Tire Information - Toyota Avalon 2006 Operating Manual

Tire information—

—Tire symbols (standard tire)
'06 AVALON_U (L/O 0508)
This illustration indicates typical tire
symbols.
1. Tire size—For details, see "—Tire
size" on page 277.
2. DOT and Tire Identification
Number (TIN)—For details, see
"—DOT and Tire Identification
Number (TIN)" on page 276.
3. The location of the tread wear
indicators—For
"Checking and replacing tires" on
page 357.
4. Uniform tire quality grading—
For details, see "—Uniform tire
quality grading" that follows.
5. Tire ply composition and mate-
rials—Plies mean a layer of rub-
ber- coated parallel cords. Cords
mean the strands forming the plies
in the tire.
6. Radial tires or bias- ply tires—A
radial tire has "RADIAL" on the
sidewall. A tire not marked with
"RADIAL" is a bias- ply tire.
details, see
273