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Tire replacement Tire rotation
Tire age
Th e d at e o n w hic h th e tire w as m an u -
fa cture d is in dic ate d b y th e c o d e o n th e
sid e w all:
D O T . . . 41 0 0 m e a n s th at th e tire w a s
m a nuf a cture d in w e e k 4 1 of 2 00 0.
B M W re c o m m e n d s th e re pla c e m e nt of
all tir e s w h e n th e tir e s are no m or e th a n
6 ye ars ol d , e v e n if a tire life of 1 0 y e ars
is p o ssibl e .
S p are tir e s o v er 6 y e ars ol d sh o uld b e
us 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 sh o uld b e r e pl a c e d b y
a n e w tir e im m e dia t ely, a n d sh o uld n ot
b e m o u nte d to g eth er w ith n e w tir e s.
Between the axles
Th e tre a d w e ar p atterns at th e fro nt e n d
diff er fro m th o s e at th e re ar – th e a ctu al
p atterns w ill v ary a c c ording to in di-
vid u al drivin g c on ditio ns. In th e int e r-
e sts of saf ety a n d m aintainin g o p tim al
h a n dlin g c h ara c t eristi c s, tir e rotatio n is
not re c o m m e n d e d .
If a pro p os e d int e ra xle rot atio n of tire s
is b a s e d o n e c o n o mic c o nsid e ratio ns,
on e sh o uld c o nsid er w h eth er th e c o sts
for th e rotatio n ar e lik ely t o b e re c a p -
ture d b y a ny in cre a s e in th e s ervic e lif e
of th e tir e s th a t mig ht b e re ali z e d. In
prin ciple, tire rotatio n m u st b e
p erf orm e d at sh ort int erv als (m a xi m u m
3, 0 0 0 mile s/5, 0 0 0 k m). C o ns ult yo ur
B M W c e nter for m ore inform atio n.
S h o uld y o u d e cid e to rot at e th e tir e s,
it is e ss e nti al to c o m ply w ith th e
follo win g:
R ot at 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 erwis e b e a dv ers ely
aff e ct e d.
F ollo w in g rotatio n, th e tire inflation
pre ssure sh o uld alw a ys b e c orre ct e d.
If diff ere nt tire siz e s are m o unte d
on th e fro nt a n d re ar a xle s ( r e f e r
to p a g e 1 3 7), th e w h e els m a y n ot b e
rotate d fro m on e a xle to th e oth e r. <
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