Top 10 Best Tires for Honda Accord: 2024 Tire Test

Lauded since 1976, the Honda Accord has been considered the epitome of reliable and practical performance. These flagship models keep evolving through fuel-efficient and back-to-back redesigns to catch up with varied customer preferences and ever-changing automobile trends.

While its efficiency tends to receive ten-fold boosts with premium and appropriate tire models, beginners struggle to settle on the right one among hundreds of options. These guidelines will lend a general guide for the 10 best tires you can use on your Honda Accord tailored for each driving purpose.

A. How to Choose The Best Tires For Honda Accord

Our Honda Accord aims to assist year-round traction and confidence in city roads and highways, with slight fluctuations thrown in between for drivers with more niched preferences. Each driver has different demands and expectations, so considering all critical questions regarding your driving habits and terrains is necessary. 

1. Understanding Your Honda Accord

Honda Accord falls into the mid-size sedan group, so our tires should be tailored for comfortable and practical daily commuting, family transportation, and non-challenging rides. The best tire for your Accord must also perform excellently on highways, regular city streets, and well-paved surfaces with stable and very predictable road grip. In some cases, it needs to handle even light gravel/dirt roads without much trouble. 

Honda Accord is equipped with an FWD (front-wheel drive system), so an aggressive tire won’t match well with your sedan since the car lacks power to push the tire through off-road terrains. Instead, you should choose those efficient enough to handle on city streets and highways. 

Heavy ice and snow conditions also pose numerous risks due to FWD’s signature lack of wintertime traction maintenance; it would be better if you armed the car with an all-season tire set capable of handling light, occasional snow while also reliable when summer comes. But if you live in a region with a harsh winter, we will introduce some snow tires that don’t shed much of their efficiency on dry or wet surfaces in the following section.

On another note, the Honda Accord apparently can only tow below 1000 lbs within long intervals and is by no means reserved for hauling tasks, so your tires don’t have to feature a high load rating, preferably 75-90.

2. Choose A Tire Type That Suits Your Driving Demands

Now that you have gained a better insight into the Honda Accord’s capabilities, it’s easy to see that all-terrain or other specialty tires are not compatible with your car. We understand that some of you usually commute on city roads and highways or take long rides, while others mostly traverse in cold weather of dirt, bumpy paths. So, we have tested and prepared 3 different tire types to tailor to your specific needs. Assess your own driving requirements to settle on one of the three tire types as follows: 

Touring All-Season Tires

All-season tires are among the most popular choices among Honda Accord drivers due to the striking performance balance for different weather conditions/road types. If your answer one or more of these questions is yes, go for AS tires:

• Do you travel mostly on dry surfaces? With moderate siping and small grooves, AS tires remain pliable for highway driving and everyday commuting.
• Do you have to encounter flooded roads at some times in the year? All-season tires’ wet traction is generally good, with hydroplaning risks under control.
• Does your region have a mild winter? While all-season tires for the Honda Accord do not include specialized rubber and deep tread (often seen in dedicated winter tires), they are a good compromise for regions with moderate/occasional winter conditions.
• Do you usually take long drives? Save for extreme terrains, all-season tires handle road bumps well, with acceptable to very low noise levels at regular driving rates.
• Do you prioritize tread life? As these tires are meant for year-round usage, their tread depth and wear rates are the most stable out of all available tire tires for Honda Accord models. 
• Are you on a tight budget? Standard touring all-season tires are generally very affordable, even for tight-budget drivers. For those with more to spend and higher performance demands, though, you can opt for grand touring all-season models for better, more optimized road handlings.

Remember that these tire models are not really tailored for deep snow conditions and rough/unpaved roads.

Summer/Performance Tires

Summer/performance tires provide exceptional handling and grip in dry, warm weather conditions, with extra innovative upgrades to better suit sportier driving. Ask yourself these questions:

• Do you frequent dry, hot roads and want a crisper steering response? You can expect precise, responsive steering, exceptional handling characteristics, superior grip, and impressive road contact due to reduced tread pattern complexities.
• Does your local area only witness summer and rainy seasons? While summer tires primarily focus on dry performance, you may still use them for shallow puddles and moderately slippery surfaces. 

Winter/Snow Tires

Do you have to go through light snow during winter? Winter/snow tires aim to offer superior handling and traction in cold conditions (snow and ice roads in particular). They introduce deep, pronounced grooves and specialized compounds for better flexibility; some granted the 3PMSF (3-peak mountain snowflake) label on their sidewalls. 

