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Understanding Tyre Rotation

Tyre rotation involves repositioning tyres to ensure even wear across all wheels, improving performance, fuel efficiency, and driving safety. Regular rotations extend tyre life, reduce maintenance costs, and enhance overall vehicle handling, making it a vital practice for car owners.

  • 15 Jan 2025
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Periodically altering the position of each tire on your vehicle constitutes tire rotation, an essential part of regular car maintenance. This practice is typically recommended by the manufacturer or at a 5,000-mile interval, often coinciding with routine oil changes. Now that you understand what tire rotation is in a car, let’s explore why it is required. As a car owner, ensure your car insurance is renewed on time.

Why Is Tyre Rotation Required?

Understanding why tire rotation is required helps car owners extend the lifespan of their tires, enhance fuel efficiency and maintain a safer driving experience. Here, we’ll delve into the reasons behind the importance of tire rotation and its impact on overall vehicle health.

Here are the reasons:

  1. The significance of tire rotation lies in its ability to ensure even wear across all four tires. This maximises their tread life. Different positions on a vehicle demand varied levels of torque and friction from each tire. For example, in front-wheel-drive vehicles, the front tires bear the brunt of turning, accelerating, and braking forces.

Rotating the tires ensures an even distribution of wear, maintaining the car’s safety and performance.

  1. Tire rotation is more important when dealing with new tires. The deep treads of new tires are more susceptible to uneven wear within the first 5,000 miles. Tire rotation ensures even tread wear. This then maintains uniform tread depth across all tires. This uniformity contributes significantly to consistent traction and handling. This enhances overall safety during cornering and braking manoeuvres.
  2. For vehicles equipped with all-wheel-drive systems, evenly worn tires are important to minimise stress on the drivetrain. Even tires reduce wear on expensive drive components. Hence, tire rotation ensures the longevity of critical vehicle systems.
  3. Regular tire rotation promotes even tread wear and allows for visual inspection. It enables checking air pressure, rebalancing to address vibrations and assessing tread depth, ensuring comprehensive tire maintenance.

Conclusion

In this blog, we understood what is rotating your tires and why it is crucial. Your car’s required tire rotation pattern depends on your vehicle type and the type of tires you use. Maintaining your warranty’s stipulations necessitates regular tire rotation. Additionally, as a car owner, ensure you have car insurance and renew it on time, as it is a legal mandate in India.

 

Disclaimer: The information provided in this blog is for educational and informational purposes only. It may contain outdated data and information regarding the Insurance industry and products. It is advised to verify the currency and relevance of the data and information before taking any major steps. ICICI Lombard is not liable for any inaccuracies or consequences resulting from the use of this outdated information.  

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