Skoda 2014 Yeti Owner's Manual page 188

Tyre damage
Drive over kerbs and other such obstacles slowly and perpendicularly wher-
ever possible in order to avoid damage to tyres and wheel trims.
We recommend checking your tyres and wheel rims for damage (punctures,
cuts, splits and bulges, etc.) on a regular basis. Remove foreign bodies (e.g.
small stones) from the tyre tread immediately.
Replacing wheels
If significantly greater wear is present on the front tyres, we recommend
swapping the front wheels with the rear wheels as shown in the dia-
gram » Fig. 158. You will then obtain approximately the same life for all the
tyres.
We recommend that you swap the tyres every 10,000 km in order to achieve
even wear on all tyres and to ensure optimal service life for the tyres.
Storing tyres
Identify disassembled tyres so that the previous direction of rotation can be
maintained if the tyres are reassembled.
Always store wheels or tyres in a cool, dry place that is as dark as possible.
Tyres which are not fixed to a wheel trim should be stored upright.
Wear indicators
The base of the tread of the tyres has 1.6 mm high wear indicators installed.
These wear indicators are evenly spaced around the circumference of the tyre,
depending on the make » Fig. 157
through the letters "TWI", triangular symbols or other symbols identify the po-
sition of the wear indicators.
Tyre age
Tyres age and lose their original characteristics, even if they are not being
used. Therefore, we recommend not using summer or winter tyres older than
6 or 4 years old respectively.
New tyres

Read and observe and
Only use radial tyres of the same type, size (rolling circumference) and tread
pattern on one axle on all four wheels.
The tyre/wheel combinations which are approved for your vehicle are indica-
ted in your vehicle documents.
186
General Maintenance
- . Markings on the walls of the tyres
on page 184 first.
Where possible, replace tyres by axle. Always fit the tyres with the deeper
tread depth to the front wheels.
Explanation of tyre markings
225/50R 17 91 T
What this means is:
225 Tyre width in mm » Fig. 157
50 Height/width ratio in %
R Code letter for the type of tyre – Radial

17 Diameter of wheel in inches
91 Load index »
T Speed symbol »
The date of manufacture is stated on the tyre wall (possibly on the inside). e.g.
DOT ... 11 14...
means, for example, that the tyre was manufactured in the 11th week of 2014.
Load index
The load index indicates the maximum permissible load for each individual
tyre.
Load index
89 91
Load
580 615
(In kg)
Speed symbol
The maximum speed symbol indicates the maximum permissible vehicle speed
with fitted tyres in each category.
Speed
Q
icon
Maximum
speed 160 170
(in km/h)
CAUTION
The information about the load index and the speed symbol is listed in your
vehicle documents.
on page 185 - 
» Fig. 157 on page 185 - 
» Fig. 157 on page 185 -
» Fig. 157 on page 185 - 
92 93 94 95
630 650 670 690
R S T U H
180 190 200 210
97 99
730 775
V W
240 270