P3D+ Tire Wear Report - Pilot Sport 4S - 15k miles

[Mikey122687]

Why do you need to rotate tires? Front and Rear have about the same weight, it's not like the front has a V8 engine that put pressure down on the front tires. If weight distributions are the same on the front and rear. Theoretically, you should have same wear across all tires.

Mobile service guy told me Tesla recommends it to make some $$.

 

[Magnets!]

Why do you need to rotate tires? Front and Rear have about the same weight, it's not like the front has a V8 engine that put pressure down on the front tires. If weight distributions are the same on the front and rear. Theoretically, you should have same wear across all tires.

Mobile service guy told me Tesla recommends it to make some $$.

You're right, weight distribution about perfect on the 3, but it's more about which wheels are generating the most torque...usually biased towards the rear, although most reports I've read report fairly even front to back wear. But not the case with everyone as you can see earlier in the thread. With hard cornering front edges can wear more than rear as well.

 

[03DSG]

Why do you need to rotate tires? Front and Rear have about the same weight, it's not like the front has a V8 engine that put pressure down on the front tires. If weight distributions are the same on the front and rear. Theoretically, you should have same wear across all tires.

Mobile service guy told me Tesla recommends it to make some $$.

The wear is not about the weight front and back but more about the drive. RWD wears significantly faster on the rear than the front. This is due to acceleration, weight transfer and Regen. The fronts just freewheel aside from braking. In the AWD the bias is also towards the rear during acceleration again partially due to weight transfer.
Where you will get more wear on the front is on the outer shoulders due to cornering loads. Rotating the tires gives all 4 the chance to share the wear more evenly.

 

[16UE]

"Tesla engineers designed them that way, so it must be absolutely essential!"

What wheel pattern are you referring to? Not knowing about the wheel pattern, America Tire rotated my P3D+ wheels in cross patterns. How can I tell which wheels should be on the right and which should be on the left?

 

[dsgerbc]

What wheel pattern are you referring to?

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[Jedi2155]

It'll barely be noticeable so not a big deal. Just wait till your next rotation

 

[Plug-n-Play]

Uhm... these tires ARE directional - so cross pattern rotation will not work.

Edit: Correction - these are Asymmetrical - but the tire would have to be remounted as the wheel is directional.

All the wheels follow the same direction though, so they will all be consistent regardless of what corner you put them on.

If the car had distinct lefts and rights then yes, it would throw the aesthetics off but with all of them pointing in the same direction, the right side points “forward” and the left points “backward”.