I’m about to put two brand new Mavis all-season tires on my 2024 Toyota Corolla LE. The shop plans to install the new tires on the front and move the current front tires to the rear. I’m fine with that setup.
Out of curiosity, I ran this scenario through ChatGPT, and it strongly pushed back, almost aggressively, saying the new tires should always go on the rear for safety reasons, especially in wet conditions.
That said, I also called two separate Toyota service centers, and both agreed with Mavis: new tires on the front, older ones rotated to the back.
So now I’ve got AI saying one thing and multiple human professionals saying another.
Curious what others here think…what’s actually the correct approach in this situation?
Well since Mavis is one of the lowest rated business I would not even ask them the time of day. I can’t believe any shop still says put the new tires if only buying 2 on the front.
I’m surprised all 3 shops gave you advice counter to the industry standard: new tires on the back to reduce the chance of spinning out. How worn are the 2 tires you’re keeping? If near-new it wouldn’t make a lot of difference.
I wouldn’t even trust the folks at Mavis to give me the correct directions to a destination. If you want the opinion of folks who actually know what they’re talking about, I suggest that you follow the advice of the tire companies, which is summarized here:
Discount Tire | Tires and Wheels for Sale | Online & In-Person
I worked for a a very large tire manufacturer and it was drilled in us to install new tires on the rear when replacing less than 4…
Michelin lost a $30,000,000 law suite over this, ask them what they think… As mentioned it is industrial standard to install new tire(s) on the rear…
I have said this many times over, New Vehicle Dealers play by their own rules!!..
In this case AI was correct…
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Now, nowhere does it say you can not rotate them the next day… lol