Vehicle owners need to keep maintenance on the mind to ensure their cars and trucks are operating at peak capacity. Various components should be checked and serviced at key intervals. Oil changes and ...

Tire rotation myths create safety risks when shops ignore proper patterns for different tire types and drivetrain ...

Now that the ski season is over, it's time to take off my winter wheels and tires and put the summers back on. The summer tires are non-directional and I want to rotate them from where they were ...

When I took my winter tires and wheels off last year, I forgot to mark where they had been – at what corner on the car. How important is proper rotation, front-to-back and side-to-side? Will it damage ...

CARS.COM — Virtually every vehicle manufacturer, tire manufacturer and tire dealer recommends you periodically rotate your tires so they wear evenly and last longer, but is rotation really necessary?

Tire rotation is the process of interchanging your vehicle's tires, usually the front ones with the rear ones, with an aim to extend the life of the tread and sidewall rubber quality on each tire. In ...

Rotate my tires? But they rotate every time I drive? Yes, your rubber donuts go round and round every time you drive your car, truck, or SUV, but actually rotating them means putting them on a ...

Q. With respect to your column on tire rotation (Transportation, June 26) and specifically for front-wheel-drive vehicles, you wrote: ” … crisscross the rear tires onto the front.” This is the first ...