# Tire on 2000 honda accord se

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-on-2000-honda-accord-se/30236>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [May 9, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-on-2000-honda-accord-se/30236 "2009-05-09T14:37:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![codfish02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/87869e/32.png) [@codfish02](https://community.cartalk.com/u/codfish02)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-on-2000-honda-accord-se/30236/1 "2009-05-09T14:37:42Z")

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My son used the car and he is in college about 250 miles from home. Initially, the tires are Yokohama 195/65/r15 91H.  
  
  
  
 Then, he got a flat tire and he went to local shop and they replaced it with Good Year 195/65/r15 89S. He has been driving it for about 6-10k miles. (Thus, rear wheels have one Good year and one Yokohama)  
  
  
  
 Today, the old Yokohama’s tread is thinning thus I want to change it to Goodyear. I went to Sam’s, they won’t install it for me because the “book or chart” said that it should be 89H due to liability issue.  
  
  
  
 Are they correct? I checked. H and S are speed factor. Max speed for S is 112 miles per hour and H is 130 miles per hour. Since we are not driving that fast, we should be OK with 89 S. Am I correct? or, I am missing something?  
  
  
  
 Thanks much.

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-on-2000-honda-accord-se/30236/2 "2009-05-09T14:47:24Z")

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You’re going to find many shops will not put a tire on a vehicle with a lower speed rating than the vehicle came with. It’s a liability issue. Well, actually a tort reform issue…we need tort reform to stop rediculous lawsuits. A crash, a good lawyer, a discovery that a tire with a lower speed rating was used, an arguement that it affects handling, and suddenly you have a $10M lawsuit going.

Try a Goodyear store. Or perhaps a few.