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Tire size designation, load and speed rating – Dodge 2008 Sprinter User Manual

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Tires and wheels

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Tire size designation, load and speed
rating

1 Design standard
2 Tire width
3 Aspect ratio in %
4 Radial tire code
5 Rim diameter
6 Tire load rating
7 Tire speed rating

Tire sizes for Sprinter vehicles

Design standard

Depending on the design standards
used, the tire size molded into the side
wall may have no letter or a letter 1
preceding the tire width or the tire load
rating designation.

Letter “LT” preceding the size designa-
tion:
Light Truck tire based on U.S. design
standards.

Letter “C” preceding the tire load desig-
nation:
Commercial vehicle tire based on Euro-
pean design standards.

i

For illustrative purposes only. The ac-
tual data on tires is specific to each
vehicle and may vary from the data
shown in the above illustration.

Sprinter Vehicle type

2500

LT 245/75 R 16 120/116 N

3500

LT 215/85 R 16 115/112 N
LT 215/85 R 16 115/112 Q

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