ok provided that the treads on my tires allow for it, can I do crossover tire rotations (putting drivers side on rear passenger's side and such) with these tpms sensors?

rotations are one thing we can all do , and should do, ourselves....not only we we get the best use from our tires but the lugs will not be overtightened for when we find ourselves on the side of the road....

 

Yeah, that's fine to do. IIRC, the car in theory has each sensor associated with a position, but can't verify those placements, that is, if the sensor that the computer thinks is on the right front is actually on the back left, nothing happens, other than if you ask the car which wheel is low (via the dealer only honda software).

 

Yep. Car doesn't really care.

By the way, rotate the tires at ~6,000 to 7000 miles. Waiting for the MM to tell you to do it has the front ones worn far too much. I tried waiting for the MM, but at 8,400 miles I had enough and rotated.

 

As you stated, tire rotation is something that anyone can do in their garage. I prefer to do a front to back rotation and not the "X" rotation that you mention. Front to back allows you to use two jacks on one side of the car to get the swap done very quickly. VW and some other auto makers suggest front-to-back tire rotation and not the "X" rotation scheme.

 

It could be that they were using directional tires.

 

I rotated my tires (front to back) last week at 6300 miles. Oil is still at 40%.

Clifton

 

congrats!

The point of doing the rotation at the oil change is just for efficiency, where the job is "labor" in the dictionary definition of the term. If you have the car up on a 4-point lift and power tools you get everything done in one shot, it is a LOT quicker then in a home garage with a floor jack and manual tools, and having to get the car in the air twice.

If you're a recreational mechanic, where wrench time is "entertainment" for you, and not "labor" then it doesn't matter.

 

My snows get rotated front/rear as they are directional. the All-seasons go X during rotations. My snows get rotated for the next winter season and my summers get rotated when installed for the spring, and once in the summer based upon previous mileage. With my new Job, looks like my rotations will happen only when the snows go on and off. I use a snow tire to do my X rotations... any old extra wheel that fits works great for rotations.... it's 5 tires put on the car instead of 4... so another 4 minutes of my time.

~SB

 

not true. some GMs' require TPMS reset after tire replacement and rotations.

 

How is that relevant to a question about a Honda Fit?

 

who said i was answering a question about a Honda Fit? where in the caption that i quoted say anything about a honda fit?

i was correcting the midleading statement that i quoted. how what it hard for you to understand that? how??!

 

Not sure if you know this, but you're posting on a Honda Fit forum, in a section specifically for the second generation of Honda Fit. GM has no connection with Honda (except for Isuzu under GM ownership for 3 years starting in 1999) so its only logical that this thread (in a specific Honda Fit section in case you forgot) would be about Honda Fits.

 

question was answered, move along now, or PM each other if you want to fight over esoteric semantics

 

Shut up, Meg.

 

Couldn't resist hopping in on this one from a conversational point of view... The above statement sets the tone. Use of the "singular" car implies the vehicle in the discussion is the FIT (since that was the original topic). If the plural had been used "Cars", the statement would have been a generalization.

The above question to reference of the GM statement is valid as the discussion did not divert from the fit as the generalization was never made.

Reference the lack of a generalization above. The statement wasn't misleading.

~SB

 

Thank you! Glad someone else is intelligent around here.