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Black plate (319,1) UNIFORMTIRE QUALITYGRADING CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANS- DOT (Department Of Transportation) QualityWARNING MISSION (CVT) Grades: All passenger car tires must conform to To tow a vehicle equipped with a Continuouslyfederal safety requirements in addition to these grades. The traction grade assigned to this tire Variable Transmission (CVT), an appropriate is based on straight-ahead braking vehicle dolly MUST be placed under the towedQuality grades can be found where applicabletraction tests, and does not include vehicle’s driving wheels. Always follow the dollyon the tire sidewall between tread shoulder andacceleration, cornering, hydroplaning, manufacturer’s recommendations when usingmaximum section width. For example:or peak traction characteristics. their product. Treadwear 200 Traction AA Temperature A MANUALTRANSMISSION TREADWEAR TEMPERATURE A, B AND C . Always tow with the manual transmission in The temperature grades A (the highest), B, and Neutral. The treadwear grade is a comparative ratingC, representing the tire’s resistance to the based on the wear rate of the tire when testedgeneration of heat and its ability to dissipate . Your vehicle speed should never exceed 70under controlled conditions on a specified heat when tested under controlled conditions on MPH (112 km/h) when flat towing yourgovernment test course. For example, a tirea specified indoor laboratory test wheel. Sus- vehicle. graded 150 would wear one and one-halftained high temperature can cause the material . After towing 500 miles, start and idle the(1 1/2) times as well on the government courseof the tire to degenerate and reduce tire life, and engine with the transmission in Neutral foras a tire graded 100. The relative performanceexcessive temperature can lead to sudden tire two minutes. Failure to idle the engine afterof tires depends upon actual conditions of theirfailure. The grade C corresponds to a level of every 500 miles of towing may causeuse, however, and may depart significantly fromperformance which all passenger car tires must damage to the transmission’s internal parts.the norm due to variations in driving habits,meet under the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety service practices and differences in road char-Standard No. 109. Grades B and A represent acteristics and climate. higher levels of performance on the laboratory TRACTION AA, A, B AND C test wheel than the minimum required by law. The traction grades, from highest to lowest, areWARNING AA, A, B and C. Those grades represent the tire’s ability to stop on wet pavement asThe temperature grade for this tire is measured under controlled conditions on spe-established for a tire that is properly cified government test surfaces of asphalt andinflated and not overloaded. Excessive concrete. A tire marked C may have poorspeed, under-inflation, or excessive traction performance. Technical and consumer information 9-19 Model "Z12-D" EDITED: 2009/ 9/ 17

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