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7/3/25, 10:30 AM The most common mistakes in the care and use of your car’s tyres - Middle East Business News and Information - mid-east.info
Do not rotate tyres to extend tyre life:

Front and rear tyres are subjected to different work and loads, so wear is very uneven.
Rotation is essential to achieve more even wear and thus increase the service life of all tyres.

Even and regular tyre wear on both axles of the vehicle contributes to increased safety on the
road, the axles react

in a balanced way and the driver has better control of his vehicle. It is advisable to rotate them

between axles every 10,000 kilometres (or as stipulated by the manufacturer).

Excessive or uneven wear:

Regardless of a tyre’s service life, its tread depth should be checked from time to time.

According to the law, it must have a minimum tread depth of 1.6 mm, a legal limit that is
referenced by the wear indicators, marked by an indicator in the shoulder area of the tyre. One

trick to check for wear is to insert a euro into the tyre tread: if you can see the gold edge, it is
time to change it.

Equally important is to check that the wear is even. Front axle tyres, because of the
configuration of the vehicle, usually show uneven wear between the outer and inner shoulder. A

tyre that is in good condition on the outside may be ‘eaten’ on the inside.

Other irregular tyre wear, resulting in a less than optimal contact patch, can be caused by
incorrect balancing and/or alignment, or poorly maintained shock absorbers. In these cases the

tyres are the messengers of the problem, telling us what the cause may be and what needs to
be rectified.

Faulty alignment, axle parallelism and balancing:

Correct vehicle alignment, maintaining axle parallelism and wheel balancing (adjusting the
wheel-tyre assembly by means of counterweights to avoid imbalances) are essential to avoid

irregular wear, vibrations and even steering wheel trajectory problems (safety), apart from the
risk of mechanical breakdowns. According to First Stop, tyre distribution company, alignment
should be

carried out when tyres are changed or rotated between axles, once a year or when between

15,000 and 20,000 kilometres have been driven.

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