Tire Rotation Question / Dealer Rant

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Originally Posted by f5fstop

Forget putting the spare into the rotation, keeps the spare looking good, and if you don't include the spare, you DO NOT have to reset the tire pressure system. If you do include the spare you need to perform the sensor relearn or else the system will continue to monitor the spare, and miss one of the ground tires (something I just proved out this week ).

For four tires, it should go as:
right rear to right front
right front to left rear
left rear to left front
left front to right rear

In other words rears go forward, fronts go to the the opposite rear.

Ah, someone knows their stuff, well at least one of you retards around here has some sense. Due to tire pull issues associated with crossing tires, some dealer techs choose not to cross tires at all to prevent complaints from the customers about "ever since you rotated my tires my car pulls to the right". Some high end car dealerships actually tell their techs not to cross tires during a rotation to prevent this complaint too. The rotation scenario above is the right way to do it. The rear tires have run in that direction for some time and should be brought straight to the front, and the front tires (which really need to be crossed for wear issues) will be in the rear where they won't have any effect even if they cause a slight pull. After 6,000 miles the belts in the old front (now rear) tires will have settled in and usually don't cause a pull if they are left to rotate in the same direction during a rotation.