# New tires too old?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-tires-too-old/44833>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** caravan, dodge, tires\
**Created:** [February 20, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-tires-too-old/44833 "2010-02-20T21:29:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jabjtom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@jabjtom](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jabjtom)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-tires-too-old/44833/1 "2010-02-20T21:29:20Z")

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Needed new tires for my 2005 Grand Caravan so I purchased 4 BFG Premier Touring tires at my local Coctco in Selma, TX yesterday. On arriving home looked at the tire registry to send to the manufacturer. Noticed that 3 of the tires were manufactured on 2008 (twentieth week of 2008) and 1 was made 3909 (thirty ninth week of 2009). I am not unhappy with my purchase since the tires were only $85.99/each and had a $60 rebate on the total bill. But, arn’t the three tires made in 2008 a bit old to be selling for new tires??

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-tires-too-old/44833/2 "2010-02-20T21:54:13Z")

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They are fine. Tires that are 6 years old or older should be replaced if they are on a vehicle or on a store shelf. Most tires are at least a year old because of stock rotation. It would have been nice if they were all made in 2009 but that rarely happens.

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-tires-too-old/44833/3 "2010-02-20T22:04:50Z")

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No. Two years is not too old. When the tires are 6 or 7 years old you might have something to be concerned about, but not two years.