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MaintenanceandCare
OwnerMaintenance
qTemporarySpareTire
NOTE
Tiresdegradeovertime,evenwhentheyare
notbeingusedontheroad.Itisrecommended
thattiresgenerallybereplacedwhentheyare
YourMazdaisnotequippedwithaspare
tire.Ifyourequireasparetire,consultan
AuthorizedMazdaDealer.
6
yearsorolder.Heatcausedbyhotclimates
orfrequenthighloadingconditionscan
acceleratetheagingprocess.Youshould
replacethesparetirewhenyoureplacethe
otherroadtiresduetotheagingofthespare
tire.Regardingthemanufacturingweekand
yearisindicatedwith4digit.
Inspectthetemporarysparetireatleast
monthlytomakesureit'sproperlyinflated
andstored.
NOTE
Thetemporarysparetireconditiongradually
deterioratesevenifithasnotbeenused.
RefertoThetirelabelingonpage9-21.
Thetemporarysparetireiseasierto
qReplacingaWheel
handlebecauseofitsconstructionwhich
islighterandsmallerthanaconventional
tire.Thistireshouldbeusedonlyforan
emergencyandonlyforashortdistance.
WARNING
Alwaysusewheelsofthecorrectsize
onyourvehicle:
Usingawrong-sizedwheelis
dangerous.Brakingandhandling
couldbeaffected,leadingtolossof
controlandanaccident.
Usethetemporarysparetireonlyuntilthe
conventionaltireisrepaired,whichshould
beassoonaspossible.
Maintainitspressureat420kPa(4.2
2
kgf/cm orbar,60psi).
CAUTION
ØDonotuseyourtemporaryspare
tirerimwithasnowtireora
conventionaltire.Neitherwill
properlyfitandcoulddamage
bothtireandrim.
ØThetemporarysparetirehasa
treadlifeoflessthan5,000km
(3,000
miles).Thetreadlifemay
beshorterdependingondriving
conditions.
ØThetemporarysparetireisfor
limiteduse,however,ifthetread
wearsolid-bandindicator
appears,replacethetirewiththe
sametypeoftemporaryspare
(page8-25).
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| Categories | Mazda Manuals, Mazda RX-8 Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2010 |
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