When It Is Time For New Tires; Buying New Tires - Cadillac ESCALADE EXT 2005 Owner's Manual

When It Is Time for New Tires

You need a new tire if any of the following statements
are true:
•
You can see the indicators at three or more places
around the tire.
•
You can see cord or fabric showing through the
tire's rubber.
•
The tread or sidewall is cracked, cut or snagged
deep enough to show cord or fabric.
•
The tire has a bump, bulge or split.
•
The tire has a puncture, cut or other damage that
can't be repaired well because of the size or
location of the damage.
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One way to tell when it's
time for new tires is to
check the treadwear
indicators, which will
appear when your tires
have only 1/16 inch
(1.6 mm) or less of tread
remaining. Some
commercial truck tires may
not have treadwear
indicators.

Buying New Tires

To find out what kind and size of tires you need, look
at the Certification/Tire label or the Tire and Loading
Information label. See Loading Your Vehicle on
page 4-44 for more information about these labels and
where they can be found on your vehicle.
The tires installed on your vehicle when it was new
had a Tire Performance Criteria Specifications (TPC
Spec) number on each tire's sidewall. When you
get new tires, GM recommends that you get tires with
that same TPC Spec number. That way your vehicle will
continue to have tires that are designed to give proper
endurance, handling, speed rating, load range, traction,
ride, tire pressure monitoring system performance
and other things during normal service on your vehicle.
If your tires have an all-season tread design, the
TPC number will be followed by an "MS" (for mud
and snow).
Whenever you replace your tires with those not having
a TPC Spec number, make sure they are the same
size, load range, speed rating and construction
type (bias, bias-belted or radial) as your original tires.
If you replace your vehicle's tires with those not having a
TPC Spec number, the tire pressure monitoring
system may give an inaccurate low pressure warning.
Non-TPC Spec tires may give a low pressure warning
that is higher or lower than the proper warning level you
would get with TPC Spec numbered tires.