# What year is my tire?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-year-is-my-tire/143926>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [July 8, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-year-is-my-tire/143926 "2019-07-08T19:15:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![David\_Evich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@David\_Evich](https://community.cartalk.com/u/David_Evich)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-year-is-my-tire/143926/1 "2019-07-08T19:15:13Z")

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I have a tire with a DOT number on it that is DOT R2NN with nothing after this. What age is the tire?

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**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-year-is-my-tire/143926/2 "2019-07-08T19:23:23Z")

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DOT numbers are on both sides of the tire but the date code is only on one side, read the DOT number on the other side of the tire.