dianne
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I posted this same information in a response to a post from rockzilla regarding buying tires but I felt this information was important enough to have it''s own separate posting, as well. I didn''t search so I hope I am not duplicating a topic already on here.
I wanted to share something I saw on TV recently, on an episode of 20/20. Apparently, tires have a shelf life of 6 years but some places sell them well beyond that and they are, basically, dry rotted. This can be dangerous. It has happened to me, didn’t blow the tire, but it wore really strange and uneven (no wonder they were so cheap).
Anyway, back to topic, the 20/20 episode stated you could tell the date of the tires by a code imprinted along with all the other numbers and codes found on the side of the tire….sometimes it is printed on the side mounted to the inside so you can’t see it unless you crawl under the car with a flashlight.
3206 -- 32nd week of 2006
3200 -- 32nd week of 2000
329 – 32nd week of 1999, 1989…no way to tell which decade…you can only assume it’s 1999 but, either way, the tire is much too old to use, according to 20/20.
Here’s a news story about the family on the 20/20 episode.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-05122008-1532874.html
Be safe, Everyone!!!!
I wanted to share something I saw on TV recently, on an episode of 20/20. Apparently, tires have a shelf life of 6 years but some places sell them well beyond that and they are, basically, dry rotted. This can be dangerous. It has happened to me, didn’t blow the tire, but it wore really strange and uneven (no wonder they were so cheap).
Anyway, back to topic, the 20/20 episode stated you could tell the date of the tires by a code imprinted along with all the other numbers and codes found on the side of the tire….sometimes it is printed on the side mounted to the inside so you can’t see it unless you crawl under the car with a flashlight.
Here’s a link from the 20/20 episode for more detail, but basically you look at the last couple of numbers to determine the week and year the tire was manufactured.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/popup?id=4819387&contentIndex=1&page=1&start=false
3206 -- 32nd week of 2006
3200 -- 32nd week of 2000
329 – 32nd week of 1999, 1989…no way to tell which decade…you can only assume it’s 1999 but, either way, the tire is much too old to use, according to 20/20.
Here’s a news story about the family on the 20/20 episode.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-05122008-1532874.html
Be safe, Everyone!!!!
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