Hey all.

I picked this up off my mother as a second car for various things like who knows what.

The car is horrible at handling on the freeway. Speeds 70-80, it feels like it’s so bad and it feels like the car rolls and grabs every which way. Anything on this?

I just got a clean bill of health from a reputable shop including alignment. The car has 1 “minor” cupped tire.

 

I have the same 2017 Fit LX CVT. I can take my hands off the wheel and the car tracks straight. I believe it is your tires. Some think my first set replacement Sentry tires at 44,336 miles are cheap and worthless, but I know otherwise. They are great tires. I have 63K miles on the ODO now.

 

Sounds good. Maybe the car’s traction just gets wonky with these slightly uneven tires.
They were all mismatching when my mother had it. 2 Delinte in the back 1 Continental and 1 Bridgestone in the front
I put on a used full set of tires with as even tread as I could see

car does track straight up to like 50mph

 

my '19 tracks fine , front end and steering very tight , very stable . cupped tire ? , get new tires or at least swap a good one from the rear to see if what your feeling on the road changes , oh
and mismatched tires will never work right . that reputable shop said nothing about the mismatch ?

 

Mine also tracks fine. High wind, on the other hand...the again, I guess driving in tropical storms might cause wonkiness;-)

 

Mismatched tires are not a good thing especially one that's cupped. Replace all tires, re-check alignment, and install a Progressive sway bar (works wonders). I have the same year and model. No issues whatsoever. After I installed the Progressive sway bar - wow! noticeable difference in handling. Not race car handling, but a much more manageable handling vehicle around corners and curvy roads.

 

Definitely sounds like it's tire related. Even with the stock Firestone the car felt ok at high speed. After the progress rear sway bar and better tires it feels more planted. I typically don't cheap out on tires or brakes.

 

Could just be the road surface....my '15 LX tracks straight on many roads, but there are some that it feels like it wants to "ping-pong" back and forth...am thinking heavy truck traffic slightly compresses the road surface - most roads in our city are the black tar crap surface - and those lil valleys created by traffic are spaced further apart than the Fit's tires, causing tramlining. I could be full of crap, but tires are at about half-life, and alignment is right. I'll blame it on that, in my case. Mine's fine on the highway at any speed, if the surface is concrete and not the tar crap