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I only have 20,000 miles on my car and so I decided to rotate the tires. I know I should have done it a little sooner, but anyways. I noticed that the front tires were quite a bit more worn than the rears, which I expected being a front wheel drive car, but the problem I ran into was when I got to looking at the back tires. They are smooth on the outside half of the tread, but the other half of the tread on the back tires is bumpy. I went a head and rotated them thinking that maybe they will wear back correctly, but now my car has front end vibration, especially when braking, and is loud to boot just driving down the highway.
Is this a common problem with civics? My dad's had tire problems also, but thought maybe it was a fluke. What have you all ran into?
My car is a 2007 civic coupe Lx. (hooray for cheaper gas... I paid $2.05 today)
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can you post some pics to show how bad it is?
did you get the car new or used?
has the suspension been messed with at all? (possible if bought used)
if bought new, i'd rotate the tires back to where they were, and take back to dealership, and see what they say. DON'T BUY ANYTHING YET! Just see what they say.
and i've also heard that new cars (non-sports car type) usually come with some cheaper tires anyways, so faster wear would be expected. That's so they can show you on test drives how well the car can handle, then you buy the car, and drive like crazy, wearing out the tires...:P
You should also rotate like every (at least) 8,000 miles rather than every 20,000 miles.
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i agree to gearbox. when i first got my car i've noticed that there were some weird negative camber... but i dont' know about the tire wear on it. I bring my car to American Tires to get them rotated every 5 thousand miles. i asked one of the employees about my tires and he said i'm doing great. ROTATE YOUR TIERS PEOPLE!!
Leaving any tires on any car left in the same position for half of their rated life on a FWD is certain to ruin them.
I tried to go with the 10k rotation at one point in time and still had some issues with tires cupping and scalloping, I switched to 5K rotations. I also swap sides and rotation direction at each rotation now.
Passenger front to drivers rear, Drivers rear to passenger front.
Drivers front to passenger rear, Passenger rear to drivers front.
Each rotation, Tires are only ever in 1 of 2 positions.
The OE Potenza's lasted 42K and the Michelins I have are rated at 80K and are wearing perfectly with this method at almost 40K.
Well that's what the manual calls for in every common tire change, plus a modified version for a full size spare. I was questioning more your decision to change rotation direction of the tire, they're only designed to roll one way. There's arrows on the sidewall to show you which way they rotate.
EDIT - If you have a shop take your tires off for you and rotate them on the rims (the proper way to rotate tires).....wow. Any shop should know the direction a tire is supposed to roll in. If you do it yourself by simply switching the wheels around.......WOW x 1,000,000. You're going to blow a tire out on the highway and have a bad spill.
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i do mine every 10k and my last set of bridgestones went to 60k until one tire was too badly worn from having blown shock. the rest couldve gone much longer. and i dont exactly drive like grandma either lol
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A few ideals I'll point out from my experiences in the last 18 years and about 20 cars and trucks I've owned.
If you don't rotate your tires till 20,000 miles, then there's no room for complaining, you will likely need new tires soon.
I wouldn't expect the world from any tires installed by the manufacturer. I've heard they buy large amounts of lower grade tires of any given brand to get a good deal because they buy so many.
One thing I've noticed by experience throughout the years is that Michelins, and certain Continentals and Goodyears do tend to do better than others but not always. Firestones and Bridgestone from the factory have seemed to fare the worst in my experiences.
When I rotated the tires on my 07 Civic Coupe at around 10k miles I just simply swapped the backs for the fronts and they ended up with a slight vibration at 80mph. The car currently has 20k and the tires look like they should easily last 15k-20k miles more. In my case I would plan on replacing them next fall if everything went right.
