2016 Hyundai Tucson Owners Manual

Wheel size designation
Wheels are also  marked with impor-     The chart below lists many of the dif-
Tire speed ratings
3. Checking tire life (TIN :Tire
Identification Number)
tant information that  you need if you     ferent  speed  ratings currently  being     Any tires that are  over six years old,
ever have to replace one. The follow-     used  for  passenger   car  tires.  The     based  on  the   manufacturing  date,
ing  explains   what  the   letters  and     speed  rating is  part  of  the tire  size     (including  the spare  tire)  should be
numbers in  the wheel  size designa-     designation  on  the  sidewall   of  the     replaced by  new ones. You can  find
tion mean.
Example wheel size designation:
tire. This symbol corresponds to that      the  manufacturing date  on  the  tire
tire’s designed  maximum safe  oper-     sidewall (possibly on the inside of the
ating speed.
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.
7.0J
X 17
Speed
Rating
Symbol
7.0
- Rim width in inches.
J - Rim contour designation.
- Rim diameter in inches.
Maximum Speed
S
T
112 mph (180 km/h)
118 mph (190 km/h)
130 mph (210 km/h)
149 mph (240 km/h)
168 mph (270 km/h)
186 mph (300 km/h)
17
H
V
DOT : XXXX XXXX OOOO
W
Y
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.
7
For example:
DOT  XXXX XXXX  1615  represents
that the tire was produced in the 16th
week of 2015.
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