First Oil Change & Rotation — Don’t Forget the Balance

[P0H0]

So…. A year later at 5200 miles, I have scheduled the truck in for an oil change, 5–tire rotation w/ balance. I scheduled for next month on an early Saturday so they can also knock out the two recalls — something about rattling rear window due to bass, and trailer towing glitch.

Anyway, I asked for the 5-tire rotation and the Dealership Service Manager thought I was nuts — “You would want a premium rim for that”, I affirmed the spare is on one. He went on to explain that it just isn’t worth it… I interjected and told him it would bother the hell out of me otherwise, so lets get that extra tire life with the 5-tire rotation and I’ll buy five new tires down the road instead of four.

I reminded him about the balance, and again he thought I was nuts — this is where it gets really strange. He told me unless there was an issue he wouldn’t worry about balancing, and said he only does his every 30,000 miles! I told him I missed my rotation and balance once or twice when I was a kid — trashed those tires.

Anybody else ever been told 30,000 miles as a recommended interval of tire balance?

 

[FaKtor34]

So…. A year later at 5200 miles, I have scheduled the truck in for an oil change, 5–tire rotation w/ balance. I scheduled for next month on an early Saturday so they can also knock out the two recalls — something about rattling rear window due to bass, and trailer towing glitch.

Anyway, I asked for the 5-tire rotation and the Dealership Service Manager thought I was nuts — “You would want a premium rim for that”, I affirmed the spare is on one. He went on to explain that it just isn’t worth it… I interjected and told him it would bother the hell out of me otherwise, so lets get that extra tire life with the 5-tire rotation and I’ll buy five new tires down the road instead of four.

I reminded him about the balance, and again he thought I was nuts — this is where it gets really strange. He told me unless there was an issue he would worry about balancing, and said he only does his every 30,000 miles! I told him I missed my rotation once or twice when I was a kid — trashed those tires.

Anybody else ever been told 30,000 miles as a recommended interval of tire rotations?

I would take the truck elsewhere if this was the service dept. telling you this, not knowing the spare had the same rim is acceptable, but saying rotating the tires every 5-7k is a waste of time, that guy needs to be fired ASAP. I would have just walked straight to the service manager and told him if he didn't fire the guy I'd take my business elsewhere and tell all my friends to do the same. That guy is a complete IDIOT! As a side note I've had 3 oil changes at my dealer and they have done tire rotation and made sure the tires have exactly 41psi of nitrogen in them every time without being told. Sadly I've only had the truck since December. In other words I use the truck. Currently setting on 18k, will probably hit around 25k in the first year.