Honda 42751-KEN-004 Tire (T135/80D15)

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Check tire pressure monthly or before long trips, and replace wheels if they're damaged, leak air, or have loose lug nuts. Tire and wheel balance, crucial for vehicle handling and performance, should be maintained by a professional shop. Vehicles are fitted with metric-sized radial tires, and it's advised to replace tires in pairs on the same axle. If replacing one tire, ensure it matches the other in size, structure, and tread.

All vehicles described come with metric-sized steel-belted radial tires. Using other sizes or types might alter the vehicle's ride and handling. It's crucial not to mix tire types, like radials with bias-belted, since this can greatly impair handling. Ideally, replace tires in axle pairs. If only changing one tire, ensure it matches the size, structure, and tread of the other. Tire pressure significantly influences handling and wear, so check pressures monthly or before lengthy trips. Wheels that are bent, dented, leaky, have deformed bolt holes, excessive rust, lack vertical symmetry, or can't maintain tight lug nuts must be replaced. Welding or peening methods are not advised for wheel repairs. Balancing tires and wheels is vital for optimal handling, braking, and vehicle performance. Imbalanced wheels can negatively impact handling, ride experience, and tire longevity. Always balance a tire and wheel post-installation, ensuring it's done by a well-equipped shop.

If the tires are regularly inspected, then flat tires can be avoided and problems with steering and suspension can be detected. In case of wearing out, the bands on the tires become visible while tread wear could be observed using a cheap tool that checks tread depth. Alignment or balancing issues may be indicated by unusual wear patterns. There may also be cuts, punctures, or foreign objects embedded in them; which can be verified by applying soapy water. Also, check for any fluid leaking from brakes on the inside of each tire. To make tires last longer, enhance mileage and improve ride quality, make sure they have correct pressure which you can verify with a gauge when cold; and ensure that your spare is properly inflated too.

The tires should be rotated at the specified intervals and whenever uneven wear is noticed. Since the vehicle will be raised and the tires removed anyway, check the brakes at this time. Tires must be rotated in a specific pattern. For the proper procedures to follow when jacking the vehicle and changing a tire, if the brakes are to be checked, do not apply the parking brake as stated. Make sure the tires are blocked to prevent the vehicle from rolling. Preferably, the entire vehicle should be raised at the same time. This can be done on a hoist or by jacking up each corner and then lowering the vehicle onto jackstands placed under the frame rails. Always use four jackstands and make sure the vehicle is firmly supported. After rotation, check and adjust the tire pressures as necessary and tighten the wheel lug nuts. Reset the Maintenance Minder.

Periodic inspection of the tires may spare you from the inconvenience of being stranded with a flat tire and can also provide you with vital information regarding possible problems in the steering and suspension systems before major damage occurs.

Directional tires have arrows on the sidewall that indicate the direction they must turn.