Tire Information - Toyota 2016 Tacoma Owner's Manual

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9-1. Specifications

Tire information

Typical tire symbols
1
Tire size
2
DOT and Tire Identification Number (TIN)
3
Location of treadwear indicators
4
Tire ply composition and materials
Plies are layers of rubber-coated parallel cords. Cords are the strands
which form the plies in a tire.
5
Uniform tire quality grading
For details, see "Uniform Tire Quality Grading" that follows.
6
Load limit at maximum cold tire inflation pressure
7
Maximum cold tire inflation pressure
This means the pressure to which a tire may be inflated.
8
TUBELESS or TUBE TYPE
A tubeless tire does not have a tube and air is directly put into the tire.
A tube type tire has a tube inside the tire and the tube maintains the air
pressure.
9
Radial tires or bias-ply tires
A radial tire has "RADIAL" on the sidewall. A tire not marked "RADIAL"
is a bias-ply tire.
10
Summer tire or all season tire
An all season tire has "M+S" on the sidewall. A tire not marked "M+S"
is a summer tire.
I n f o r ma t i o n P r o v i d e d b y :
(P. 583)
(P. 583)
(P. 462)
(P. 587)
(P. 587)
(P. 467)