2003 Oldsmobile Silhouette Owner's Manual - Page 371

Buying New Tires To find out what kind and size of tires you need, look at the Certificationflire label. The tires installed on your vehicle when it was new had a Tire Petformance Criteria Specification (TPC Spec) number on each tire's sidewall. When you get new tires, get ones with thatsame TPC Spec number. That way 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, the TPC number will be followed by an "MS" (for mud and snow). If you ever replace your tires with those not having a TPC Spec number, make sure they are the same size, load range, speed rating and construction type (bias, bias-belted or radial) as your original tires. Mixing tires coul-. Lause you to lose control while driving. If you mix tires of different sizes tires), the or types (radial and bias-belted vehicle may not handle properly, and you of could have a crash. Using tires different sizes may alsocause damage to your vehicle. Be sure to use the same size and type tires on all wheels. It's all right to drive with your compact spare temporarily, it was developed for use on your vehicle. See "Compact Spare Tire" in the index. If you use bias-ply 1 1 on your vehicle, the s wheel rim flanges could develop cracks after many miles of driving. A tire and/or wheel could fail suddenly, causing crash. Use only a radial-ply tires with the wheels on your vehicle. 5-64