Maintenance
Tire speed ratings
The chart below lists many of the dif-
3. Checking tire life (TIN :Tire
Identification Number)
4.Tire ply composition and
material
ferent speed ratings currently being Any tires that are over six years old, The number of layers or plies of rub-
used for passenger car tires. The based on the manufacturing date, ber-coated fabric in the tire. Tire
speed rating is part of the tire size should be replaced by new ones.You manufacturers also must indicate the
designation on the sidewall of the can find the manufacturing date on materials in the tire, which include
tire. This symbol corresponds to that the tire sidewall (possibly on the steel, nylon, polyester, and others.
tire's designed maximum safe oper- inside of the wheel), displaying the The letter "R" means radial ply con-
ating speed.
DOT Code. The DOT Code is a struction; the letter "D“ means diago-
series of numbers on a tire consist- nal or bias ply construction; and the
ing of numbers and English letters. letter "B" means belted-bias ply con-
Speed
Rating
Symbol
Maximum Speed
The manufacturing date is designat-
ed by the last four digits (characters)
of the DOT code.
struction.
S
T
H
V
112 mph (180 km/h)
118 mph (190 km/h)
130 mph (210 km/h)
149 mph (240 km/h)
5.
Maximum permissible infla-
tion pressure
DOT : XXXX XXXX OOOO
This number is the greatest amount
of air pressure that should be put in
the tire. Do not exceed the maximum
permissible inflation pressure. Refer
to the Tire and Loading Information
label for recommended inflation
pressure.
Z
Above 149 mph (240 km/h)
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.
For example:
DOT XXXX XXXX 1614 represents
that the tire was produced in the 16th
week of 2014.
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