These Tires For Sale Have 2014 or 2015 DOT Dates!  

 The DOT number contains very important information about your tire that  most people do not know is there. However, the DOT number is often found on the axle side of your tires, meaning you have to crawl under your  vehicle or put the vehicle on a lift to read it. Perhaps the most  important information contained in the DOT number is the date of  manufacture of your tire. Many U.S. and foreign tire companies are now  warning consumers in Europe and Asia to discard even new appearing tires that are five or six years from the date of manufacture. This is  because the rubber and other components in tires break down over time,  making older tires potentially dangerous even if they look brand new.  Although manufacturers do not give similar warnings in the United  States, this is likely to change as lawmakers and watchdog groups  including trial lawyers put additional pressure on tire companies to  follow the same safety guidelines that are applied overseas..  

   To determine the age of your tire, find the last three or four numbers on  the DOT code – these represent the week and year the tire was built. As  an example, the last three numbers "089" might signify that the tire was born on the eighth week of 1999. Unfortunately, not all manufacturers  supply the decade, so this tire might be a 1999 or a 1989 model.  Fortunately, the government has seen fit to resolve this confusion in  the new millennium, so tires being built now have four digits: two for  the week and two for the year. Be sure you know the age of your tires,  and don't risk your safety for the few dollars (relative to an accident) that a new set of tires will cost. This is especially true for your  spare tire. Your spare may have been exposed to the sun, or may have  been placed near the heat of your exhaust pipe. If so, it is likely that the rubber compounds in your spare have been substantially weakened  even if the tire looks brand new, which could cause a catastrophic  failure if you later place the spare into service. If your spare is more than 5 years old, consider replacing it when you buy a new set of  tires, even if the spare has never been used

What is UTQG Rating System?

For  Example UTQG Rating: 400 AA A

400:  Treadware; AA: Traction; A: Temperature

TREADWARE

The  treadwear grade is a comparative rating based on the wear rate of the  tire when  tested under controlled conditions on a specified government  test course. For  example, a tire graded 400 the tread would last two  times longer than graded  200.

TRACTION

The  traction grades, from highest to lowest, are AA, A, B and C. These  grades  represent the tire's ability to stop on wet pavement as measured  under  controlled conditions on specified government test surfaces of  asphalt and  concrete. Tires marked AA has excellent traction performance and tires marked C  may have poor traction performance.

TEMPERATURE

The  temperature grades are A (highest), B and C, representing the tire's  resistance  to the generation of heat and its ability to dissipate heat  when tested under  controlled conditions. Sustained high temperature can  cause the material of the  tire to de- generate and reduce tire life, and excess temperature can lead to  sudden tire failure. The grade C  corresponds to a level of performance which  all passenger car tires must meet under the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety  Standard # 109. Grades B  and A represent higher levels of performance on the  laboratory test  wheel than the minimum required by law.

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