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Operation
Tires and wheels
All-season and winter tires
i Not all M+S rated tires provide special
winter performance. Make sure the tires you
use show M+S
and the mountain/snow-
flake.marking
on the tire sidewall. These
tires meet specific snow traction performance
requirements of the Rubber Manufacturers
Association (RMA) and the Rubber Association
of Canada (RAC) and have been designed spe-
cifically for use in snow conditions.
1 Load identification
i For illustration purposes only. Actual data
on tires are specific to each vehicle and may
vary from data shown in above illustration.
In addition to tire load rating, special
load identification 1 may be molded
into the tire sidewall following the letter
designating the tire speed rating 6
(
컄 page 326).
No specification given: absence of any
text (like in above example) indicates a
standard load (SL) tire.
XL (Extra Load): designates an extra load
(or reinforced) tire.
Light Load: designates a light load tire.
C, D, E: designates load range associated
with the maximum load a tire can carry
at a specified pressure.
U.S. tire regulations require each new
tire manufacturer or tire retreader to
mold a TIN into or onto a sidewall of
each tire produced.
The TIN is a unique identifier which facil-
itates efforts by tire manufactures to no-
tify purchasers in recall situations or
other safety matters concerning tires and
gives purchasers the means to easily
identify such tires.
The TIN is comprised of “Manufacturer’s
identification mark”, “Tire size”, “Tire
type code” and “Date of manufacture”.
Index Speed rating
QM+S
1
1or M+S.for winter tires
up to 100 mph (160 km/h)
TM+S
1
up to 118 mph (190 km/h)
HM+S
1
up to 130 mph (210 km/h)
VM+S
1
up to 149 mph (240 km/h)
Load identification
DOT, Tire Identification Number (TIN)
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