Jeep Tires

Initial Review, 3,000 Miles on Tires
February 12, 2013

Nice looking tire. Very happy.

Initial Review, 10,000 Miles on Tires
April 22, 2013

I cannot say how much I love these tires off road !!!! If you're looking for an exceptional offload tire with good on road manners then look no further. I've tackled mud, rocks, and extremely deep snow (several feet deep) and these tires have pretty much reduced my winch usage to monthly checks and maintenance because I've yet to need to use it since getting these tires. I wheel mostly in the Black Hills of SD, that being said I cannot tell you how good they handle deep mud, however if they perform half as well in deep mud as they have in all of the other terrains then they will do great! These will be the only tires I put on my Jeep unless Goodrich develops a better set :)

Initial Review, 72,400 Miles on Tires
April 16, 2013

OEM tires on my 2008 Jeep Commander. Just replaced today (April 16, 2013) with another set of Forteras after I got 72,400 (yes, SEVENTY-TWO THOUSAND!) miles out of the OEM tires. The fronts STILL had 5-10k left on them. Never rotated them, either. Every tire should perform like the Fortera HL. Simply stellar.

Initial Review, 10,000 Miles on Tires
April 06, 2013

These are great winter tires. I have a jeep 4x4 and these out perform my wrangler with its all terrain tires in the snow any day. If you are looking for a set of snow tires these are the ones you want.

Initial Review, 43,000 Miles on Tires
March 26, 2013

Quiet, responsive. Not great in wet conditions, but 4WD solves that. Treadwear is a problem; four tires have worn prematurely (approx. 40,000 and they started to recommend replacement). Continuing to rotate on schedule, but anticipate replacement around 45,000. Overall, don't think I would get these again based on wear.

Initial Review, 2,000 Miles on Tires
March 30, 2013

A very quiet winter tire. In fact quieter than many all season tires I owned. Very good traction in wet snow. I drive around city busses stuck in it! I was very surprised at the braking action as well. Stops bette than my jeep with winters.

Initial Review, 58,910 Miles on Tires
March 29, 2013

I'm just about to purchase my 4th set of these tires for my Cherokee. Admittedly, I am not an off-roader and I don't ask much of my tires, other than to get me up and down the highway and the occasional trip to the mountains/snow. They definitely slip on wet asphalt and do require some 4wd help in the snow. Overall, this is a very consistent and reliable tire. It wears very well with scheduled rotations, it is fairly quiet, handles well, and maintains a good MPG. I drove Pirellis on a VW GTI in the past and was initially skeptical of putting them on a Jeep, but they have been great!

Initial Review, 35,021 Miles on Tires
March 21, 2013

These are my first winter tires....and I wore them throughout the whole year, from 2009-2013. I was initially impressed with the snow.

I DON'T KNOW WHY RALLY GUYS HAVEN'T PICKED THIS TIRE UP YET.

Great sand traction, I used them for all season. Treadware was OK, and I did have one small blowout due to a nail, but I guess, for the average treadlife, it was a good buy. In my subaru, with these tires just installed, the little car could STEAM right up hills in deep snow. I think it did better than my jeep in the snow. I rotated the snot out of them to get extra life, and found that this helped.

Road noise is OK. I'm guessing, for a winter tire, the road noise was outstanding. Towards the end, it was a little shaky and there was some traction flaking off. I live on mountain roads and zip through turns, and I felt very comfortable in these tires. Off road, and yes, I did take the beast far off road at least once a month, there were no complaints.


A great melding of tire and awd vehicle.


To sum up:
If you:
Go off road, rally, or are in lots of snow, often, get these.
Great tire to have all winter long if you rotate out.

On long trips, ride comfort is medium, noise level is there but quite bearable.

If you are looking for tread life, and don't have much snow, don't get these.

Ultimately the second time around I'm trying out Defenders as I found myself wanting comfort and tread life to be priority 1. I'll post more if I find drastic differences.

Initial Review, 1,000 Miles on Tires
March 17, 2013

Only had for around 1K miles but thought I would review anyway. Absolutely OUTSTANDING on snow and ice, I bought these to replace my Goodyear MTR's right before we got 12" of snow, there is no comparison. On packed, snowy roads, it feels SOLID.

As far as off-road tires go, these are definitely a winner. Not as good in mud as the Goodyear MTR's but still very good, and MUCH quieter as well. I don't even notice them on the highway, WAY quieter than the MTR's, but that may change once they have a few thousand miles on them (it usually does).

