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 ...

Q–We have a ’96 front-wheel-drive car with anti-lock brakes. The owner’s manual states tire rotation every 5,000 miles using the “X” pattern. My national-chain tire retailer rotated my tires twice ...

Rotating your tires is a must if you want them to last for as long as possible. There’s no reason not to: It’s easy, it requires no special tools, and it only takes a few minutes. Here’s why you need ...

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?

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 ...

Adding tire rotation to your maintenance routine probably sounds like a nuisance. But even when alignment is kept up to snuff, tires do wear unevenly. Add to this the tendency for parts to wear and ...

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 ...

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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 ...