Buying
New
Tires
To find out what kind and size of tires you need, look at
the Tire-Loading Information label.
The tires installed on your vehicle when it was new had
a Tire Performance 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 t,,,s could cause you to lose
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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.
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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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