Outstanding wet traction as well. I haven't had these for long, but if you asked me now if I would buy them again, the answer would be YES.

Initial Review, 2,500 Miles on Tires
March 13, 2013

I feel like I am in a monster truck with these things on. Dry traction is great, wet traction is great... Snow? Like a hot knife thru butter... I feel confident with this tire. The noise? Loud and I love it. I can be heard a mile away. If you want quiet tires, these aren't for you.

Initial Review, 20,000 Miles on Tires
March 11, 2013

Worst tire I've ever had. They are very loud and ---- in Ice/snow. I've never been in a 4x4 and been scared to drive in the snow, there terrible. The noise associated with these tires is unbearable on long drives. Buy anything else besides Hankook. For me its back to Bridgestone or nothing.

Initial Review, 15,000 Miles on Tires
March 10, 2013

My favorite feature of this tire is that it last. I have put about 15,000 miles on mine and it hardly show which is especially good considering the full time 4x4 on my Jeep likes to chew up tires pretty quick. It also has great snow and ice traction that can almost match that of a dedicated snow and ice tire. In the winter I drive my Jeep on the lake to go ice fishing and the difference between these tires and my old tires on pure ice is like night and day. I will definitely be buying another set but not for a long time as this set has quit a few miles to go.

Initial Review, 11,000 Miles on Tires
March 06, 2013

bought these tires about 6 months ago i drive over an hour to work every day and i run over a mountain in the winter ive had no issues with traction in snow or ice (but not much gets traction on an icy mountain). off road the best tire ive ever had they pull through mud like its not even there rips right through everything. im in an offroad club and ive seen alot of different tires these are by far one of the best tires out there. wet rock and even snow covered rock they pull right up i would buy these over and over again i hav lost 2/32" in 11,000 miles but i rotate at every oil change

Initial Review, 1,000 Miles on Tires
March 10, 2013

Bought these a few weeks before the last snow storm. Before that the truck rode good on the highway and back roads which is my daily commute. Not too much noise. No problems on the rainy days. The big thing I was waiting for is how they would handle in snow with this truck. Some reported they are not good. The factory Conti's are horrible. I left my house with 8" on the ground. With a 30 mile trip to work on the highway and back roads, I couldn't be happier. I never engaged 4x4. Roads were snow and slush covered. Today I hooked up to one of my horse trailers that was snowbound. I had to back it up through two feet of snow about 60 feet down a small road to its parking spot. The tires had no problem getting traction or very little spin. I had these tires years ago on a CJ7 Jeep that a did a lot of four wheeling with. They were great then and I see they have not changed now.

Initial Review, 55,000 Miles on Tires
February 07, 2013

i bought these tires on friend,s advice
they have outstanding performance;unstoppable on deep snow,deep mud.very good on wet..

Initial Review, 2,000 Miles on Tires
February 06, 2013

These tires replaced Michelin LTX and are superior to Michelin on snow with or without 4 WD. The LE2 is superior to previous afire stone tires that were original equipment .

Initial Review, 23,000 Miles on Tires
February 26, 2013

WARNING: These tires came as original equipment on my 2011 Jeep Grang Cherokee with proper maintainance and tire pressure, I only got 23000 miles from these tires. Completely worn out. When i caontacted the dealer they said that this was uncommon and that on similar cars the tires wore out as soon as 12000 miles!

Initial Review, 3,000 Miles on Tires
February 27, 2013

Now, I said probably not but them mainly because I would get the mud terrain brethern bf goodrich mud terrain ko. I think that the tires are amazing. They have wonderful traction in every condition on the road, and I try to drive as "spirited" as possible, giving the road conditions. They do provide a heavy duty resistance, curb hopping,driving through pot holes and poorly paved roads. My tie rods gave out before these tires with no gashes. My jeep has an absurd amount of road noise, but they are not from my tires! I would put these on my truck, and my tahoe, but not for a vehicle that regularly plays in the mud. Mud just gets trapped in the treads and it is like wheeling with slicks. They are all terrains an not mud terrains. for every instance on adn off road with out mud these tires are superb!

Initial Review, 25,000 Miles on Tires
February 20, 2013

Thought these would be a good tire for the Jeep when looking at the tread. Wet traction was horrible. Winter traction non-existent. Jeep is a stock 3.8 liter Liberty. Would never buy these again. I replaced them before they were worn out due to safety concerns about my family driving the vehicle. Replaced them with Nokians. Far superior tires - especially in Wisconsin weather.