# Tire Rot!

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-rot/32353>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [June 25, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-rot/32353 "2009-06-25T02:10:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![david392](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f04885/32.png) [@david392](https://community.cartalk.com/u/david392)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-rot/32353/1 "2009-06-25T02:10:16Z")

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I understand there is a number code on a tire that tells the manufacter date. Where is it and how do you read it. I have tires that have “dry rotted” and I want to make sure the new tires are just that - new tires. I’m not putting on as many miles on my truck as I used too, so a new tire with little time “on the shelf” is what I’m looking for - I live in a very hot State!

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**Author:** ![Sarani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5e9695/32.png) [@Sarani](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sarani)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-rot/32353/2 "2009-06-25T02:23:23Z")

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The manufacture date of a tire is printed within an oval with 4 digits inside. I think first two digits are year and last two digits are which week the tire was produced. If 0524, means tire was made on 24th week of 2005.

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**Author:** ![Xebadaih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d07c76/32.png) [@Xebadaih](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Xebadaih)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-rot/32353/3 "2009-06-25T02:25:41Z")

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Just don’t buy the tires that are on sale!

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**Author:** ![david392](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f04885/32.png) [@david392](https://community.cartalk.com/u/david392)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-rot/32353/4 "2009-06-25T02:27:34Z")

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Thanks!!!

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**Author:** ![david392](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f04885/32.png) [@david392](https://community.cartalk.com/u/david392)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-rot/32353/5 "2009-06-25T02:35:07Z")

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That’s exactly what I did, Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-rot/32353/6 "2009-06-25T02:52:11Z")

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Some tires “rot” and some don’t…I have a set of 30 year old tires on an old truck and they are still in service…The truck is in Sonora, Mexico…

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**Author:** ![edb1961](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/edb1961/32/122_2.png) [@edb1961](https://community.cartalk.com/u/edb1961)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-rot/32353/7 "2009-06-25T03:11:24Z")

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Try this link.

[http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=11](http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=11)

Ed B.