You can buy tires that look fresh and still set you up for a bad day. Rubber ages. Winter is when you find out fast, because ...

The numbers on a tire's sidewall provide information about its size, manufacture date, load rating, speed rating, and maximum ...

Every tire has a Department of Transportation serial number–something like DOT DBUA A44 414 GCD 415. The last three digits tell you the week and year the tire was made, so 415 means the 41st week of ...

Almost every tire and certainly any you should be looking at, new or used, will have a series of numbers and letters on its sidewall that can tell you just about everything you need to know about that ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation issued 65 new DOT plant identification codes in the past year for tire factories worldwide, including five for plants in the U.S. and 35 for plants ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation issued 13 new DOT plant identification codes in the past year for tire factories worldwide, including six for plants in China and four in India. This ...