Winter TiresIf you expect to drive on snow or ice covered roadsoften, you may want to get winter tires for your vehicle.All season tires provide good overall performance onmost surfaces but they may not offer the tractionyou would like or the same level of performance aswinter tires on roads covered with snow or ice.See your dealer for details regarding winter tireavailability and proper tire selection. Also, see BuyingNew Tires on page 5-72.If you choose to use snow tires:• Use tires of the same brand and tread type on allfour wheel positions.• Use only radial ply tires of the same size,load range and speed rating as your originalequipment tires.Winter tires with the same speed rating as your originalequipment tires may not be available for H, V, Wand ZR speed rated tires. If you choose snow tires witha lower speed rating, never exceed the tire’s maximumspeed capability.Tire Sidewall LabelingUseful information about a tire is molded into itssidewall. The examples below show a typical P-Metricand compact spare tire sidewall.(A) Tire Size: The tire size code is a combination ofletters and numbers used to define a particulartire’s width, height, aspect ratio, construction type andservice description. See the “Tire Size Code” illustrationlater in this section for more detail.P-Metric Tire Example5-62
