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07-19-2008, 11:03 AM
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Friends: 10 |  How Old Are Your Tires? Saw a 20/20 segments on tires sold as new after sitting on the shelf as long as 10 years...problems is, some tires start exhibiting dry rot after 6 years... to check yours... if its a 3 digit number, the first two digits determine week manufactured, the last digit the year made in the 1990's if its a 4 digit number, the first two still designates the week, the last two designates the year eg: 130.....13th week, 1990 3405....34th week, 2005 ABC News |
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07-19-2008, 05:58 PM
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Friends: 0 | Re: How Old Are Your Tires? My wifes 2009 4cyl. camry has Bridgestone Turanza-0908 My 2008 Prius Goodyear Integrity's -0508 |
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07-19-2008, 06:05 PM
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Friends: 35 | Re: How Old Are Your Tires? There is a large thread on this subject already that Jimbo? posted. I'll try to find the link before this thread gets a bunch of responses and has to be merged.  |
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07-19-2008, 09:52 PM
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Friends: 33 | Re: How Old Are Your Tires? Tyres on my Crown are so old they aren't dated. |
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07-19-2008, 11:21 PM
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Friends: 11 | Re: How Old Are Your Tires? In the Ford Explorer/Firestone tire investigation, they found that 84 percent of the tires that failed by tread separation were >6 years old. Mine were only 3 years old when I replaced them. Ford later reimbursed me for the cost of the tires when they officially recalled my tire size. http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/staticfiles...inal080907.pdf |
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07-19-2008, 11:26 PM
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Friends: 1 | Re: How Old Are Your Tires? I had a old Honda with tires that were 6 years old, because I didn't drive it often the tires had crack marks. Of course I replaced them and then got rid of the car. |
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