Tire Information - Toyota TC 2006 Manual

Tire information—

—Tire symbols (Standard tire)
20T015
146
This illustration indicates typical tire
symbols.
1. Tire size—For details, see "Tire
size" on page 150.
2. DOT and Tire Identification
Number (TIN)—For details, see
"DOT and Tire Identification Num-
ber (TIN)" on page 149.
3. Location of tread wear indica-
tors—For details, see "Checking
and replacing tires" on page 219.
4. Tire ply composition and materi-
als—Plies mean a layer of rub-
ber–coated parallel cords. Cords
mean the strands forming the plies
in the tire.
5. Summer tire or all
tire—An all season tire has "M+S"
on the sidewall. The tire not
marked with "M+S" is a summer
tire. For details, see "Types of
tires" on page 160.
6. Radial tires or bias–ply tires—A
radial tire has "radial" on the side-
wall. A tire not marked with "radial"
is a bias–ply tire.
season