But remember that our Honda Accord is not meant for severe winter, so we will represent a snow tire that suffices in both mild winter and summer below.

3. Confirm The Tire Size Is Fitting

Dynamic features aside, fitting tire sizes are also critical. 225/50R17 and 235/40R19 are the two most common tire sizes for Honda Accord, depending on the trim level.

If you are currently using the latest model (2022), the following series should go with 225/50R17 tire size versions: 

• Honda Accord 2022 EX-L
• Honda Accord 2022 Hybrid
• Honda Accord 2022 LX

For the 235/40R19 version:

• Honda Accord 2022 EX-L
• Honda Accord 2022 Hybrid
• Honda Accord 2022 Hybrid Sport
• Honda Accord 2022 LX
• Honda Accord 2022 Sport
• Honda Accord 2022 Touring

B. How Did We Test and Pick The Best Tires for The Honda Accord

During the 2023 COR Wheels Tire Test, our team tested 196+ best-selling tires on the market to single out the ten best performers, whose scores are further negotiated based on gathered customer feedback from another survey. 

The 225/50R17 tire size was specifically tested on our latest Honda Accord Hybrid during summer (June-July) and winter (January) for the most accurate results.

C. Best All-Season Tires for Honda Accord

1. Michelin CrossClimate2

Best uses: year-round commuting, long trips, dry/wet roads, long tread life

Michelin CrossClimate 2 is one of the most reliable all-season tires for Honda Accord cars, with excellent and very confident on-road traction due to the stable center tread portion and laterally aligned shoulder blocks. Our Honda choked up well with regular driving rates and did not stutter much through fast-paced accelerations, delivering natural, well-bonding cuts that helped our veering attempts around roadblocks carry out very smoothly.

At regular driving rates below 55 MPH, you will hardly spot any significant difference between the tire’s behaviors on dry and wet roads, even maintaining impressive momentum around tight corners and esses. Better yet, the tire managed on the test track without sacrificing riding quality, evident in the smooth, bumpless strikes through less paved roads and occasional wide-spaced highway curves. As such, long rides are just a piece of cake with CrossClimate 2.

Under the vigor of our 10 test days, the tire remained almost intact with very faint signs of overheating if we drove more than 3 hours at 75 MPH. According to COR Wheels’ survey, many drivers reported that they still had more than 6/32” of tread left after 40k miles driving in summer and rainy seasons.

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2. Bridgestone WeatherPeak

Best uses: highway driving (wet and dry), light snow traveling 

Few Bridgestone tires could strike as much dry-road confidence as Bridgestone WeatherPeak, which remained unfazed at any of our abrupt steering inputs while adapting excellently to speed revs towards 85 MPH. The tire even reached higher peaks on smooth highways, behaving so predictably through curves and tight entries that even beginners should feel encouraged to attempt spirited leans or slightly slackening veering before lane merges.

Wet traction was just as delightful, though it was the tire’s behaviors during wintertime that impressed us most. Despite being a non-winter tire, WeatherPeak struck very stably – if not even slightly better than wet on-road terrains on light snow – while trampling jostles and stutters with ease thanks to the powerful snow vices. Even on thick ice buildups, you should find it a breeze to maintain consistent driving rates while carrying 800 to 900 lbs through long traveling distances.

Road noise control still has room for improvement around corners but generally played in our favor. And judging by the tire’s notable composure against temperature extremes during our test, you can expect at least five years of mindless usage after purchase. 

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3. General AltiMAX RT45

Best uses: Dry roads, twisties, congested city streets, budget choice

If you mostly engage in casual dry-road daily driving, a quality budget tire like General AltiMAX RT45 should suffice. With this price range, its dry traction is formidable; you can start at 45 MPH with merely any drag or jostles, and if you keep the pace at 70 MPH for an extended time, you can sense the on-center feel and contact patch clearly.

While the tire still needed a bit more refinement over spirited leans, we found it to handle abrupt steering and correction skids on paved roads with impressive aggression thanks to the robust interlocking blocks and intertwined lateral voids. As such, you can traverse twisties, continuous corners, change lanes, and overtake vehicles in jammed-packed traffic with crisp steering feedback.

The tire also worked quite well for shallow, moderate water depth (below 5 inches) or low-speed rates below 40 MPH on puddles; if you travel in deeper water than 5 inches, remember to avoid twisty corners and zigzag switchbacks.

On another note, you might have to brace yourself for slightly louder noises on highway curves. Treadwear is generally decent but still a bit underwhelming for an all-season tire.

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4. Michelin Defender2

Best uses: Long rides, long tread life, dry roads.

