No I don’t mean when did you BUY them, but when were they made. Do you know how to tell? And do you know why that is important?
Watch this video, it COULD save your life.
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897
Tire age is printed on your tires. As you will see in this video, the last three numbers on the DOT stamp shows the month and year the tires were made. 2201 means your tires were made the 22nd week of 2001, making them ten years old, beyond their life, even if you just put them on your car. 459 means the tire was made in the 45th week of 1999.
Watch this video, it COULD save your life.
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897
Tire age is printed on your tires. As you will see in this video, the last three numbers on the DOT stamp shows the month and year the tires were made. 2201 means your tires were made the 22nd week of 2001, making them ten years old, beyond their life, even if you just put them on your car. 459 means the tire was made in the 45th week of 1999.
This tire was made in the 31st week of 2001
Next time you buy tires, ASK TO SEE THE TIRES and check the dates, and insist that they are NEW tires, not tires which have sat on the shelf for ten years drying up. I could save your life.
(Thanks Candy for sharing this important life saving information with me!)
Next time you buy tires, ASK TO SEE THE TIRES and check the dates, and insist that they are NEW tires, not tires which have sat on the shelf for ten years drying up. I could save your life.
(Thanks Candy for sharing this important life saving information with me!)
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