 4 different dealerships and every single tech I have worked with always rotates the 2 best tires up front.

I guess another reason why it doesn't make any sense is if your front tires are already worn, isn't the objective to doing a tire rotation so the tires wear evenly? They would NEVER wear evenly considering the fronts would wear even more.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(BORNGEARHEAD @ Feb 4 2007, 08:05 PM) [snapback]385379[/snapback]</div>

Incompetently so, according to everything I have read. Please cite a reference from a credible source.

 

rotation of tires is done because the front tires will always wear faster. under that scenario, the rear tires should always be in better shape shortly after the rotation. it is better to have the best tires in the back to reduce under steer and that is recommended by any defensive driving instructor and any police officer can verify that.

also, if either front or rear is noticably worn more than the other, you are not doing a good job of rotating. they should be rotated minimum every 5,000 miles

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(BORNGEARHEAD @ Feb 5 2007, 12:44 AM) [snapback]385416[/snapback]</div>

And I used to think so highly of Nissan.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(BORNGEARHEAD @ Feb 5 2007, 12:44 AM) [snapback]385416[/snapback]</div>

Are you sure you don't have that backwards? The oversteering cars I've driven tend to be very very unforgiving.

 

Two places you don't want to skimp -- on any vehicle -- are tires and brakes.

Rather than trust it to the high-school dropouts and parolees who provide "service" at the discounters, I prefer to go my local tire and brake guy who I know will give me a fair price on tires and service, will make intelligent recommendations on what to buy and when to perform service, and will ensure that things are done right.

I rotate tires twice a year -- $20 each time -- and have him check the brakes while he's got the wheels off. If there's ever a problem, he stands behind his work and makes it right (for free).

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Beryl Octet @ Feb 3 2007, 03:10 PM) [snapback]384917[/snapback]</div>

Under the non-rotation method I buy two new tires every three years. If I rotated them, I'd buy four new tires every six years, and spend 20 minutes waiting every six months while having them rotated, *and* have, on average, less tread on the rear tires, which we agree is less safe. Why would that be better?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(richard schumacher @ Feb 6 2007, 01:50 PM) [snapback]386086[/snapback]</div>

I agree here. A lot of it is point of view. I am simply a driving insdtructor and taught my fellow officers how to drive high speed and how to avoid loss of control. Bonegearhead....maybe YOU have some special talent and desire to handle your rear wheel slide....but the common driver will lose control with a rear skid than a front skid.

I do not rotate for this purpose....my rear tires always have better tread than front, I buy 2, put rear on front and start with new rear again....just my way, not wrong or right. Since I live in Ohio, I get a good share of wet.

MORE important that rotating is to keep tire pressure at or slight above recommended. Even a few pounds low does affect handling and grip.

I have a video from Michelin put together by the Police driver training group with their help confirming you want best tread on rear and you do not want tires to be low pressure (even 5 lbs)