HONDA 2001 Passport - Owner's Manual User Manual

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Wheel Replacement

Considerations

Damaged wheels must be

replaced. For example, replace

wheels if they are bent, cracked or

heavily rusted, or if wheel nuts

often become loose. Also replace

wheels that leak air (except some

aluminum wheels that can be

repaired). See your Honda dealer.

Do not use bent wheels that have

been straightened, and do not use

tubes in leaking wheels designed

for tubeless tires. Such wheels

may have structural damage and

could fail without warning.

Maximum loads, maximum

inflation pressures, wheel

identification codes, and wheel

sizes are stamped on each wheel.

Service-tested and approved

wheels are available from your

Honda dealer.

When obtaining wheels for any

reason from any other source, the

replacement wheels should be

equal in load capacity, inflation

pressure capacity, diameter, width,

offset and mounting configuration

to those originally installed on

your vehicle. A wheel of the

wrong size or type may adversely

affect load carrying capacity,

wheel and bearing life, brake

cooling, speedometer/odometer

calibration, stopping ability,

headlight aim, bumper height,

vehicle ground clearance, and tire

or tire chain clearance to the body

and chassis. Replacement with

used wheels is not advised: They

may have been subjected to harsh

treatment or very high mileage and

could fail without warning.

Installing wheels and/or tires that

have a higher load carrying limit

than those that originally came on

your vehicle does not increase the

GAWR or GVWR of the vehicle.

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