Tire Rotatio - BMW 325Ci Owner's Manual

Tire replacement
1 3 4 n
Tire age
T h e d at e o n w hic h th e tire w a s m a n u -
fa cture d is in dic at e d b y th e c o d e o n th e
sid e w all:
D O T ... 4 1 0 0 m e a n s th at th e tire w a s
m a n ufa cture d in w e e k 4 1 of 2 0 0 0.
B M W re c o m m e n d s th e re pla c e m e nt of
all tire s w h e n th e tire s are n o m ore th a n
6 y e ars old , e v e n if a tire life of 1 0 y e ars
is p o ssible .
S p are tire s o v er 6 y e ars old s h o uld b e
u s e d o nly in c a s e of e m erg e n c y. A tire
in this c o n ditio n s h o uld b e re pla c e d b y
a n e w tire im m e diat ely, a n d s h o uld n ot
b e m o u nt e d to g e th er w ith n e w tire s.
Tire rotation
B etween the axles
T h e tre a d w e ar p att ern s at th e fro nt e n d
differ fro m th o s e at th e re ar – th e a ctu al
p att ern s w ill v ary a c c ordin g to in di-
vid u al drivin g c o n ditio n s. In th e int er-
e sts of s afe ty a n d m aintainin g o p tim al
h a n dlin g c h ara ct eristic s, tire rotatio n is
n ot re c o m m e n d e d .
If a pro p o s e d int era xle rotatio n of tire s
is b a s e d o n e c o n o mic c o n sid eratio n s,
o n e s h o uld c o n sid er w h e th er th e c o sts
for th e rotatio n are lik ely to b e re c a p -
ture d b y a n y in cre a s e in th e s ervic e life
of th e tire s th at mig ht b e re aliz e d . In
prin ciple , tire rotatio n m u st b e
p erform e d at s h ort int erv als (m a xim u m
3,0 0 0 mile s/ 5,0 0 0 k m). C o n s ult y o ur
B M W c e nt er for m ore inform atio n.
S h o uld y o u d e cid e to rotat e th e tire s,
it is e ss e ntial to c o m ply w ith th e
follo w in g:
R otat e tire s o n th e s a m e sid e o nly,
sin c e bra kin g c h ara ct eristic s a n d ro a d
grip c o uld oth er w is e b e a d v ers ely
affe ct e d .
F ollo w in g rotatio n, th e tire inflatio n
pre ss ure s h o uld al w a ys b e c orre ct e d .
If differe nt tire siz e s are m o u nt e d
o n th e fro nt a n d re ar a xle s (re fer
to p a g e 1 3 7), th e w h e els m a y n ot b e
rotat e d fro m o n e a xle to th e oth er.<