Michelin Defender2 and dry roads are clearly meant to be; the interconnected tread elements grip so well onto the road pavements that you could hardly spot any noticeable drifting despite very fluctuating steering inputs. The tire likely breeze through road cracks with an excellent cushioned feel, choked up panic reactions well during speed changes, and retained sharp, punctual edges when you move to highways. Despite our combined weight, our five-member team weaved easily through toll blanked and toll plaza curves in little to no drama while still having enough margin to fall back on after urgent hard brakings.

While its wet performance lost some dry-edge confidence, Michelin Defender2 still composed itself well in water of 5 to 9 inches and kept hydroplaning issues low-key through well-distributed pass-through circumferential grooves. It was also quite capable of withstanding cold winter temperatures (though there was a significant decrease in ice compared to snow) and handled road impacts in impressive subtlety. 

You will also likely have very few complaints regarding the tire’s noise control and treadwear rates. Indeed, minus minor grooves caving around thick, icy corners, Michelin Defender2 was rarely thrown aback by any gravel, debris, or even occasional small nails.

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5. Continental TrueContact Tour

Best uses: Long rides, commuting on straight dry roads (or less cornering)

One of the most recognized tire models from Continental, TrueContact Tour was indeed a star on dry roads. The inclusion of Comfort Ride Tech and +Silane additives blended into the compound kept extreme vibrations away from our cabin, paving the way for punctual and clear tire-road connections that prevailed despite speed rates and steering inputs. These sturdy sidewalls and grooves also reacted surprisingly to less-paved roads (e.g., mountain passes), to the point that you will easily manage one-palm steering around corners even at beginner levels.

However, high-speed maneuvers from 75 MPH might strip the tire off some stability, especially during cornerings, so you can confidently use the tire for daily and preferably leisure commuting rather than spirited driving, hairpins, or switchbacks.

Wet performances might not be TrueContact’s best highlights (compared to some other touring tires), but the tire still knew its limits in light rain and tamed slippery roads with the help of wide circumferential grooves. Hydroplaning only occurred when we slackened the steering wheel more than necessary and remained a non-issue at most other driving attempts. 

If there is any drawback you should look out for, it is the tire’s ice traction. A significant decrease from the somewhat tolerable snow performance, TrueContact kept sliding over thin air and struggled to maintain momentum even during straight-line endeavors. 

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D. Best Performance Tires for Honda Accord

6. Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4

Best uses: High-speed driving on dry/wet roads and light snow

Another representative model from Michelin, Pilot Sport All Season 4 shined through the noise with very stable and grippy traction through dry roads (both paved and slightly less-paved ones) while showing no hesitation through speed changes. Even when we reached 85 MPH, the tire still adapted well to our steering input and only showed little drifting. The large outboard shoulders also adapted very well to tight cornering approaches with minimal inputs, resulting in instant, sharp oversteering recovery that would be very assuring for beginners.

Pilot Sport All Season 4 also easily occupies the top ranks for its reliable wet traction; the interlocking sipes and 360-degree sipes did a spectacular job distributing water to gum the sidewalls further onto the road textures. You are unlikely to encounter any slippage worse than occasional brief falters; occupying your Honda Accord with 4 passengers will not throw the car off track or drag it down in deeper water depth, either.

On another note, the tire’s performance in winter was not exactly impressive. It performed decent clawing actions on light snow but got worse in deep snowy conditions, and was barely rideable moving to thick ice buildups.

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7. Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 Plus

Best uses: High-speed driving on dry/wet highways, long rides

With its powerful chamfered edges and macro-blocks, hardly any dry on-road surfaces could throw this Continental ExtremeContact off its aggressive confidence. Our starters at 40-MPH remained bumpless and breezy on regular roads, bonding even better with smooth highway asphalts, and maintaining excellent cornering confidence when navigating tight esses and chicanes on canyon roads. Revving to 80 MPH seems to shimmy DWS slightly off its sharp steering responses, but you should do fine thanks to its quick recovery. 

You will also be pleased with ExtremeContact’s planted footings on wet surfaces. While the tire tended to peak during summer in stagnant water below 9 inches, winter rains did not dampen its tire-road connections much as we expected, either. 

Indeed, the stable steel belts and SPORTPLUS+ technology wrapped the tire’s construction in very reliable blended coats, ensuring hydroplaning issues will not go out of line even during your spirited rides. On both dry and wet asphalt at high speeds, only some minor shaking will bother you along the way. The way it remained uneventful on sharp rocks and across graded ascents also impressed us, so you can trust this tire to be your ally during long journeys.

