Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

MILWAUKEE -- When you buy a set of tires, you expect them to be new -- but how long they've been sitting on the shelf might surprise you! In one case, FOX6's Contact 6 found a set of tires being sold ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In a 9 investigation, Eyewitness News found some stores selling new tires that were actually up to six years old. Each tire has a code on it that will tell you when it was made. Some ...

Dozens of deaths have been attributed to "ticking time bomb" aged tires. May 8, 2008— -- The U.S. tire industry is refusing to give American motorists the same warning given to car owners in ...

Take a quick look at any tire, and you’ll notice a series of letters and numbers around the sidewall. These might seem like random gibberish, but they tell you lots of helpful information about your ...

WASHINGTON (July 24, 2014) — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) wants to change the internationally recognized tire plant identification number to a three-symbol code from a ...

Q: I recently bought P205/70R15 95 T tires for my car. I know what most of these letters and numbers mean, but what does the “T” stand for? A: The “T” is a speed rating, which ranges from “N” through ...