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9-1. Specifications
Tire information
Typical tire symbols
Tire size
1
DOT and Tire Identification Number (TIN)
2
Location of treadwear indicators
3
Tire ply composition and materials
4
Plies are layers of rubber-coated parallel cords. Cords are the strands
which form the plies in a tire.
Summer tires or all season tires
5
An all season tire has "M+S" on the sidewall. A tire not marked "M+S"
is a summer tire.
Radial tires or bias-ply tires
6
A radial tire has "RADIAL" on the sidewall. A tire not marked "RADIAL"
is a bias-ply tire.
TUBELESS or TUBE TYPE
7
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.
Load limit at maximum cold tire inflation pressure
8
Maximum cold tire inflation pressure
9
This means the pressure to which a tire may be inflated.
Uniform tire quality grading
10
For details, see "Uniform Tire Quality Grading" that follows.
PRIUS PRIME_OM_OM47D13U_(U)
(P. 729)
(P. 729)
(P. 600)
(P. 604)
(P. 603)
(P. 723)
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