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What Does a Red or Yellow Dot on Your Tires Mean? | It's to help service technicians properly install and balance the tire. Red - flattest/lowest point on the tire. Yellow - lightest part of the tire (web.archive.org)

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[–] Tedrow -3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Pretty sure it indicates tire repairs/plugs. You can only have so many before it's a safety issue.

Edit: I had to go look this up and I was severely misinformed it seems. The yellow dot indicates the heaviest point of the tire, which lines up with the valve stem. The red dot is the lightest point of the tire. This is used for balancing.

Edit 2: Had to update again. I'm getting lots of conflicting information from different sources and now have no idea. Something with balancing tires though.

[–] Il_winters_lI 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

New tires come with the dots from the factory. The red dot needs to be lined up with the valve stem.

[–] Tedrow 1 points 11 months ago

Thanks, updated my response.

[–] BradleyUffner 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If so, it isn't universal. I just had a tire fixed with a plug and there were no colored dots.

[–] Tedrow 1 points 11 months ago

Thanks, updated my response.