Tire rotation necessary for Cybertruck?

[Speedr]

Is anybody seeing more than 20k on tires before replacement? I am contemplating on purchasing a CT sometime in the future but the tire wear concerns me.

Just drive one. Any "concerns" will go away.

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[juzkuz]

Is anybody seeing more than 20k on tires before replacement? I am contemplating on purchasing a CT sometime in the future but the tire wear concerns me.

Currently at 30k and still not close to replacing- original set.

 

[Kenneth K.]

Is anybody seeing more than 20k on tires before replacement? I am contemplating on purchasing a CT sometime in the future but the tire wear concerns me.

tires wears the same on all EVs due to their weight and your driving habit. The stock tires tend to wear faster than other brands and it doesn't help that you are drunk on torque when you first got the CT. I'm driving on chill mode and mostly with TSD, Tesla Self Drive, at 12K miles i still got at least half of the thread left.

 

[Effonefiddy Lightning]

tires wears the same on all EVs due to their weight and your driving habit. The stock tires tend to wear faster than other brands and it doesn't help that you are drunk on torque when you first got the CT. I'm driving on chill mode and mostly with TSD, Tesla Self Drive, at 12K miles i still got at least half of the thread left.

I drive a lot of miles per year. I put 41k on my original tires, I currently have 50k on my second set. I hope I can do better than 41k no matter what I have and I rarely give it the beans.

 

[HaulingAss]

Absolutely rotate, my tires wear faster on the front than the rear and by rotating them i got 25k miles out of my first set on a Beast.

My observation is that the AWD has less need for tire rotation than the Beast, probably because the Beast is FWD biased and the AWD is RWD biased. This means the front tires on the beast get more wear due to having to steer the vehicle and drive it most of the time. The AWD has more balanced wear with the front tires steering and the back tires doing most of the drive. Either could still need rotations depending upon use. The surefire way to know whether you need to rotate is to get a tire tread depth gauge and measure depths at various areas on all tires. If they are wearing evenly, no need to rotate.

 

[AverageJoe]

Is anybody seeing more than 20k on tires before replacement? I am contemplating on purchasing a CT sometime in the future but the tire wear concerns me.

Awd with over 22k on original A/T tires going strong

 

[Gaximus]

An unequivocal yes.

It's a common misimpression that "AWD" means all wheels are powered, all the time. Not true.

You can command the truck to constantly power all four wheels either by engaging Slippery Surface (Controls > Dynamics > Slippery Surface) or by engaging Off-Road mode. But in normal driving, the secondary axle with the Induction motor(s) remains unpowered until demand - typically triggered either by acceleration or elevation - requires it.

The AWD CT is fundamentally a rear-wheel drive vehicle and the two tires in the rear will see significantly faster wear.

The Beast CT is fundamentally a front-wheel drive vehicle and the two tires in the front will see significantly faster wear.

Tire rotation (front-to-back and back-to-front) is how you even out that wear, maximizing tire life.

Its not just powered vs not powered wheels. A lot of the wear comes from turning and braking in corners. So unless you have an AWD vehicle with locked differentials and only went forward and backwards, no turning, you need to rotate, if you want even wear.

 

[Mwhusa]

Since it’s AWD and steer by wire?

Thanks

Since it’s AWD and steer by wire?

Thanks

I know it's not accord ing to Tesla, but every time I took my CT in for service, I was told tire rotation was not needed, even though the last visit I was at 24,000 miles. I don't know why they kept telling me this so I rotated them myself. I'm at 32,000 miles and there is still plenty of tire tread left. I can easily see these tires lasting 50,000 miles.

 

[kpanda17]

Since it’s AWD and steer by wire?

Thanks

what's the recommended pattern?
same side, front to back, back to front
or cross, front to back, back to front

 

[FL370]

$20 to $40 tip to the guys at Discount Tire every 6-10,000 miles just gives me peace of mind that my tires are wearing evenly. AWD 30,000 miles so far.

 

[CT_AZ_4x4]

what's the recommended pattern?
same side, front to back, back to front
or cross, front to back, back to front

Service center did mine front-to-back, back-to-front (same side, not cross).

 

[mbrockus]

Is anybody seeing more than 20k on tires before replacement? I am contemplating on purchasing a CT sometime in the future but the tire wear concerns me.

Im at 23k on stock tires for the AWD non beast and still have plenty of tread to go. Should make it to 30k before I hit the replace level. It's an everyday driver with a few excursions on rough roads/trails.

 

[kpanda17]

Im at 23k on stock tires for the AWD non beast and still have plenty of tread to go. Should make it to 30k before I hit the replace level. It's an everyday driver with a few excursions on rough roads/trails.

That’s great considering 4 wheel steering we love hinders the life and tread of tires.
This is why some ask, rotate?

All four tires are turning. Tradition rotation was best due to only the fronts turning, wearing more vs back, hence rotate.

Do we bother?

 

[CYBERRIG]

I drive conservatively most of the time. I have 45,000 miles right now and rotated them once at 25,000 miles. I am rotating them again next week and probably have at least 10,000 more miles left. The fronts do wear a little faster. I assume from turning sharp. On the plus side all 4 look perfectly smooth side to side with no chop.

 

[kpanda17]

I drive conservatively most of the time. I have 45,000 miles right now and rotated them once at 25,000 miles. I am rotating them again next week and probably have at least 10,000 more miles left. The fronts do wear a little faster. I assume from turning sharp. On the plus side all 4 look perfectly smooth side to side with no chop.

Good info

Assuming you have the AT Wranglers
Do them again? I’m very happy as I have both an AS set of scorpions and AT set of wranglers

we do beach off road in the summer and I’d do KM3 MTs instead of ATs next
Sticking with AS for my long trips

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