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MaintenanceandCare
OwnerMaintenance
qTireRotation
CAUTION
Toequalizetreadwear,rotatethetiresif
irregularweardevelops.Accordingtothe
scheduledmaintenancecharts.Referto
ScheduledMaintenanceonpage8-3.
Duringrotation,inspectthemforcorrect
balance.
Rotateunidirectionaltiresandradial
tiresthathaveanasymmetricaltread
patternorstudsonlyfromfrontto
rear,notfromsidetoside.Tire
performancewillbereducedif
rotatedfromsidetoside.
NOTE
CAUTION
Limited-SlipDifferentialsystem;
don'tusethefollowing:
ØTiresnotofthedesignatedsize
ØTiresofdifferentsizesortypesat
thesametime
Becauseyourvehicleisnotequippedwitha
sparetire,youcannotdoatirerotationsafely
withthejackthatcomeswithyourvehicle.
HaveanAuthorizedMazdaDealerperform
tirerotation.
ØTiresnotsufficientlyinflated
Iftheseinstructionsaren'tfollowed,
therotationoftheleftandright
wheelswillbedifferentandwillthus
applyaconstantloadonthelimited-
slipdifferential.
Thiswillcauseamalfunction.
Forward
qReplacingaTire
Do not include (TEMPORARY USE ONLY)
spare tire in rotation.
WARNING
Also,inspectthemforunevenwearand
damage.Abnormalwearisusuallycaused
byoneoracombinationofthefollowing:
Alwaysusetiresthatareingood
condition:
Drivingwithworntiresisdangerous.
Reducedbraking,steering,and
tractioncouldresultinanaccident.
Incorrecttirepressure
l
Improperwheelalignment
l
Out-of-balancewheel
Severebraking
l
CAUTION
l
(WithTirePressureMonitoring
System)
Whenreplacing/repairingthetiresor
wheelsorboth,havetheworkdone
byanAuthorizedMazdaDealer,or
thetirepressuresensorsmaybe
damaged.
Afterrotation,inflatealltirepressuresto
specification(page10-7)andinspectthe
lugnutsfortightness.
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| Model Year | 2010 |
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