panel express

hi to all , had my front tire off today and while putting it back on I notice the tire rotation arrow was faceing the wrong way ,have car 2.5 weeks now and wondering how long its been like this , the other ? is ,is this gonna hurt the tires ?

Greybeard999

What kind of tires?

solman98

WOn't hurt the tires. Swap them to the other side.

BlackScreaminMachine

Its not going to hurt it, but do swap them over to the correct place.

db/sb

The way is was explained to me at the tire shop, a directional tire is designed to shed water away from the center of the tire in wet conditions when mounted correctly thus reducing the tendency towards hydroplaning. Mounting them backwards will reduce that ability and, depending on the tire, even be dangerous in bad weather.

843de

You should be OK, you might have some tire noise you didn't have before as you swap positions around. That will go away with some miles, and as db/sb pointed out, the big deal with directional tires is the water shedding capability or lack there of when running "reverse rotation".

panel express

Hi to all , the tires are Nexen /N5000 ,the other 3 are going the rite direction , so I guess I'll have to move this one to the back, The dealer I bought her from had it as GM ceritifed ,I guess haveing the tires going in the rite direction anit one of the 102 items checked ,,,,

Greybeard999

Better bring that up with the dealer......

sleeper

on FWD, you'd want the best grip in the rear, to not spin out in rain. Front has most of the weight..

Someone mounted it on the rim backwards. Just have it corrected.

The N5000 directional tread pattern is kinda mild visually, compared to say a Nitto 450
Easy oversight I'd say...

db/sb

I don't know. I'd expect someone who does this for a living to notice the rather obvious arrow on the sidewall...........