I'm not here to start a brand fight. Most of us are the exception to the rule......we want to understand about our cars, how to best take care of them and get the most out of every aspect of them. Most folks just want a car that gets them from point A to B with no problems and limited effort in main...

The Vibe and Matrix are the same.......only sheetmetal differences between them. Toyota desgined and engineered the chasis, and use it on the Corolla as well. Toyota says the modified crossover is the best method of tire rotation.....I'm not sure why GM decided to differ it's information from what t...

So, I assume then that you feel that the Toyota manual is wrong.............No offense, but Toytota did design the chassis (based on the Corolla), I'll take the designers suggestion over the suggestion of a 'brand manager' (aka marketing person) any day.

I do believe you are correct Nova. My father is a Toyota tech and when I asked him he told me in no uncertain terms that the modified crossover method is the appropriate one for the FWD car without directional tires. I was merely pointing out the fact that the Matrix and Vibe manual did not jive.......

Funny, my Matrix manual shows the proper tire rotation for NON-DIRECTIONAL tires on a FWD car as being the modified cross-over. For AWD and directional tires front to rear/ rear to front same side. I think this is a boo-boo on Pontiacs part.