Federal regulations require specific information to be molded on the sidewall of a truck tire. The size, date of manufacture, ...

DOT R5HG FHR 404 would indicate a tire manufactured in the 40th week of 1994 (or 1984, or '74). If you find your "new" tires are more than two years old, feel free to request a newer manufacture ...

Tires have a date of manufacture molded into the sidewall, usually in the format "XXXX." The first two digits are the week the tire was made and the second two are the year, since 2000.

Every tire's birth date is printed on the side, and his tires were manufactured during the 25th week of 2009. That means they were manufactured in mid June of 2009, when Mass was 11 years old.

He said too few customers know the tire's "birth date" exists, let alone, where to find it. The last four digits of a tire's DOT number indicate the week and month a tire was manufactured.

Since most P-metric passenger tires are manufactured in the standard load range, they will have nothing branded on their sidewalls or may be branded standard load and identified by an SL in their ...

For example, the number 418 indicates the tire was manufactured in the 41st week of 1998 and is 10 years old. "U.S. consumers are left in the dark on this issue," said Kane.