CustomerInformationandReportingSafetyDefects
TireInformation(U.S.A.)
CAUTION
Rotateunidirectionaltiresandradialtiresthathaveanasymmetricaltreadpattern
orstudsonlyfromfronttorear,notfromsidetoside.Tireperformancewillbe
weakenedifrotatedfromsidetoside.
(Withlimited-slipdifferential)
Don'tusethefollowing:
ØTiresnotofthedesignatedsize
ØTiresofdifferentsizesortypesatthesametime
ØTiresnotsufficientlyinflated
Iftheseinstructionsaren'tfollowed,therotationoftheleftandrightwheelswillbe
differentandwillthusapplyaconstantloadonthelimited-slipdifferential.
Thiswillcauseamalfunction.
qReplacingaTire
WARNING
Alwaysusetiresthatareingoodcondition:
Drivingwithworntiresisdangerous.Reducedbraking,steering,andtractioncould
resultinanaccident.
Ifatirewearsevenly,awearindicatorwillappearasasolidbandacrossthetread.Replace
thetirewhenthishappens.
Tread wear indicator
New tread
Worn tread
Youshouldreplaceitbeforethebandisacrosstheentiretread.
NOTE
Tiresdegradeovertime,evenwhentheyarenotbeingusedontheroad.Itisrecommendedthattires
generallybereplacedwhentheyare6yearsorolder.Heatcausedbyhotclimatesorfrequenthigh
loadingconditionscanacceleratetheagingprocess.Youshouldreplacethesparetirewhenyou
replacetheotherroadtiresduetotheagingofthesparetire.Regardingthemanufacturingweekand
yearisindicatedwith4digit.RefertoThetirelabelingonpage9-22.
9-32
Product Specification
Categories | Mazda 3 Manuals |
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Model Year | 2008 |
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Very good reference. Bought car used with no owners manual