Need to Find Manufactor Date

jims5600 · Oct 20, 2023

I puchased a 2012 Buick Regal turbo in July. It has General rt43's on it.
Trying to find out how old they are. 235/50/18 made in Brazil
sidewall says 18.97v.380 kpa,2989413606, 4133836
dot65p,3220. Hope I didn't miss anything with my senior eyes,LOL

Thanks

Rand · Oct 20, 2023

probably the 32nd week of 2020
but a sidewall picture would be better than a string of numbers.

CapriRacer · Oct 20, 2023

Look on the other side. The dot number you printed has everything but the date code.

jims5600 · Oct 20, 2023

Thanks, I will look on the inside of the sidewall

benjamming · Oct 20, 2023

Is the 3220 not the 32nd week of 2020?

CapriRacer · Oct 20, 2023

benjamming said:
Is the 3220 not the 32nd week of 2020?

Current DOT codes are normally between 10 and 13 digits long. The reported code is 7 digits. The date code is 4 digits and only needs to be on one side - hence the date code is not on the outside, but on the inside. What we are looking at is everything except the date code.

Nukeman7 · Oct 20, 2023

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CapriRacer · Oct 20, 2023

Nukeman7 said:
Rand and benjamming are correct. The RT43 tire was manufactured during the 32nd week of 2020 according to the General Tire website as shown below.

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Ah .......... Mmmmm .......... Not exactly.

Did you miss the part where they say the code is on the INSIDE sidewall, and that the code is 8 to 13 letters and/or numbers? It's in the first paragraph!

Nukeman7 · Oct 20, 2023

CapriRacer said:
Ah .......... Mmmmm .......... Not exactly.

Did you miss the part where they say the code is on the INSIDE sidewall, and that the code is 8 to 13 letters and/or numbers? It's in the first paragraph!

Ooops...my bad! Previous post deleted.

Merek · Oct 20, 2023

Mine shows 5013, 50th week in 2013 which would be around mid Dec. for that year, my other civic varied a bit for the week but were 09.