2011 Hyundai Ix35 Owners Manual

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Maintenance
Tire speed ratings
- Load Index,  a numerical  code
associated  with the  maximum     The chart below lists many of the dif-
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3. Checking tire life
(TIN : Tire Identification Number)
load the tire can carry.
ferent speed  ratings  currently being     Any tires that are over 6 years, based
used for passenger  cars. The speed     on   the   manufacturing    date,   tire
rating is part of the tire size designa-      strength  and  performance,   decline
tion on  the sidewall  of  the tire. This     with   age   naturally   (even   unused
symbol   corresponds  to   that   tire's     spare   tires).   Therefore,   the   tires
designed  maximum  safe   operating     (including the  spare  tire) should  be
H - Speed  Rating  Symbol.  See the
speed rating chart  in this section
for additional information.
Wheel size designation
speed.
replaced by  new ones. You  can find
the  manufacturing  date  on  the  tire
sidewall (possibly on the inside of the
wheel),  displaying  the   DOT  Code.
The DOT  Code  is a  series of  num-
bers on a  tire consisting of numbers
and English letters.  The manufactur-
ing date is designated by the last four
digits (characters) of the DOT code.
Wheels are also  marked with impor-
tant information that  you need if you
ever have to replace one. The follow-
ing  explains   what  the   letters  and
numbers in  the wheel  size designa-
tion mean.
Speed
Rating
Symbol
Maximum Speed
S
T
H
V
Z
180 km/h (112 mph)
190 km/h (118 mph)
210 km/h (130 mph)
Example wheel size designation:
240 km/h (149 mph)
7.0JX18
Above 240 km/h (149 mph)
DOT : XXXX XXXX OOOO
The front  part  of the  DOT means  a
plant  code   number,  tire   size  and
tread pattern  and the last  four num-
bers indicate  week and  year  manu-
factured.
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- Rim width in inches.
J - Rim contour designation.
18 - Rim diameter in inches.
For example:
DOT  XXXX XXXX  1610  represents
that the tire was produced in the 16th
week of 2010.
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