Product Warranty
SAFETY WARNINGS
Property damage, serious personal injury or death may result
if any of the following safety precautions/recommendations are
not followed:
Driving on any underinated tire is dangerous and may
result in sudden tire destruction caused by excessive heat
buildup. For replacement tires, your tire retailer should
provide you with the proper ination pressure. Otherwise,
follow the air pressure recommendation found within your
vehicle’s owner’s manual or tire placard in your vehicle.
If your replacement tire size is different from the original
equipment tire size, ask your tire retailer for a revised air
pressure recommendation guide in order to adequately
support your vehicle’s gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR).
In case of an improperly repaired tire, it may be unreliable
or cause further damage to the tire. A thorough inspection
and repair of your tire should be made in accordance with
Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA) procedures and be
serviced by a qualied tire service professional.
• Check the cold ination pressure in all of your tires, including
the spare tire, at least once every week and always prior to
long distance trips. Failure to maintain the proper air ination
pressure may result in improper vehicle handling, and may
cause rapid and irregular tire wear, reduction in tire durability,
loss of vehicle control, or sudden tire failure that may lead to
property damage, serious personal injury or death.
• Use an accurate tire gauge to check tire air pressures. Always
maintain the proper recommended air ination pressure in all
tires. If there is an indication that one of your tires has lost four
or more pounds of air pressure, immediately look for signs of
penetration through the tire, valve leaks or wheel damage that
may account for the air loss. You should also have your tires
inspected by a tire retailer immediately.
• Air pressure should be checked when tires are cold (before
they have been driven), ideally in the early morning.
Driving, regardless of distance, causes tires to heat up and
simultaneously increases air pressure.
• Never exceed the maximum ination pressure for the tire.
• Never bleed air from hot tires as this may result in
under-ination.
• If for any reason a tire is repaired, retreaded, damaged,
abused or otherwise altered from its original manufactured
condition, the tire’s designated speed rating is void and
should be treated as a non-speed
rated tire.
Inspect your tires daily. If you notice any damage to your
tires or wheels, replace them with a spare and immediately
visit any tire retailer for advice. Driving over potholes,
curbs, wood debris, metal, etc., can damage a tire and
should be safely avoided. Contact with such hazards
requires an immediate and thorough tire inspection by
your tire retailer.
• Always examine your tires for penetrations, bulges, cracks,
cuts and abnormal wear — particularly at the tire edges —
which may be caused, for example, by vehicle misalignment
or tire underination. Failure to properly control a vehicle
when one or more tires are underinated may result in an
accident. Use of a damaged tire may result in rapid air loss,
including sudden tire failure.
• An explosion of the tire/rim assembly may occur due to improper
mounting. Only specially trained persons should mount tires.
Failure to store tires in accordance with the following
recommendations may result in damage to your tires,
reduction in tire durability, or sudden tire failure:
• Tires should always be stored in a cool, dry, clean, indoor
environment. Tires contain waxes and emollients to protect
their outer surfaces from ozone and weather cracking. As
the tire rolls and exes, the waxes and emollients continually
migrate to the tire’s surface, replenishing this protection
throughout the normal and proper use of the tire. However,
when tires sit outdoors and are unused for an extended
period of time, the tire surface becomes dry, the tire may be
susceptible to ozone and weather cracking, and the casing
becomes susceptible to at spotting.
• Surfaces on which tires are stored must be free from
grease, gasoline and other substances that could deteriorate the
rubber.
• You should have a qualied technician check all tires
when the Kumho Tire USA, Inc. warranty policy period
has lapsed, even if damage is not obvious.
Do not overload your tires. Driving on any overloaded
tire is extremely dangerous and may result in an accident
causing property damage, serious personal injury or death.
• The maximum load rating marked on the sidewall of any tire
is based on the maximum speed of operation. Tires that are
loaded beyond their maximum allowable loads for a particular
application will generate increased and excessive heat that
may cause sudden tire failure leading to property damage,
serious personal injury or death.
©2013 Kumho Tire USA, Inc.
All specications shown in this catalog cancel, supersede and
replace those shown on prior-dated catalogs and are subject
to change without notice. Weights shown in this catalog are
approximate and subject to change. Actual weights will be
used at the time of shipment.
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REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT WARRANTY POLICIES