When
it’s
Time
for
New
Tires
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You need a new tire if:
One way to tell when it’s
time for new tires is to
check the treadwear
indicators, which
will
appear when your tires have
only
1/16 inch
(
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trim)
or
less
of
tread remaining.
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You can see the indicators at three or more places
around the tire.
You can see cord or fabric showing through the tire’s
rubber.
The tread or sidewall
is
cracked, cut or snagged deep
enough to show cord or fcbric.
The tire has
a
bump, bulge or split.
The tire has
a
puncture, cut,
or
other damage that
can’t be repaired well because
of
the size or location
of the damage.
Buying
New
Tires
To
find
out what kind and size
of
tires you need, look at
the Tire-Loading Inforrnation label.
The tires installed
on
your vehicle when
it
was new had
a Tire Performance Criteria Specification (TPC Spec)
nu~nber on each tire’s sidewall. When you get new tires,
get ones
with
that same TPC Spec number. That way,
your vehicle
will
continue to have tires that are designed
to give proper endurance, handling, speed rating,
traction, ride and other things during normal service on
your vehicle.
If
yo~~r tires have an all-season tread
design, the TPC number
will
be followed by an
“MS”
(for mud and snow).
If
you ever replace your tires with those not having a
TPC Spec number, make sure they are the same size,
load range, speed rating and construction type (bias,
bias-belted or radial) as your origiml tires.
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