Buying
New
Tires
To find out what kind and size
of
tires you need, look at
the Certificationflire label.
The tires installed on your vehicle when it was new had a
Tire Petformance Criteria Specification (TPC Spec)
number 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 your 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 original tires.
Mixing tires coul-. Lause you to lose control
while driving. If you mix tires of different sizes
or types (radial and bias-belted tires), the
vehicle may not handle properly, and you
could have a crash. Using tires
of
different
sizes may also cause damage to your vehicle.
Be sure to use the same size and type tires on
all wheels. It’s
all
right
to
drive with your
compact spare temporarily,
it
was developed
for use on your vehicle. See “Compact Spare
Tire”
in
the index.
If you use bias-ply
1
1s
on your vehicle, the
wheel rim flanges could develop cracks after
many miles
of
driving.
A
tire and/or wheel
could fail suddenly, causing
a crash. Use only
radial-ply tires with the wheels on your vehicle.
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