New Fit LX. Nail in outside tread, and can't be fixed. No problem, buy a new one right? WRONG!!! The tire is not available. Park the car till one gets shipped. What in the hell is Honda doing delivering cars when no tires are available? Called Honda corporate...they said: "well, wait" Last Honda I will buy, with service like that or an attitude like that. Geez!!

 

Someone else had to get a tire replaced. Not sure why That is disappointing. Seems like the dealer should take one off another car to get you back in business. Of course I wouldn't expect MY dealer to do that but a good one should.

 

They used to be good. Try and find a good one now. BUT...What an attitude for Honda to take ("Well, wait")

 

I had to replace one of the Bridgestone tires on my EX-L. I believe EX and up have the same tires. They had 1 available at the dealer near me for too much money so I went to Discount Tire and they had to order one, had it the next day.

 

I thought it was you that posted Amy but wasn't sure. What happened to your tire?

 

Are the new fits running these new exclusive tires?

 

Well, it had 2 big gashes in the tread area so was not covered under the tire's warranty. From what Discount Tire told me Bridgestone is not the best to work with in trying to get a new tire in terms of warranty. I guess I hit something although I never heard or saw anything. Just didn't feel good to pay for a new tire on a car that was turning 2 weeks old that day

For anyone wondering the Bridgestone tire on the EX and up (I believe) costed around $145 including tax and installation in CO at Discount Tire.

I actually paid $110 since they sold me a cheaper tire and then figured out it wasn't the right size and I had to come back the next day for the tire they ordered

 

Nail on outside of tread. Not a defective tire, but when Honda says "wait" on a new car, sort of P***** me off

 

Apparently the LX's are Firestone FR740. They wanted me to take a different type, and mix treads. But I won't do that on a 2 week old car

 

you can try giving these guys a call and see if you can order one from them as it seems they have them in stock

TIRE (185/60R15) (84T)(FR740) (ALL-SEASON) (FIRESTONE). WHEEL DISC (KA) for 2015 Honda Fit (42751-FIR-013)

 

Wow, it would be pretty tough for me to buy a replacement Firestone tire. Honda must be getting a heck of a deal to put them on their cars.

Might be better to replace all four with good tires and Craigslist the three take-offs. Save you grief down the road.

 

That's what I would do - or at least change a pair and put the new/better tires up front.

Honda has some pretty horrible choices for OEM rubber in general, so the sooner one can be rid of them is usually better.

 

Interesting! I thought they were 185/60-15 Ecopias. Specifically --> Stock tire-- > TIRE (P185/60R15) (84T) (BS) (ECOPIA EP422 GRAND TOUR A/S) per Bernardiparts.com. Now I need to look up the weight for those tires. Hope they are heavy as hell so I have something to look forward too.

I'm seeing some Firestone FR10's for $72.00 at Tirerack. At 18lbs a piece, they are pigs too. *YES*

 

After a Firestone dealer did a lot of searching, he found that one of the tires, out the door, would be $170. Ouch! That is more than the tires on my Camaro!

 

Firestone FR740

Honda is putting on high performance all season tires on an LX instead of a tire with low rolling resistance?

This is ....odd.

Now I see at Bernardi HondaParts that Honda is using both Firestone FR740 and the Bridgestone Ecopias. The part number for the Ecopia is 42751-BRI-115.

 

glad you found them OP! but, seeing as i seem to be on the global ignore list i doubt he will see this

 

Tirerack lists the OEM tire as being the EL470, not the FR470. The EL470 is readily available, they have it for $125.

Still stupid expensive. If I get a flat I'm replacing everything with something like a Kumho for $385 for all 4.

 

The ones on the car are FR740. My error on a typo

 

What is the preferred tire of fit freak.net?

How do the brands stack up? Which are to be avoided and which are recommended?

 

I can't stomach $500 for a full set, either. What is your past experience with Kumho tires, if you've ever had a set?

My 2011 Hyundai Sonata came with a set, and I wasn't thrilled at how short the life was on them even having rotated them every single time I had the car in for service (7500 mile intervals). I never figured out whether it was due to something stupid with my driving practices with that set, or just a dud set, or that these were a short-life high performance part, or what. I didn't think to make note of the specific part number. I also don't really like drawing conclusions from a sample size of one so I'm inclined to get more data before deciding that Kumho tires generally don't last very long.

I do like the performance of shorter lived tires but because I also don't like replacing tires every 40,000 miles (and they were absolutely worn by that time) I tend toward something that's rated more like 60,000 miles if possible, or 50,000 at worst.