SERIOUSLY: Go check the tires on your vehicle after . ..

darn! thats lunacy!

this reminds me. I have to get some new winter tires :/

My dubs got good rub.

What about your mattress

i need to tires like yesterday... just cruising around the corner is like ice skating!

crash crash...

didnt realize this was happening

I don't drive anymore

I'm scared to leave my house

no offense but if you buy new tires and get sold used ones and cant tell youre a fucking idiot plain and simple.

Yeah i would have thought it would have been pretty obvious too...

There is a Department of Transportation required date of manufacturing near the bead area of every tire sold. Pay attention.


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I don't think they mean actually used used tires but tires that are a number of years old due to lack of inventory rotation.

Think of your grocery store constantly filling the empty front of shelf space while allowing the back merchandise to sit for years.


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L-Pink your absolutely correct. I dont believe FletchXXX watched the news clip.

I highly doubt that the majority of people know where to look for the manufactured date, let alone know how to interpret it on the tire. I sure didnt.

In reality, you could be buying brand new tires today, that in fact where manufactured in 1999, 2002 or whatever year. The danger lies in the fact that tires even when not used on the road, structurally detoriate.

thats it in a nutshell
The danger lies in the fact that tires even when not used on the road, structurally detoriate.

Whoa Whoa Whoa... Rubber deteriorates over time?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

NO WAY!!!!!!!!!! Newspapers should publish this or something. This is like.. News of the CENTURY!! Quick, run out side and tell all your neighbors. People must know of this discovery!

typical fletch.

doesn't watch the report, then says no offense when calling peeps fucking idiots.

Damn, I was thinking maybe 4 to 5 years old max but some of them were 12 years old.

I like to buff my tires in parking lots...

keep this one at the top for a few days.

Watch the clip!

Looks like I need some new tires.. got some old ones on my shit.. and one from 2007 which I had replaced last year.. Pretty good info to know..

bumpin this

tire rack is the best place to buy tires...and they are new

damn, I better go check my tires, I just bought new ones last month

Keep an eye out. You wouldn't buy unopened milk from 2000 would you? Check the date.

Can you locate where the manufactured date is on this tire? I dont think so.

Determining the Age of a Tire

When it comes to determining the age of a tire, it is easy to identify when a tire was manufactured by reading its Tire Identification Number (often referred to as the tire?s serial number). Unlike vehicle identification numbers (VINs) and the serial numbers used on many other consumer goods (which identify one specific item), Tire Identification Numbers are really batch codes that identify the week and year the tire was produced.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) requires that Tire Identification Numbers be a combination of the letters DOT, followed by ten, eleven or twelve letters and/or numbers that identify the manufacturing location, tire size and manufacturer's code, along with the week and year the tire was manufactured.

Tires Manufactured Since 2000

Since 2000, the week and year the tire was produced has been provided by the last four digits of the Tire Identification Number with the 2 digits being used to identify the week immediately preceding the 2 digits used to identify the year.

Example of a tire manufactured since 2000 with the current Tire Identification Number format:



In the example above:
DOT U2LL LMLR 5107
DOT U2LL LMLR 5107 Manufactured during the 51st week of the year
DOT U2LL LMLR 5107 Manufactured during 2007

While the entire Tire Identification Number is required to be branded onto one sidewall of every tire, current regulations also require that DOT and the first digits of the Tire Identification Number must also be branded onto the opposite sidewall. Therefore, it is possible to see a Tire Identification Number that appears incomplete and requires looking at the tire?s other sidewall to find the entire Tire Identification Number



The use of a partial Tire Identification Number on the one sidewall (shown above) reduces the risk of injury to the mold technician that would have to install the weekly date code on the top sidewall portion of a hot tire mold.

Tires Manufactured Before 2000

The Tire Identification Number for tires produced prior to 2000 was based on the assumption that tires would not be in service for ten years. While they were required to provided the same information as today?s tires, the week and year the tire was produced was contained in the last three digits. The 2 digits used to identify the week a tire was manufactured immediately preceded a single digit used to identify the year.

Example of a tire manufactured before 2000 with the earlier Tire Identification Number format:



In the example above:
DOT EJ8J DFM 408
DOT EJ8J DFM 408 Manufactured during the 40th week of the year
DOT EJ8J DFM 408 Manufactured during the 8th year of the decade

While the previous Tire Identification Number format identified that a tire was built in the 8th year of a decade, there was no universal identifier that confirmed which decade (tires produced in the 1990s may have a small triangle following the Tire Identification Number to identify the decade).

And finally, hold on to your sales receipt. Most tire manufacturer's warranties cover their tires for four years from the date of purchase or five years from the week the tires were manufactured. So if you purchase new tires that were manufactured exactly two years ago they will be covered for a total of six years (four years from the date of purchase) as long as you have your receipt. If you lose your receipt, your tires' warranty coverage will end five years from the week the tire was produced (resulting in the tire manufacturer's warranty coverage ending only three years from the date of purchase in this example).

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Sharpead, thank you for that post.