C-24.2, r. 32 - Regulation respecting safety standards for road vehicles

Section 178 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

178. The following are major defects:

(1)  a tire that is so cut or worn that the cord shows or that has a bulge due to a fault in the carcass;

(2)  a tire that has a tread less than 0.8 mm in depth measured in a main groove or sculpture, but not at the level of the wear indicator;

(3)  a tire leaking air or that has foreign material deeply embedded in the tread or sidewall which could cause a puncture;

(4)  a tire that touches or that could touch a fixed part of the vehicle;

(5)  a part mounting the wheel to the axle that is missing, cracked, broken or insufficiently tight; and

(6)  a wheel that has a crack, break or elongated bolt hole.

O.C. 1483-98, s. 178.