1998 Chevrolet Tracker Owner's Manual - Page 281

Buying New Tires To find out what kind and of tires you need, look at size the Tire-Loading Information label. The tires installed on your vehicle when was new had it a Tire Performance Criteria Specification (TPC Spec) number on each tire's sidewall. When you get new tires, get ones with that same TPC number. That way Spec your vehicle will continue to have tires that are designed to give proper endurance, handling, speed rating, traction, ride and other things during normal service on your vehicle. If your tires have an all-season tread design, theTPC number willbe followed by an"MS" (for mud and snow). If you ever replace your with those not having tires a TPC Spec number, makesure they are the same size, load range, speed rating and construction type (bias, bias-belted or radial) as your original tires. & CAU'I DN: Mixing tires could causeyou to lose control while driving. If you mix tires of different sizes or types (radial andbias-belted tires), the vehicle may not handle properly, and could have a crash. you Using tires of different sizes may also cause damage toyour vehicle. Besure to use the same size and type tireson all wheels. If you use bias-ply tires on your vehicle, the wheel rim flanges could develop cracks after many miles of driving. A tire and/orwheel could fail suddenly, causing a crash. Use only radial-ply tires with the wheels on yourvehicle. 6-44