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Customer Information and Reporting Safety Defects

Uniform Tire Quality Grading System (UTQGS)

WARNING

  Keep your vehicle's tires properly infl ated and not overloaded:

  Driving with improperly infl ated or overloaded tires is dangerous. Excessive speed, 
underinfl ation, or excessive loading, either separately or in combination, can cause heat 
buildup and possible tire failure. The temperature grade for this tire is established for a 
tire that is properly infl ated and not overloaded.

  These grades will be added to the sidewalls of passenger vehicle tires over the next several 
years according to a schedule established by the NHTSA and the tire manufacturers.

  The grade of tires available as standard or optional equipment on Mazda vehicles may vary 
with respect to grade.

  ALL PASSENGER VEHICLE TIRES MUST CONFORM TO THESE GRADES AND TO 
ALL OTHER FEDERAL TIRE-SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.

 UNIFORM TIRE QUALITY GRADING

    Quality grades can be found where applicable on the tire sidewall between tread shoulder 
and maximum section width.
  For  example:

 TREADWEAR 200 TRACTION AA TEMPERATURE A 

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