Over 11,000 crashes occur each year because of tire failure. If you fail to properly maintain your tires, you’re putting yourself at risk, no matter how safe a driver you are. One key procedure for proper tire maintenance is regular tire rotation. The following are three good reasons to visit your local Chevy dealer soon to have your tires swapped around.
Slow Down Tread Wear
A staggering 4,900 fatal road accidents are caused by cars skidding on slippery roads each year. A factor in many of these crashes is insufficient tread depth. The minimum recommended tread depth is 2/32 of an inch in the warmer months and 5/32 of an inch in winter. It’s unwise to let your tire become thinner than this.
Responsible drivers keep an eye on their treads and do what they can to slow the wear. One way to do so is with periodical tire rotation, which spreads the wear more evenly across all four tires and prevents one or two tires from wearing down significantly quicker.
Reduce Chances of Blowouts
If the fore or aft of your car is slightly heavier, or your wheels are minutely misaligned, then one or two wheels are bearing a greater brunt of the vehicle’s weight and pressure. This makes them more susceptible to damage from potholes, curbs, and bits of metal on the road.
Needless to say, more damaged tires are more at risk of blowing out. So it’s safer to have your tires rotated often, which shares the pressure evenly. While rotating your tires, the technician will also examine the rubber closely and find any damage you might have missed.
Keep Steering Responsive
Uneven tires reduce handling and responsiveness to a surprising degree. This diminishes your reaction time and sense of control. Regular rotation is the primary way to avoid this danger and keep your handling smooth.
During the procedure, not only will the technician examine your tires for damage, but they’ll also identify underlying causes of uneven tire wear. This might be misaligned wheels, as previously mentioned. It might also be under-inflated or overinflated tires.
How a Chevy Dealer Rotates Your Tires
After raising your vehicle and inspecting your tires and wheels, the technician will swap your tires in one of three patterns, depending on your vehicle. For four-wheel drive or rear-wheel drive cars, they carry out a rearward cross, bringing the rear tires to the forward axle and the front tires to the rear axle, crossing over only the latter two tires.
For rear-wheel drives, an X-cross is often carried out, which diagonally swaps all four tires. Alternatively, they’ll do a forward cross, which is the exact opposite of a rearward cross. Either pattern will solve uneven wear until your next rotation.
To have experienced technicians rotate your tires today, visit Randy Wise Chevrolet. We’re a family-owned and run dealership dedicated to providing the region’s Chevy drivers with nothing short of top-notch customer service, whatever your vehicle needs may be.
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