Re: [Chrysler300] Tires-Ticking Time Bombs?

[Anthony Rinaldi <awrdoc@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Pete and all

The date code is is on the inside of the tire and is in the form of a 3 digit or 4 digit number. 

3 digits were tires made in the 1990's. The first 2 digits indicate the week it was made and the third is last year in the 90's. Thus a tire with 469 was made in the 46th week of 1999. 

4 digits are used starting with the year 2000. Thus a tire with 1302 was made the 13th week of 2002.

This is explained in the video report. 

Tony

Moparpjf@xxxxxxx wrote: 
>  I agree - there was another round of discussions on this a couple of years 
> ago.  One would think that the tire companies would be only too happy to 
> put expiration dates on tires - they can recycle those not sold, and the 
> expiration date would assure the purchase of new tires when the expiration 
> date was reached (since the insurance companies would probably make it a 
> condition of coverage that one not have expired tires on the car to be 
> insured. 
>    
>  All that having been said, as I have noted in this forum previously, I 
> have suffered a number of tread separations on the Cokers I purchased for my 
> G.  I had not thought of checking the date codes, but I still have a couple 
> that I removed from the car as a precaution, and I think I will check the dates 
> to see how old they were when I bought them 7 years ago.  (I had not owned 
> them more than 3 years when they disassembled).  I now have black diamonds 
> on the car and have not had any trouble at all (but I think I'll check those 
> codes just for the hell of it, now that the subject has been raised again) 
>    
>  Regards to all, 
>    
>  Pete Fitch   
>  In a message dated 11/16/2009 2:43:28 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
> rpjasin@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: 
>  There 
>   was another story like this about a year or two ago, could have been the 
>   same one.  The report is lacking one key ingredient, science.  Let's 
>   see some factual data and hard evidence that all tires 6 years and older 
>   are "ticking time bombs" .   There is no way I'm spending 
>   $700-$1,000 every 6 years for new tires for my G, when it only gets 1,000 
>   miles a year put on it and it is out of the sun 99% of the time.  
>   Tires need to be inspected, and air pressure checked regularly.  I 
>   really believe if this was as big of a problem as the story indicates, the 
>   manufacturers and tire retailers would be on the forefront of requiring 
>   replacements within certain time limits, because their insurance companies 
>   would demand it.  Common sense should prevail, not scare tactics, show 
>   me the science and the test results on old vs. new tire reliability and 
>   then I'll decide when to replace them. Bob J   _____  
>   From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
>   On Behalf Of Tony Rinaldi Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 11:15 
>   AM To: Chrysler 300 Club Subject: [Chrysler300] Tires-Ticking Time 
>   Bombs?   Hi to all, Came across an 
>   investigative report regarding tire safety or lack thereof in reference to 
>   age. It does not bode well for the collector hobby if 
>   true. Don't kill the messenger, this is for information 
>   only. http://abcnews. 
>   <http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=4826897> go.com/video/playerIndex?id=4826897 Tony 
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