[Bel680]

As pre the title, I've just passed 10K and I was told by my dodgie dealer that I would have to bring the car in for a rotate & balance.. so.. what's the recommended interval??

[Dazzler]

If you are not going to get your oil change / service done at 15,000kms I would definitely leave it until then.

I usually get my tyres swapped back to front about twice during their life (at the regular service intevals) and if I keep the car long enough manage to wear all four out at roughly the same time..

I'msure Trevor will give you a more definative ruling when he spots this thread 

[Surferdude]

Most vehicle and tyre manufacturers recommend rotation and balance every 10,000 klm but in truth it's flexible.
In actual fact, what SHOULD happen is an "Inspection" , rotate and balance.
Looking for cuts and abrasions which might affect the safety of the tyre, uneven wear caused by mis-alignment (a good operator can pick up the need for an alignment before too much damage is done to the tread wear). Checking and adjusting tyre pressures (INCLUDING re-set after rotation so you don't end up with the front tyre pressures on th eback and vice versa.

As drivers we should be running our eyes over tread wear and depths and looking for damage regularly, but without having the car up in the air it's a rough inspection at best.

Anyway, depending on your own knowledge and if you DO check them yourself, certainly at the 15,000 klm service is enough.

There are some members on here who rarely do it and still get good mileage.
It's a bit like insurance.
Or maybe like advertising. You can't be sure it's effective but ask yourself how much worse things would be if you didn't do it.

Oh. One more thing. A specialist tyre shop will be a better place to have it done. They'll know what they're looking for (and may well cost you less.)

[bumpkin]

Thanks for this Trevor......................

BUT

Do your specialist tyre places have the ability to recode the ECU for TPMS?  If I put my car into a tyre dealer and they rotate my wheels, I would then have to go to my dealer to get the ECU programmed to recognise that the right front has been moved to right rear etc, thereby doubling the cost, is this yet another manufacturer ploy to get the customer to pay premium prices...........

Sent from my 1000ET

[Shambles]

I don't rotate and get around 60k miles on average.

[eye30]

Rotation:
Personally I'd leave mine.

That way I only need to replace 2 at a time --- fronts.

Balancing:
Only if I can feel vibration thro' steering wheel or when puncture fixed or when fitting new tyres.

ps had my car 3.5 years and never rotated or balanced tyres except when new tyres fitted

[Surferdude]

Thanks for this Trevor......................

BUT

Do your specialist tyre places have the ability to recode the ECU for TPMS?  If I put my car into a tyre dealer and they rotate my wheels, I would then have to go to my dealer to get the ECU programmed to recognise that the right front has been moved to right rear etc, thereby doubling the cost, is this yet another manufacturer ploy to get the customer to pay premium prices...........

Sent from my 1000ET

More than likely.

Pretty sure anyone who has a scantool in their workshop can reset the ECU. Our guys can do it when batteries or brake pads are replaced.
It's not a big issue over here yet.
Having said that we had a European car in the other week (Merc or Beemer -  I forget which) and all you had to do was drive it for a klm or 2 and the car reset itself. Don't ask me for more detail. The owner told us what to do and it worked.
Why would Hyundai do something more complicated?

[Surferdude]

Whether to rotate and balance is very much a personal choice.
At least in Australia most tyre retail chains offer free rotate and balance every 10,000 klms if you buy a set of tyres from them.
I should say, most have it on offer but they don't always do a good job of promoting it. The advice to rotate/ balance is aimed at the general population, not necessarily i30 Owners Club Forum Members who appear to me to be considerably more savvy than the majority of drivers on our roads.
Over the years, I would say between 10% and 20% of the cars which come across tyre shop courtyards have some form of impact/cut damage to a tyre which the driver is not aware of. Or seriously low pressures. And badly uneven worn tyres. And that's not getting into brake problems, steering problems or engines which haven't had a service since God knows when.
TBH the lackadaisical attitude to mechanical safety by Australian drivers is pretty bloody terrible.

Sorry.

Rant over.

[Bel680]

Thanks Trevor

I'll wait for my next service, not too far away 4/5 weeks I'd guess ( I do a hell of a lot of Km's a week) and get the guys next to work to do it once the mobile mechanic is finished with the service. Will take the car to the servo this weekend and check the tyre pressure.

[rustynutz]

Thanks Trevor

I'll wait for my next service, not too far away 4/5 weeks I'd guess ( I do a hell of a lot of Km's a week) and get the guys next to work to do it once the mobile mechanic is finished with the service. Will take the car to the servo this weekend and check the tyre pressure.

By all means pump the tyres up at the local servo, but do yourself a favour and buy yourself a tyre pressure gauge. The gauges at servo's are notoriously inaccurate due to everyone just chucking them on the concrete....