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Tire Identification Number (TIN)
LookfortheTINontheoutboardsideofblacksidewall
tiresasmountedonthevehicle.IftheTINisnotfoundon
the outboard side, then you will find it on the inboard
sideofthetire.
TheTINmaybefoundononeorbothsidesofthetire,
however, the date code may only be on one side. Tires
withwhitesidewallswillhavethefullTIN,includingthe
datecode,locatedonthewhitesidewallsideofthetire.
EXAMPLE:
DOTMAL9ABCD0301
DOT=DepartmentofTransportation
ThissymbolcertifiesthatthetireisincompliancewiththeU.S.DepartmentofTransportationtire
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safetystandardsandisapprovedforhighwayuse
MA=Coderepresentingthetiremanufacturinglocation(twodigits)
L9=Coderepresentingthetiresize(twodigits)
ABCD=Codeusedbythetiremanufacturer(onetofourdigits)
03
=Numberrepresentingtheweekinwhichthetirewasmanufactured(twodigits)
meansthe3rdweek.
=Numberrepresentingtheyearinwhichthetirewasmanufactured(twodigits)
meanstheyear2001
PriortoJuly2000,tiremanufacturerswereonlyrequiredtohaveonenumbertorepresenttheyear
inwhichthetirewasmanufactured.Example:031couldrepresentthe3rdweekof1981or1991
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01
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