Honda Civic Owners Manual: Glossary of Tire Terminology
Cold Tire Pressure - The tire air pressure when the vehicle has been parked for at least three hours or driven less than 1 mile (1.6 km).
Load Rating - Means the maximum load that a tire is rated to carry for a given inflation pressure.
Maximum Inflation Pressure - The maximum tire air pressure that the tire can hold.
Maximum Load Rating - Means the load rating for a tire at the maximum permissible inflation pressure for that tire.
Recommended Inflation Pressure - The cold tire inflation pressure recommended by the manufacturer.
Treadwear Indicators (TWI) - Means the projections within the principal grooves designed to give a visual indication of the degrees of wear of the tread.
Tire Identification Number (TIN)
The tire identification number (TIN) is a group of numbers and letters that
look like
the example in the side column. TIN is located on the sidewall of the tire.
Tire Identification Num ...
DOT Tire Quality Grading (U.S. Vehicles)
The tires on your vehicle meet all U.S. Federal Safety
Requirements. All tires are also graded for treadwear, traction,
and temperature performance according to Department of
Transportation (DOT) s ...
See also:
Honda Civic Owners Manual. Treadwear
The treadwear grade is a comparative rating based on the wear
rate of the tire when tested under controlled conditions on a
specified government test course. For example, a tire graded 150
would wear one and one-half (1 1/2) times as well on the
government course as a tire graded 100. The relati ...
