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Customer Information and Reporting Safety Defects

Tire Information (U.S.A.)

CAUTION

Rotate unidirectional tires and radial tires that have an asymmetrical tread pattern or 

studs only from front to rear, not from side to side. Tire performance will be weakened if 

rotated from side to side.

(With limited-slip differential)

Don't use the following:

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  Tires not of the designated size

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  Tires of different sizes or types at the same time

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  Tires not sufficiently inflated

If these instructions aren't followed, the rotation of the left and right wheels will be 

different and will thus apply a constant load on the limited-slip differential.

This will cause a malfunction.

 Replacing a Tire

WARNING

Always use tires that are in good condition:

Driving with worn tires is dangerous. Reduced braking, steering, and traction could result 

in an accident.

If a tire wears evenly, a wear indicator will appear as a solid band across the tread.

Replace the tire when this happens.

New tread

Tread wear indicator

Worn tread

You should replace the tire before the band crosses the entire tread.

(With tire pressure monitoring system)

After adjusting the tire pressure, initialization of the tire pressure monitoring system is 

necessary to make the system operate normally.

Refer to Tire Pressure Monitoring System Initialization on page 

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