Maintenance
5.
Maximum permissible inflation
pressure
7. Uniform tire quality grading
Quality grades can be found where optional equipment on your vehicle
The tires available as standard or
This number is the greatest amount applicable on the tire sidewall may vary with respect to grade.
of air pressure that should be put in between tread shoulder and maxi-
the tire. Do not exceed the maximum mum section width.
Traction - AA, A, B & C
permissible inflation pressure. Refer
For example:
The traction grades, from highest to
lowest, are AA, A, B and C. Those
grades represent the tire’s ability to
stop on wet pavement as measured
under controlled conditions on spec-
ified government test surfaces of
asphalt and concrete. A tire marked
to the Tire and Loading Information
label for recommended inflation
pressure.
TREAD wear 200
TRACTION AA
TEMPERATURE A
6.
This number indicates the maximum Tread wear
load in kilograms and pounds that The tread wear grade is a compara- C may have poor traction perform-
Maximum load rating
can be carried by the tire. When tive rating based on the wear rate of
replacing the tires on the vehicle, the tire when tested under controlled
always use a tire that has the same conditions on a specified govern-
load rating as the factory installed ment test course. For example, a tire
ance.
WARNING
The traction grade assigned to
this tire is based on straight-
ahead braking traction tests,
and does not include accelera-
tion, cornering, hydroplaning,
or peak traction characteristics.
tire.
graded 150 would wear one-and-a-
half times (1½) as well on the gov-
ernment course as a tire graded 100.
The relative performance of tires
depends upon the actual conditions
of their use, however, and may
depart significantly from the norm
due to variations in driving habits,
service practices and differences in
road characteristics and climate.
These grades are molded on the
side-walls of passenger vehicle tires.
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