Wheels and Tires: Description and Operation
DESCRIPTIONThere are two matching ways about the wheel & tire and front suspension on this vehicle. It follows,
^ Standard equipment with 2.0L/2.7L engines:
Normal (Soft) suspension and 16"wheel & tire
^ Optional equipment with 2.0L/2.7L engines:
Sports (Hard) suspension and 17"wheel & tire
NOTE
^ The front suspension identification mark can be seen when the front wheel & tire is removed.
^ The following degeneration in vehicle performance may occur when installing the 17" tires to the 2.0L vehicle models equipped with the normal front suspension.
- The handling may be inferior to the vehicles with 17" tires. However installing 17" tires to the vehicles with hard suspensions does not affect the driving performance.
- The 17" tire is for summer season. Therefore, its performance in snow is inferior to the 16" tire for all seasons.
- The 17" tire is directional.
An unexpected noise and vibration may occur if tires are not installed correctly according to the rotational direction.
- The snow chain with the thickness lower than 1Omm is recommended to use on vehicles with 17" tires.