jmeiers

I have a 2016 Audi A6 Quattro and have been told not to rotate the tires every 5,000 miles. Is this statement correct and if not how often should I rotate the tires?

AirForce-A8L

They told me the same thing.

MP4.2+6.0

Absolutely. Audi innovated its cars precisely so that in a newfangled way tires would never need rotation. Never ever. Magic. Just like the "lifetime" transmission fluid, gear oil, power steering, antifreeze and other things. Good for the life of the car and each system. Not one mile less, not one more. Precisely.

Now skipping the Audi crap marketing spin, Audi clearly covered one tire rotation on quattro equipped vehicles at first 5,000 miles in the past. I owned 'em long enough to know. But presto chango, miraculously changed. As pointed out in another very similar thread in recent days--as in, read down the screen some--some owners rotate and some don't, regardless of who pays or what the manufacturer's line is. The wheels won't fall off if you don't of course, perhaps unlike some other "lifetime"/no service items if you wait long enough past 4/50. From a manufacturer perspective, anything on the "list" of periodic to do's gets added in total cost of ownership calculations you sometimes see published by various players publishing competitive data offered up to both consumers and fleet operators. Manufacturers compete on that at times, so if you remove it from the list, like magic suddenly lower "total cost of ownership." As or more importantly for Audi, if it is on the "list" they have to do it under AudiCare. Easy way to take cost out of their system and (fewer) book hours they pay dealer for any given covered service job.

Net, do not assume manufacturer recommendations on various service items are in your long term best interest.