Fig. 7.21. The data specified on a tire sidewall

Left column of signatures (fig. 7.21) (from top to down):

Control number ECE (the product is made taking into account the ESE standards).

Year and week of release (404 = the 40th week 1994).

The country – the producer.

"DOT" (Department of Transport, the Ministry of transport, the certificate of the standard on norms of the USA and Canada).

Designation of a profile.

NOTE Number "DOT" since 2000 four-digit. The two first figures mean week, two second — year.

Class on UTQG (works only in the USA).

Producer/brand.

Right column of signatures (from top to down):

Wear degree indicator (TWI = Tread Wear Indicator: specifies minimum admissible depth of a profile).

The instruction on a design of a framework and a cord.

Max. loading capacity.

Max. admissible pressure of air (only in the USA).

Tire width (175 mm).

Series 70 = relation of height and width of the tire = 70%.

Tire type: radial

R: radial tire

13 inches (diameter of a wheel)

Tubeless: tubeless

Loading capacity class

Class according to the high-speed characteristic (T)

The warning of security measures for the correct operation