date on tires

[Jim Hyman]

Luke, The D.O.T. markings on the sidewall will tell you the manufacture date. Look for "DOT xxxx x nnn" on one of the sidewalls. The 'nnn' refers to the week of the year (01 - 52) and the last digit of the year. Thus 368 indicates that the tire was made in the 36th week of the year in 1998. At least that's how it used to be, my recent AM24 has 391 as the last numbers in the D.O.T. number. Does this mean that my tire was made in 1991 or 2001? Either I've got a pristine 9 year old tire (unlikely) or my tire came from the future (twilight zone). Hope this helps more than it confuses! Professor A9 Federal Way, WA. [USA] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --- "Luke " wrote:

> I'd like to know how to read the date on tires > (AV33 & AV34)