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DOTTireQualityGrading(U.S.Vehicles)
Thetiresonyourvehiclemeetall
U.S.FederalSafetyRequirements.
Alltiresarealsogradedfor
Treadwear
Traction-AA,A,B,C
Thetreadweargradeisacompara-
tiveratingbasedonthewearrateof
Thetractiongrades,fromhighestto
lowest,areAA,A,B,andC.Those
treadwear,traction,andtemperature
performanceaccordingto
thetirewhentestedundercontrolled gradesrepresentthetire’sabilityto
conditionsonaspecifiedgovernment stoponwetpavementasmeasured
testcourse.Forexample,atire
DepartmentofTransportation
(DOT)standards.Thefollowing
explainsthesegradings.
undercontrolledconditionson
specifiedgovernmenttestsurfaces
ofasphaltandconcrete.Atire
markedCmayhavepoortraction
performance.
graded150wouldwearoneandone-
half(11/2)timesaswellonthe
governmentcourseasatiregraded
100.Therelativeperformanceof
tiresdependsupontheactualcondi-
tionsoftheiruse,however,andmay
departsignificantlyfromthenorm
duetovariationsindrivinghabits,
servicepractices,anddifferencesin
roadcharacteristicsandclimate.
UniformTireQualityGrading
Qualitygradescanbefoundwhere
applicableonthetiresidewall
betweenthetreadshoulderandthe
maximumsectionwidth.For
example:
Warning:Thetractiongrade
assignedtothistireisbasedon
straight-aheadbrakingtractiontests,
anddoesnotincludeacceleration,
cornering,hydroplaning,orpeak
tractioncharacteristics.
Treadwear200
TractionAA
TemperatureA
Allpassengercartiresmustconform
toFederalSafetyRequirementsin
additiontothesegrades.
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Product Specification
Categories | Acura Manuals, Acura TL Manuals |
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Tags | Acura TL |
Model Year | 2007 |
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