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  1. 24th July 2019, 09:05 AM #1
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    Out of Date Tyres

    A friend from Kansas City sent me an e-mail to tell me he had a crash on I80 near Des Moines on his way home from the Miller-Offy Club meet at Milwaukee. He said he was doing the speed limit 80 mph, with the cruise control set and overtaking a Lincoln Navigator when the Lincoln blew out a front tyre, turned 90 degrees left into the side of Ken's ford pickup resulting in a wild out of control ride down the median riding the crash cable and between the two of them taking out 3/8 mile of support posts. To his surprise the Highway Patrol gave him a ticket for out of date tyres. The date stamp says they are 9+ years old. Michelin with 50% tread left. He had never before heard of such a regulation.

    This begs the question. Do we have such a rule here in Oz?
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    We do, over five years is a RWC failure. I don't know if you can be booked or defected at other times.
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    Quote Originally Posted by V8Ian View Post
    We do, over five years is a RWC failure. I don't know if you can be booked or defected at other times.
    Never heard of any of that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by p38arover View Post
    Never heard of any of that.
    A quick search doesn’t bring up anything.

    Repairing, Replacing and Caring for Your Tyres - RACQ

    Manufacturers and industry mention 5-6 years....
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    Quote Originally Posted by W&KO View Post
    A quick search doesn’t bring up anything.

    Repairing, Replacing and Caring for Your Tyres - RACQ

    Manufacturers and industry mention 5-6 years....

    from the link

    Can a tyre be too old?
    Some industry experts suggest that worn out or not, a tyre may have passed its useful life after about five years, however this is not recognised in law. A production date code is moulded into the tyre sidewall. A tyre dealer can assist with interpreting the code.
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    Just had a look throught the Information Sheets for vehicle inspections from the TMR QLD site and Information Sheet No. 15 cover tyres. This only discusses condition e.g. cracking, tread depth etc. It does mention there is no legislation covering date at this time as there are too many variables but also states that tyres over 5 years old should be inspected by a "tyre professional".
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    Quote Originally Posted by V8Ian View Post
    We do, over five years is a RWC failure.
    For trucks, maybe? Although, how many heavy haulage trucks would get 5 years from a tyre?
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    Quote Originally Posted by p38arover View Post
    For trucks, maybe? Although, how many heavy haulage trucks would get 5 years from a tyre?
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    Some tyre centres try this on now if you take a tyre in for repair - happened to my neighbour when she did this. They said it was ‘out of date’ and she would need to replace all 4 tyres - she called me and I told her to hand the phone over to whoever was telling her this - I set him straight pretty quick and he said ‘It was a recommendation only’ but my neighbour said they didn’t want to give her car back until she agreed to buy a new set of tyres. Bloody thieves IMO.
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    Quote Originally Posted by V8Ian View Post
    We can only dream.
    So use the cheap Chinese ones?
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