# Tire Safety Information
> **National Highway Traffic Safety Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2002-11-18 · Effective 2003-09-01 · 67 FR 69600
## Document
- **Document number:** 02-28682
- **Category:** fmvss
- **Sub-agency:** National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 67 FR 69600
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 567
- **Publication date:** 2002-11-18
- **Effective date:** 2003-09-01
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. NHTSA-02-13678
## Abstract

In response to the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act of 2000, this document establishes a new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard to improve the information readily available to consumers about tires. The new information will assist consumers in identifying tires that may be the subject of a safety recall. It will also increase public awareness of the importance and methods of observing motor vehicle tire load limits and maintaining proper tire inflation levels for the safe operation of a motor vehicle. This rule applies to all new and retreaded tires for use on vehicles manufactured after 1975 with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less and to all new vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less, except for motorcycles and low speed vehicles.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/11/18/02-28682/tire-safety-information)
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