4 Reasons to Regularly Get Your Tires Rotated

Tires are made from polyester bands with a steel band in the middle and they’re covered in thick rubber. The bands give the rubber strength and durability. Despite their reinforcement, your tires can still wear and regular tire rotation is important to extend the lifespan of your tires. When it’s time to have your tires changed around, as your Hyundai dealer we can do it for you. These are some of the reasons why regular rotation is important.

Increased Fuel Economy

Tire treads are carefully designed to reduce the resistance your tires face when you drive. Unevenly worn tires create more resistance when your tires travel over any surface. This increased resistance means your engine has to work harder than it should to overcome that resistance, and that means burning more gas.

When your tires are regularly rotated, they maintain a more even wear pattern. This even wear reduces surface resistance and also reduces the demands on your engine. You’ll save wear and tear on engine components too as your engine doesn’t have to work as hard.

Better Handling

Your tread helps to keep your car stable, especially when it drives over uneven surfaces, wet roads, or snow. The tread patterns are designed to keep as much of your tire in contact with the surface as possible. If your tires aren’t regularly rotated, the tire treads wear unevenly.  The reduced depth of the groove means that liquid isn’t easily or evenly displaced and this causes vibrations.

Regularly rotated tires show a more even wear on the tread which allows for maintaining better contact with the surface. It also prevents your car from pulling to one side due to more wear on the tires on one side of your car than the other.

Improved Tire Life

Good tires can be expensive, and it makes good economic sense to prevent replacing them for as long as possible. If your tires are not rotated, they can take quite a beating. Your front ties, for example, carry more weight than the rear tires as more than 60% of a car’s weight is in the front. By rotating tires between the front and the rear, you help to reduce the damage done to them by carrying extra weight.

Tires wear down at different rates depending on their position. By rotating your tires you allow each tire to wear evenly.

Rotation is Fast and Affordable

Rotating your tires is very affordable, and it pays for itself very quickly. You save money by saving fuel and reducing the chance of costly damage to your axles and other components. Our technicians are highly experienced and we have the best equipment available to speedily rotate your tires.

We advise that your tires be rotated every six months. When you’re in Fort Smith, call our service department at Crain Hyundai of Fort Smith. Our technicians will rotate your tires while you enjoy a great coffee in our waiting room.

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