Just put OEM 17" rims and tires on my previously 16" equiped 06 Sonata. My door tag only gives PSI for 16". Can someone please tell me what the 17" door tag pressure reads?

225/50/17

Thanks in advance for your reply..

Sheri

 

Page 8-3 of your owners manual: 30-psi

 

Thanks but its on the sidewall 35...hmm

 

The pressure on the sidewall is not what the tire pressure is supposed to be. Read the owners manual.

Read and learn:
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Tire Safety, Brochure (DOT HS 809 361 October 2001)
Tire Tech Information - Sidewall Markings

 

You read my post wrong. The max. pressure on the tire sidewall reads 50psi. There is 35psi in the tires now and the sidewall is just about on the ground, a hard corner and it's toast. I don't see how anyone is running 30psi and not encountering problems, or maybe there are. Under running the max pressure by 20psi (especially on a lo-pro) is a new one one me. Speaking from experience of building engines on garage floors with hand tools.

Again thanks for the info., we won't be following it though.

 

What is on the tire is not the correct pressure. What Hyundai recommends in the manual is correct.

30 PSI is the correct amount for the 17" tires on the Sonata. Thousands of Sonata have been driving for hundreds of thousands of miles with no problem.


Interesting. If you are such a great mechanic, why did you ask us for the correct tire pressures and why does it list "Cosmetologist" in your profile for occupation?

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Originally Posted by Myferrari

Again thanks for the info., we won't be following it though.

That is very foolish. Trust me, Hyundai knows more about it than you do.