Aged Tires: A Driving Hazard?

[humanoid]

So how old are your tires?

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897&affil=kabc

[Erich_870]

Very interesting report. Thanks for sharing.

My tires say (4401) so I guess they were made on the 44th week of 2001.

Looks like it's time to replace my tires.

Erich

[humanoid]

Funny, on my older Triumph TR7 there aren't any DOT #s on them.

[corax]

Funny, on my older Triumph TR7 there aren't any DOT #s on them.


I used to own a TR7 too, they don't need DOT #'s because the Lucas Electronics never let it travel far enough to get the tires warm :flipoff:

[randver]

Funny, on my older Triumph TR7 there aren't any DOT #s on them.


check both sides of the tire. they are only on one side and often its on the back side of the tire.

[4LowLocked]

Great Information - Thanks!

I have passed this along to many friends who also had no idea you could decipher the dates