I would like some advice about my spare wheel, the tyre has a date marking of 41 10, but the wheel has never been used and still has the coloured lines around the tread circumference, is it still safe to use as a spare or should I replace the tyre with a cheap new one.

Thanks

Geoff

Personally i would keep it and use as a spare / emergency tyre & limit my max speed to 50 mph even if there is no warning sticker.

That is based on it being stored in the dark with no weight on the tyre and no extremes of temperatures if in a spare tyre well of a car in the UK.

Seconded.

44 minutes ago, pippin said:

I would like some advice about my spare wheel, the tyre has a date marking of 41 10, but the wheel has never been used and still has the coloured lines around the tread circumference, is it still safe to use as a spare or should I replace the tyre with a cheap new one.

Thanks

Geoff

 

It's safe, that's a shelf life date for wholesalers/distributors, it will fail an MOT if it's actually perishing.

Worth remembering that Spare wheels / tyres are not checked at UK MOT's.

As others have posted but just to be safe please check the condition of the tyre yourself if there is no cracking lines around the outside of the tyre and no cracking in the deepest part of the tread indeed it's fine to use, also check the condition of the valve body for cracking