Honda Passport Tires

When it comes to SUVs and crossovers, the Honda Passport is one of the older names around, having debuted in 1993. For its third generation, all Passport models were equipped with a 280 horsepower V6 engine (rated at 20 mpg city/25 mpg highway) and the full Honda Sensing suite of driver assistance technology, along with other niceties like heated leather seats, power sunroof, dual-zone climate control, and premium audio. Over the years and generations, the Passport went from a boxy 90s holdover to a sleek and stylish midsize CUV that splits the difference between the Pilot and CR-V models in terms of size and performance (without the Pilot’s 3rd row seating). The Passport also has some commonalities with the Ridgeline pickup and is equipped with Honda’s advanced all-wheel-drive system that includes settings for Normal, Sand, Snow and Mud. The Passport is available with Sport, EX-L, Touring and Elite trim levels.

Here at SimpleTire, we’ve done a roundup of some of the best tires for your Honda Passport, including all-season, all-weather, and winter tire choices. Based on SimpleScore, here are the best Honda Passport tires on the market today:

1. Bridgestone Turanza EL400-02 - Best All-Season tire

We’re going to start off with the Bridgestone Turanza EL400-02, an all-season tire that’s designed for sporty sedans, minivans, and crossovers, and checks all the boxes for long wear, a quiet, forgiving ride, year-round traction, and precise handling. Bridgestone’s UNI-T (Ultimate Network of Intelligent Tire Technology) design package takes into account features like the Turanza EL400-02’s O-Bead, a rounder bead structure with fewer overlapping joints for improved ride and stability, and Long Link Carbon rubber compound for enhanced traction and long wear. That’s enough for a SimpleScore of 7.9 for longevity. On the outside, you’ll find a symmetric all-season tread pattern with deep circumferential grooves to resist hydroplaning, angled grooves and a network of sipes which merits a SimpleScore of 9.4 for traction. The Turanza EL400-02’s tread features, rubber compound and internal design all contribute to great cornering and steering response, for a SimpleScore of 9.6 for handling.

2. Pirelli Cinturato WeatherActive - Best All-Weather tire

The Pirelli Cinturato WeatherActive is an all-weather tire; if that’s an unfamiliar term for you, all-weather tires are a new-ish category that split the difference between all-season and winter tires. The biggest difference is that all-weather tires are designed with features that boost traction in winter weather without a compromise in the performance, ride quality, and low noise of an all-season or Grand Touring tire. When it comes to grip, the Cinturato WeatherActive has a superb SimpleScore of 9.8, thanks to its unique combination of zigzag central grooves, sweeping directional grooves, and dense sipes, all working as a system to deliver traction on wet or snowy roads. That’s also to earn it the Three Peak Mountain Snowflake certification for severe winter service. Thanks to a tread compound that’s designed not just for durability, but also to stay flexible for great traction at subfreezing temperatures, tread wear is also a strong point with this tire. Pirelli backs the Cinturato WeatherActive with a 60,000 mile warranty, which figures into SimpleTire’s SimpleScore of 9.2 for longevity for this tire. That’s especially remarkable when you remember that most dedicated winter tires don’t come with a treadwear mileage warranty at all.

3. Goodyear Winter Command - Best Winter tire

When it comes to winter tires, our call is for the Winter Command from Goodyear, a tire that chews through the snow, slush, and muck of winter driving – the kind of conditions when an all-season tire is likely to fall short of what you need and leave you high and not-so-dry. Goodyear incorporated a combination of 3D zigzag sipes and a directional tread pattern with sweeping lateral grooves and wide longitudinal grooves for the Winter Command’s tread design. If things get really nasty, the Winter Command is pre-drilled for easy installation of studs, in case you need to get through icy road conditions. Not surprisingly, this tire is certified with the Three Peak Mountain Snowflake rating for severe winter service. With all that taken into account, we give the Goodyear Winter Command an outstanding 9.9 SimpleScore for traction. Braking, cornering, and steering response are also superb thanks to a solid center rib and stiffer shoulder – we give this tire a 9.0 SimpleScore for handling. Wear properties are also excellent, for a SimpleScore of 9.5 for longevity. Just bear in mind that any winter tire uses a softer, stickier tread compound that will wear prematurely in warmer weather. Manufacturers advise against using any winter tire when temperatures are above 45 degrees F.

While these are the best Honda Passport tires on the market today, there are plenty of other tires to consider. Here are a few other tires that you might want to take a look at for your Passport:

4. Cooper Pro Control - Great All-Season tire

Next up we have the Cooper Pro Control, a tire that offers plenty of things to like. The ProControl is covered by a 70,000 mile warranty, thanks to a long-wearing tread formulation and an internal construction that consists of a polyester casing, steel belt package, and nylon cap ply with high turnup at the sidewall. That’s enough to warrant a SimpleScore of 9.8 for longevity. All-season grip is a strong point too, with an innovative sipe design that actually widens sipes as the tire wears down, and a combination of grooves and denser sipes toward the tire’s center that allows us to give the tire a SimpleScore of 8.5 for traction. That tread pattern and durable, stable internal construction also contributes to great steering response, cornering, and road manners, for a SimpleScore of 8.6 for handling.

5. Nexen N’Priz AH8 - Good All-Season tire

Now we come to the Nexen N’Priz AH8, a performance-oriented all-season tire that comes in at an affordable price point, making it a great pick for a Honda Passport. Nexen starts out with wear-resistant silica-enhanced rubber formulation and extra tread depth. That’s enough for Nexen to back this tire with a 70,000 mile warranty – and enough for us to give the N’Priz AH8 a SimpleScore of 9.6 for longevity. A SimpleScore of 8.4 for traction comes from That extra tread depth, along with an all-season tread design and dense network of sipes. We’re also fans of this tire’s handling, with stable internal construction, the stickier silica-rich rubber formulation, and a tread design that all add up to great cornering, braking, road manners, and steering response. For such immediate, precise handling, we noted a SimpleScore of 8.8.

Order Honda Passport Tires Online

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