All of this information is available online at places like:
Tire Tech Information - Determining the Age of a Tire
Tire Safety, Brochure (DOT HS 809 361 October 2001)
This news report does not come as a surprise to me, but then I have known about the tire date codes since the 1980s when I worked at Unocal 76.
So, have I ever had a tire separation at high speed? YES
Three times!
May dad last year at 80 mph in a truck going through Nevada, nothing happened. (left front tire)
But the fender was damaged.
3-4 years ago on a 1999 Ford F250,... tire blew,... nothing happened.
Left rear tire. Gil saw this one happen.
8 years ago to Gil on I-5, doing about 80 mph, nothing but a bent fender.
About 10 years ago, on 12-14 year old Michelins on my Buick Regal.
Right front tire.
The car did not careen out of control on the 580 heading to San Francisco at 70 mph.
Just a big bang, (and I mean big bang)!! Tire shrapnel every where flying through the air. Nothing happened.
And lastly on my Kadett around 1991 at 55 mph, going home.
Right front tire. Nothing happened.
Maybe I'm lucky, but in 2005 I replaced the tires on my Targa, as they were 12 years old. Now they are 3 years old, and have only 800 miles on them.
