Thread: How old are the tyres on your Land Rover? (POLL)

Which mark on the tyre indicates when it was made?

Originally Posted by omvanders

Some may not be aware that the coding system is a bit different for tyres that were made pre-2000.

This explains the differences

Reading the code. The code is pretty simple. The three-digit code was used for tyres manufactured before 2000. So for example 1 7 6 means it was manufactured in the 17th week of 6th year of the decade. In this case it means 1986. For tyres manufactured in the 90's, the same code holds true but there is a little triangle after the DOT code. So for this example, a tyre manufactured in the 17th week of 1996 would have the code 176triangle
After 2000, the code was switched to a 4-digit code. Same rules apply, so for example 3 0 0 3 means the tyre was manufactured in the 30th week of 2003.

I suspect many of the people who voted in this thread voted based on when they purchased their tyres, rather than the date code???