Convince me to rotate tires on my daily driver

[Chubbs]

Not a goblin question, just a general question. My wife's daily driver is a 2022 Mustang Mach E. The only maintenance needed for the first 10k miles is a tire rotation (and some general inspections). She has about 9,800 miles on it now.

I got out my tread depth guage and measured all 4 tires. They are perfect. 9/32nds on all of them, front and back, left and right. no noise, no vibration.

Given that they are wearing evenly, can anyone give me another reason why they need to be rotated? I can't think of any. I may put it on my lift and take a tire off just to see what's going on under there, but I can't think of a reason to swap any tires around.

 

[Rttoys]

It’s always a good idea to rotate them. They may have equal tread depth in the measurable spots, but there could be some feathering, and different wear on the corners where you can’t really measure. Plus, the tires do different things depending on where it is placed on the vehicle. Example: you’ll have more corner wear on the fronts, due to steering, than you would on the rear.

 

[RCK605]

Don't the tires rotate every time you drive it!?

 

[Rttoys]

Don't the tires rotate every time you drive it!?

I asked my dad that when I was a kid. I even thought when they were “rotated” it meant, the mechanic put it in the air and made sure all the hubcaps were in the same position. Haha

 

[Joebob]

Thanks for reminding me to rotate the tires on all 4 of my vehicles.

 

[TravMac]

Don't want to void any dumb warranty by not keeping up on your maintenance. Plus you will get the most from your set of tires. Otherwise, by the time you realize you've worn a set, it will be too late to just move them to the other axle to even your wear across the front/rear and left/right without losing some traction or stability. Don't forget that depending on your driveline and tire configuration, you rotate differently. So make sure to check the proper method before hand.

 

[G Atsma]

Check for wear patterns. Unless all four are absolutely identical, which IS possible, rotate them periodically

 

[Chubbs]

The dumb warranty might be the best reason I can think of. If anything goes wrong, they would have to prove the tires contributed to the failure...but that's a fight I don't want to have in the first place. It's probably easier just to rotate them so I can say I did it.

Plus, I've never actually seen the underside of it. It might be fun just to put it up and see what's under there. It's odd, having an EV, here is nothing to do. No oil changes, or air filters, or plugs, or any of the normal stuff there is to look at. It still has a cooling system and I'm sure some diff oil somewhere in there, but that's about it.