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MaintenanceandCare
OwnerMaintenance
NOTE
CAUTION
Tiresdegradeovertime,evenwhen
theyarenotbeingusedontheroad.Itis
recommendedthattiresgenerallybe
replacedwhentheyare6yearsorolder.
Heatcausedbyhotclimatesorfrequent
highloadingconditionscanaccelerate
theagingprocess.Youshouldreplace
thesparetirewhenyoureplacethe
otherroadtiresduetotheagingofthe
sparetire.Regardingthemanufacturing
weekandyearisindicatedwith4digit.
RefertoThetirelabelingonpage9-18.
Don'tuseyourtemporarysparetire
rimwithasnowtireora
conventionaltire.Neitherwill
properlyfitandcoulddamageboth
tireandrim.
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Thetemporarysparetirehasatread
lifeoflessthan5,000km(3,000
miles).Thetreadlifemaybeshorter
dependingondrivingconditions.
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Thetemporarysparetireisfor
limiteduse,however,ifthetread
wearsolid-bandindicatorappears,
replacethetirewiththesametypeof
temporaryspare(page8-29).
qTemporarySpareTire
YourMazdaisnotequippedwithaspare
tire.Ifyourequireasparetire,consultan
AuthorizedMazdaDealer.
NOTE
Tiresdegradeovertime,evenwhen
theyarenotbeingusedontheroad.Itis
recommendedthattiresgenerallybe
replacedwhentheyare6yearsorolder.
Heatcausedbyhotclimatesorfrequent
highloadingconditionscanaccelerate
theagingprocess.Youshouldreplace
thesparetirewhenyoureplacethe
otherroadtiresduetotheagingofthe
sparetire.Regardingthemanufacturing
weekandyearisindicatedwith4digit.
RefertoThetirelabelingonpage9-18.
Inspectthetemporarysparetireatleast
monthlytomakesureit'sproperlyinflated
andstored.
NOTE
Thetemporarysparetirecondition
graduallydeterioratesevenifithasnot
beenused.
Thetemporarysparetireiseasierto
handlebecauseofitsconstruction.Itis
lighterandsmallerthanaconventional
tireandshouldbeusedonlyforan
emergencyandonlyforashortdistance.
Usethetemporaryonlyuntilthe
conventionaltireisrepaired,whichshould
beassoonaspossible.
Maintainitspressureat420kPa(4.2
2
kgf/cm orbar,60psi).
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| Model Year | 2006 |
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