Operation and Maintenance

Tire Age

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BMW recommends replacing all tires, regardless of actual wear, at least every six years.

This also applies to the compact spare tire or standard spare tire.

The tire manufacturing date is shown on the marking:

DOT ... 1004 means that the tire was manufactured in the 10th week of 2004.

Test yourself

A quick BMW X3 quiz: every answer comes with an explanation and a link to the manual page.