Tire Rotation
12-22-2003, 08:40 PM
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Tire Rotation
Spoke to my dealer service manager today and he said that Audi does not cover tire rotation on the free maintenace - if you want tires rotated, there is a charge. Anyone know what gives with this?
12-22-2003, 10:04 PM
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Tire Rotation
Just go to Discount, pay for lifetime balance ($40), and they rotate the tires whenever... for free. Add $90 more to that and get a dual plane roadforce balance done... and if any problems arise with balance they will do it again... and again... until it is right.
12-22-2003, 10:20 PM
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Re: Tire Rotation
I don't rotate unless there is abnormal tire wear. Why upset the balance and cause possible front end vibration? I used to do it but it caused more problems tan it solved.
12-23-2003, 12:34 AM
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unfortunately, your dealer is correct....
AoA will only 'pay' for your first rotation. here is the list of things your dealer does for each service milestone:
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/15117/audi-file.jpg">
kinda hard to read - but this is for all '01 Audi models. but i understand it still holds true for newer models for the most part. (the 4th row is "Tires - rotate" and as you can see only the 5K service is checked).
easy solution: just do it yourself. you need another jack or jack-stand and about 40 minutes...<ul><li><a href="http://www.bentleypublishers.com/tech/audi/audi.2001.maintenance.sched.pdf">Click for better image of maint schedule (PDF!)</a></li></ul>
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/15117/audi-file.jpg">
kinda hard to read - but this is for all '01 Audi models. but i understand it still holds true for newer models for the most part. (the 4th row is "Tires - rotate" and as you can see only the 5K service is checked).
easy solution: just do it yourself. you need another jack or jack-stand and about 40 minutes...<ul><li><a href="http://www.bentleypublishers.com/tech/audi/audi.2001.maintenance.sched.pdf">Click for better image of maint schedule (PDF!)</a></li></ul>
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12-23-2003, 06:19 AM
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I have been told that regular rotation (5-6k intervals) avoids the cupping of tires
I have been faced with the replacement of tires for this very reason.
12-23-2003, 06:30 AM
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I rotate the tires each year when I switch from snows to summer tires.
When I took off my summer tires this fall I noticed that one of my front summer tires had more wear than the other three. The car tracks straight so i don't think I have any alignment problems. I'm guessing I should put that tire back on the front in the spring. Am I correct in assuming the rear tires should wear slightly more per mile than the front?
