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Tires and wheels
DOT (Department of Transportation)
A tire branding symbol 1 (
୴ page 281)
which denotes the tire meets require-
ments of the U.S. Department of
Transportation.
Manufacturer’s identification mark
The manufacturer’s identification mark 2
(
୴ page 281) denotes the tire
manufacturer.
New tires have a mark with two symbols.
Retreaded tires have a mark with four sym-
bols. For more information on retreaded
tires, see (
୴ page 259).
Tire size
The code 3 (
୴ page 281) indicates the
tire size.
Tire type code
The code 4 (
୴ page 281) may, at the
option of the manufacturer, be used as a
descriptive code for identifying significant
characteristics of the tire.
Date of manufacture
The date of manufacture 5 (
୴ page 281)
identifies the week and year of
manufacture.
The first two figures identify the week,
starting with “01” to represent the first full
week of the calendar year. The second two
figures represent the year.
For example, “3202” represents the 32nd
week of 2002.
Maximum tire load
1 Maximum tire load rating
The maximum tire load is the maximum
weight the tires are designed to support.
i
For illustration purposes only. Actual data
on tires are specific to each vehicle and may vary
from data shown in above illustration.