How to know when it's time for new tires

ABC News' Gio Benitez shows how dangerous low-tread tires can be and how you can use a quarter to make sure your tires are safe.

[Wyldfaeart]

ALSO make sure your tiers are under 6 years, The tier starts to dry out and brake down even with perfect tread. You can tell this by the last numbers on your tire exp. 4018, Means it was made in the 40th week of 2018. when you buy new tires make sure they were made in the last year for sure.

[theholtic]

i would say for the normal average car driver probably every 50 to 60K. All depends on the tire brand you chose to get. If you go on bumpy roads or mountains then its probably a lot less. And if your tire starts to lose tire pressure often then its time to change it out whenever you possibly can.

[brendenaerosmithfarr]

No mention about dry rot or uneven tire wear

[anthrop]

Dude no mention of DRY ROT? That is just as important!

[johnzabik]

If you know that a HUGE STORM is coming to you...STAY HOME!!

[TkrB]

They make the poor reporter stand outside in the wet and cold just for a demonstration that could have been easily done inside the studio.

[LubaLuba]

Hey I have question, which one of these tires have thinner wall, Kumho Crugen premium KL33 105T or Kumho Crugen HP71 105T and how can you tell?

[disneyfan]

50, 000 miles is too long to wait. Most tires on new cars can’t last more then 40, 000 miles

[TerminatorSeen]

What about people who dont have George Washington on their coin?

[musicmanenator]

New tires are fucking expensive though. Some people cant fucking afford it so they just say "Fuck it" and keep driving on the same tires

[arnulfovasquez]

Yup! I noticed the low thread of my tires today. I am going to need new tires in a month or two.

If only tire prices weren't expensive, I would buy them now.

[billyjones]

The 4 number date on tires is the date made...the second 2 numbers is the year
.make sure they are not over 10 years sin e would be the year the 26 is what week of that year they were made. I blew a rear tire on my dodge dually tore off finder, bent exhaust completely backwards and almost flipped pulling a trailer at 75mph

[sporttube]

You can literally see it you don’t need a damn coin

[marvinisrael]

Tires last a much shorter time with electric cars because of the weight of the battery.

[billyjones]

Well...it dont matter if you can stick a silver dollar in there if the date is past 10 years...check the date on your tires. I had tires with full tread fail because they were made 11 years prior...

[Banana_jam]

You're supposed to use a penny not a quarter....

[zn]

I don't believe that 50k - 60k, it depends on the tire types

[ebwhite]

There is a wear bar in the tread of almost all tires now that's when they need replaced

[Recroomsniperpro]

Me driving:

Snow: hey you wanna drift

Me: no

Snow; to bad so sad

[robinnickell]

Do you don't need a penny to see that your tires are warned Pretty obvious actually