The U.S. Department of Transportation requires that all tires sold in the United States Carry a code which shows, among other things, the company and the plant that made the tire.

The code would look like this:

DOT AC L9 ABC 036

The two sympbols ( either two letters or a letter and a number ) which follow " DOT " indicate the company and the plant where a tire was manufacuted. Following are the codes for the four Goodyear Tire Plants in the USA.

LOCAL	PLANT	CODES
Local 831	Danville, Virginia	JE, MC, or PT
Local 12	Gadsden, Alabama	JJ, MD or PU
Local 307	Topeka, Kansas	JN, MJ or PY
Local 878	Union City, Tennessee	JT, MK or TA

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