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 cold roads punish weak tires. If you buy “new-ish” tires online, or you ...

A tire can have deep tread and still be a risk if it’s old. This quick DOT date-code check tells you the truth in seconds Tire age matters more than appearance; check the DOT date code for safety.

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 ...

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, DC (WVUE) - You can find almost all you need to know about your tire if you know how to read what is on the sidewall. Below is an explanation of what the numbers and letters mean. This ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Global Rubber Industries Ltd. (GRI) has applied for and been granted a tire plant identification code by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) — necessary for selling tires ...