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MaintenanceandCare
OwnerMaintenance
NOTE
(WithTirePressureMonitoringSystem)
CAUTION
Rotateunidirectionaltiresandradial
tiresthathaveanasymmetricaltread
patternorstudsonlyfromfrontto
rear,notfromsidetoside.Tire
performancewillbereducedif
rotatedfromsidetoside.
Whentireswithsteelwirereinforcementin
l
thesidewallsareused,thesystemmaynot
functioncorrectlyevenwithagenuine
wheel.
RefertoSystemErrorActivationonpage
5-33.
Besuretoinstallthetirepressuresensors
l
CAUTION
Limited-SlipDifferentialsystem;
don'tusethefollowing:
ØTiresnotofthedesignatedsize
ØTiresofdifferentsizesortypesat
thesametime
whenevertiresorwheelsarereplaced.
RefertoTiresandWheelsonpage5-33.
Ifatirewearsevenly,awearindicator
willappearasasolidbandacrossthe
tread.
Replacethetirewhenthishappens.
ØTiresnotsufficientlyinflated
Iftheseinstructionsaren'tfollowed,
therotationoftheleftandright
wheelswillbedifferentandwillthus
applyaconstantloadonthelimited-
slipdifferential.
Tread wear indicator
Thiswillcauseamalfunction.
qReplacingaTire
WARNING
New tread
Worn tread
Alwaysusetiresthatareingood
condition:
Drivingwithworntiresisdangerous.
Reducedbraking,steering,and
tractioncouldresultinanaccident.
Youshouldreplaceitbeforethebandis
acrosstheentiretread.
NOTE
Tiresdegradeovertime,evenwhentheyare
notbeingusedontheroad.Itisrecommended
thattiresgenerallybereplacedwhentheyare
6yearsorolder.Heatcausedbyhotclimates
orfrequenthighloadingconditionscan
acceleratetheagingprocess.Youshould
replacethesparetirewhenyoureplacethe
otherroadtiresduetotheagingofthespare
tire.Regardingthemanufacturingweekand
yearisindicatedwith4digit.
CAUTION
(WithTirePressureMonitoring
System)
Whenreplacing/repairingthetiresor
wheelsorboth,havetheworkdone
byanAuthorizedMazdaDealer,or
thetirepressuresensorsmaybe
damaged.
RefertoThetirelabelingonpage9-21.
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| Model Year | 2010 |
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