2012 Hyundai Tucson Owners Manual

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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