Nissan 350Z Fairlady Z owners manual page 282

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UNIFORMTIREQUALITY GRADING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOT (Department Of Transportation) Qualitycrete. A tire marked C may have poor traction To tow a vehicle equipped with an automaticGrades: All passenger car tires must conform toperformance. transmission, an appropriate vehicle dolly MUSTfederal safety requirements in addition to these be placed under the towed vehicle’s drivegrades. WARNING wheels. Always follow the dolly manufacturer’sQuality grades can be found where applicable recommendations when using their product.on the tire sidewall between tread shoulder andThe traction grade assigned to this tire MANUALTRANSMISSION maximum section width. For example:is basedonstraight-aheadbrakingtrac- Treadwear 200 Traction AA Temperature Ation tests, and does not include accel- Always tow with the manual transmission in eration,cornering,hydroplaning,or Neutral. Treadwear peak traction characteristics. After towing 500 miles, start and idle theThe treadwear grade is a comparative rating engine with the transmission in Neutral forbased on the wear rate of the tire when testedTemperature A, B and C two minutes. Failure to idle the engine afterunder controlled conditions on a specified gov- every500milesoftowingmaycausedamageernment test course. For example, a tire gradedThe temperature grades are A (the highest), B, to internal transmission parts.150 would wear one and one-half (1 1/2) timesand C, representing the tire’s resistance to the as well on the government course as a tiregenerationofheatanditsabilitytodissipateheat graded 100. The relative performance of tireswhen tested under controlled conditions on a dependsupontheactualconditions of their use,specified indoor laboratory test wheel. Sus- however, and may depart significantly from thetained high temperature can cause the material norm due to variations in driving habits, serviceof the tire to degenerate and reduce tire life, and practices and differences in road characteristicsexcessive temperature can lead to sudden tire and climate. failure. The grade C corresponds to a level of performance which all passenger car tires must Traction AA, A, B and C meet under the Federal Motor Safety Standard The traction grades, from highest to lowest, areNo.109.GradesBandArepresenthigherlevels AA, A, B, and C. Those grades represent theof performance on the laboratory test wheel than tire’s ability to stop on wet pavement as mea-the minimum required by law. sured under controlled conditions on specified government test surfaces of asphalt and con- Technical and consumer information 9-23 05.10.18/Z33-D/V5.0

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