MILWAUKEE -- When you buy a set of tires, you expect them to be new -- but how long they've been sitting on the shelf might surprise you! In one case, FOX6's Contact 6 found a set of tires being sold ...

If you own a car, you also own at least four tires—five if you’ve got an actual full-size spare in the trunk instead of one of those humiliating donuts. At every level from single-car owner to tire ...

Take a quick look at any tire, and you’ll notice a series of letters and numbers around the sidewall. These might seem like random gibberish, but they tell you lots of helpful information about your ...

Some of the best ways to spot a fake tire include looking for visual defects, verifying the DOT number, and analyzing the ...

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - As families across Kentuckiana prepare to hit the highway this holiday season, a warning has been issued about the tires they are counting on to get them where they're going ...

The tire industry operates in regulatory gray areas when it comes to age disclosure. Tire dealers may not always volunteer manufacturing dates, particularly when selling older inventory that’s been ...

WASHINGTON (Feb. 18, 2014) — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued 24 new tire plant identity codes — necessary for selling road-going tires in the U.S. — during 2013, double that of 2012 ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation issued 19 new DOT plant identification codes in the past year for tire factories worldwide, including 14 in China and two each in India and Serbia.

Dozens of deaths have been attributed to "ticking time bomb" aged tires. May 8, 2008— -- The U.S. tire industry is refusing to give American motorists the same warning given to car owners in ...

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued 27 new plant identification codes in the past year for tire factories worldwide, including 11 in China, three in Sri Lanka and two in ...