You can buy tires that look fresh and still set you up for a bad day. Rubber ages. Winter is when you find out fast, because ...

The numbers and letters on a car tire may seem confusing, but they're actually relatively simple once you understand them.

MILWAUKEE -- When you buy a set of tires, you expect them to be new -- but how long they've been sitting on the shelf might surprise you! In one case, FOX6's Contact 6 found a set of tires being sold ...

Take a quick look at any tire, and you’ll notice a series of letters and numbers around the sidewall. These might seem like random gibberish, but they tell you lots of helpful information about your ...

If you own a car, you also own at least four tires—five if you’ve got an actual full-size spare in the trunk instead of one of those humiliating donuts. At every level from single-car owner to tire ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In a 9 investigation, Eyewitness News found some stores selling new tires that were actually up to six years old. Each tire has a code on it that will tell you when it was made. Some ...

Dozens of deaths have been attributed to "ticking time bomb" aged tires. May 8, 2008— -- The U.S. tire industry is refusing to give American motorists the same warning given to car owners in ...

WASHINGTON (Feb. 18, 2014) — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued 24 new tire plant identity codes — necessary for selling road-going tires in the U.S. — during 2013, double that of 2012 ...