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When it’s Time
for
New
Tires
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
(1.6
mm)
or
less of tread remaining.
You need a new
tire
if:
You can see the indicators at three or more places
around the tire.
a’
You can see cord or fabric showing through the tire’s
’
rubber.
I
0
The tread or sidewall
is
cracked, cut or snagged deep
enough to show cord or fabric.
0
The tire has a
1
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 Information label.
Theltires installed
on
your vehicle .when it was new had
a Tire Performance Criteria Specification (TPC Spec)
number on each tirk’s sidewall. When you get new tires,
get ones with that same TPC Spec number. That way,
your vehicle will coniinue 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 your tires have an all-season tread
design, the TPC number will be foilowed 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 original tires.
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