Nevertheless, ExtremeContact DWS 06 admittedly struggled a lot in winter, especially on ice; the tire will only maintain great momentum for you in light snow at moderate to low driving rates. 

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8. Michelin Pilot Sport 4S

Best uses: summer travel, dry/wet roads, high-speed driving, light dirt roads

This powerful tire model deserves all the positive feedback and critical acclaim. Its complex and innovative integration of silica-infused inboard shoulders, low-void rubber, and strong hybrid belt reinforcements manifested such a powerful, sturdy casing that stayed resilient across dry, wet roads in summer, and even occasional dirt roads. We could rev straight to 85 MPH (from our 40-MPH starter) in seconds without major chokes and attempted all low-radius leans and 180-degree skids in impressive confidence rarely seen in any other max-performance tires we tested.

Sure, such responsive contact points might lead to occasional over-reactions around tight approaches and when overtaking vehicles. But you can easily tackle them with punctual downshifts anyway; not to mention, even that slight drawback vanished instantly the moment we stepped onto highways and mountain roads. You can feel the strong sidewalls settle nicely within the asphalts and thick gravel dirt, punching through the slight rib wavers immediately before the drifting had the chance to deepen. Needless to say, they will offer you perfect opportunities to engage in all sorts of spirited riding dynamics.

Of course, this tire was not without flaws: treadwear was good but still had to sacrifice a lot of internal composure for better performance consistency. Any usage abuse in cold winter weather is also out of the question.

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9. Hankook Ventus S1 EVO2

Best uses: dry summer roads, wide corners, light slippery puddles, moderate/high-speed maneuvers below 65 MPH

You will be pleased with Hankooks’ surprising confidence despite the severe lack of innovative features (for an ultra-performance tire). Spirited drivings beyond 65 MPH admittedly fell a bit flat for us, but you could expect acceptable/decent road manners at any number below that. Braking distances are also hardly an issue, evident in the way our Honda Accord managed to pull nicely right before lane merge entries without panic reactions or extra steering force. Cornering attempts might not be as smooth, but totally doable from moderate/wide approach angles.

We admittedly have some complaints about the tire’s wet-road behaviors however, which only coped well with constant moisture at 30-35 MPH and suffered from quite frequent hydroplaning at any slightly deeper stagnant water depth. Our back-to-back jostles on rugged roads and significant groove caving are unlikely to translate to longer usage for your Accord, either, and winter snow performances are just downright horrendous.

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E. Best Winter Tire for  Honda Accord

10. Bridgestone Blizzak WS90

Best uses: All winter performances, casual on-road drivings, moderate rainfalls

Bridgestone Blizzak WS90 easily leads its competitors in terms of snow and ice traction. The interlocking sipes gripped and clawed through snowy roads (especially soft, powdery packs) with so much confidence that it would have positively settled with the Honda Accord’s FWD system even if you are a beginner. On-center ribs remain very stable and confident through corners and extended highway curves, to the point that extra snow chains on all four would hardly make a significant difference.

Deep snow and ice performances, while lacking certain edges on steep ascents, are just as competitive with little to no panics over accelerations. Better yet, for a non-winter tire, Bridgestone Blizzak struck us as very sure-footed and aggressive on dry roads, easily rideable at regular driving rates while generating tolerable, low-key noises most of the time.

A bit more refinement would be great on rougher on-road surfaces like brick or cobblestone. But given that this is a winter tire at the end of the day, we believe you could easily let this drawback slide.

F. FAQs

What is the recommended air pressure for Honda Accord tires?

Most Honda-distributed sedans (not just the Accord series) require tires of at least 32 PSI.

How long can high-quality tires last on the Honda Accord?

Guaranteed good quality and matching size, a premium tire should be able to last Honda Accord for about 50,000 to 70,000 miles at a time. Of course, the exact number also depends on driving terrain conditions, your driving habits, etc.

Do all Honda Accord gens share the same tire sizes?

Obviously no. For instance, 2015 Honda Accord tire sizes are 215/55R17, 235/45R18, 225/50R17, and 205/65R16, which are totally different from its 2022 upgrades (225/50R17 and 235/40R19). You need to search the manuals or go to the brand’s official sources to determine which size your current car model should use. 

Conclusion

All in all, the best tires for Honda Accord are up to your driving needs and habits. Aside from critical factors like terrains, performance demands, and speed preferences, do not forget to scan through detailed reviews of each tire (included in our ranking chart and individual reports after the 2023 COR Wheels Tire Test) for the best insights.