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Extended Mobility Tires (Option)
If your Corvette has optional Goodyear Extended
Mobility Tires (EMT’s), the tires will have “EMT”
molded on the sidewalls. Your vehicle may also have a
spare tire delete option. With the spare tire delete option,
there’s no spare tire, no tire changing equipment and no
place to store a tire in the vehicle. Extended Mobility
Tires perform
so
well without any air that a Low Tire
Pressure Warning System (LTPWS) is used to alert you if
a tire has lost pressure.
A
LOWELAT TIRE light will
appear on your Driver Information Center
if
a tire’s
inflation pressure is less than
25
psi
(170
kPa). If the
LOW/FLAT
TIRE
light comes on, check your tire
pressures as soon as you can. See “Low Tire Pressure
Warning System” in the Index for additional information.
If a tire goes flat,
you
won’t need to stop on the side of
the road to change the tire. You can just keep on driving.
The shorter the distance
you
drive and the slower the
speed, the greater the chance that the tire will not have
to be replaced. If
you
drive
on
a deflated EMT for
distances
of
50
miles
(80
km) or less and at speeds of
55
mph
(90
km/h)
or less, there is a good chance that the
tire can be repaired. The tire can operate effectively with
no
air pressure for up to
200
miles
(320
km)
at speeds
up to
55
mph
(90
kmk),
but the tire would then have to
be replaced. Also remember: When a tire is filled with
air, it provides a cushion between the road and the
wheel. Because you do not have this cushion when
driving on a deflated tire, try to avoid potholes that
could damage your wheel and require replacement of it.
Some road hazards can damage a tire beyond repair. This
damage could occur before you’ve driven on the tire
in
a
deflated condition. Whenever a tire
has
been damaged, or
if you’ve driven any distance on a deflated EMT, check
with a Goodyear EMT Service Center to determine
whether
the
tire can be repaired or should
be
replaced.
To maintain your vehicle’s extended mobility feature,
all
replacement tires must be Extended Mobility Tires.
See the Goodyear Extended Mobility Tire Owner’s
Manual and Limited Warranty supplied with your
Corvette for additional information.
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