you're
likely to need a new set within 4-5 years due to the sidewalls cracking.
-D
From: Mercedes on behalf of OK Don via Mercedes
Sent: Sunday, December 5, 2021 1:03 PM
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Cc: OK Don
Subject: Re: [MBZ] ML tars
Do the tires sit
Do the tires sit outside or in a garage? My 2013 F150 has the original
tires, about 30K miles, and they look good. The truck owner's manual says
to replace a 7 years regardless of miles/wear. It sits in the garage unless
I'm driving it, which is not that often or far.
I'm thinking one more year
My pickup (‘05 Dodge 2500 SLT 4X4 5.9 Cummins) that I got in trade with my pops
has Michelin Defenders (265/70/17) on it, make date 4th week of 2016. The tires
have only about 30K miles on them, 16K of which I’ve put on in the last year.
They are wearing perfectly. Other that last summer, the
On 2021-12-05 10:05, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:
My personal hard line date code replacement is 5 years. Regardless of
miles
or tread.
My Saturn allegedly had new tires in 2015.
Mixed date codes 20-40 of 2014, so he probably bought them before winter
of 2015, but gave me the impression he'd
My personal hard line date code replacement is 5 years. Regardless of miles
or tread.
After 5 years of age, the compounds start to fail and catastrophic failure
[at speed] is pre-ordained.
It is not a question of "IF" ... but "WHEN" and if "When" happens in
traffic, at 75 MPH... there are not
Ahh, ok that makes sense. I looked that up once and forgot the details since.
I looked at some of the other tires in the fleet snd couldn’t find date codes.
--FT
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> On Dec 4, 2021, at 7:41 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
>
> IIRC, that is the 24th week of 2014, not that it
On 2021-12-04 19:09, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote:
So the date code on these Lizetti tires on the ML is 2414 which I
guess means either 2 or 4 of 2014.
2014, week 24.
Or June 2014
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IIRC, that is the 24th week of 2014, not that it matters.
On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 6:10 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
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> So the date code on these Lizetti tires on the ML is 2414 which I guess
> means either 2 or 4 of 2014. That tracks with the guy at the
So the date code on these Lizetti tires on the ML is 2414 which I guess means
either 2 or 4 of 2014. That tracks with the guy at the distributor telling me
they discontinued them 7yr ago. Tires look good though , lots of tread on them,
I thought they were nearly new. H.
I think I’ll get a
