Toyota Tires

Initial Review, 1,500 Miles on Tires
April 22, 2013

This tire was really the only Michelin option since the Weatherwise tire is no longer an option. Have observed a decrease of about 5 MPG. I asked the sales rep about other reports of decreased gas mileage and was convened it was a mistake...it was not. We have consistently gotten 28 MPG for the past 250000 miles on our car and we are down to about 23 MPG.

These tires are significantly louder than the Weatherwise tires but that was expected with the stiffer rubber compound used to get 90000.

Wish there was another Michelin option for this tire size.

Initial Review, 3,500 Miles on Tires
March 29, 2013

Purchased in 2010 as certified used. Dunlops and Firestone tires were scary, screamy on turns, took for ever to stop, always kept skidding and thus my family was scared to drive/ride. These 4 new Yokohama brought back the true joy of driving and ride comfort. Braking is much shorter and firm. absolute minimum road noise. far better gas mileage. we are enjoying quiet, comfort Toy Sienna drive/ride.

Initial Review, 55,000 Miles on Tires
April 26, 2013

These tires are VERY, VERY good! I could not find a single bad thing to say about them for the first 40,000 miles. That has changed somewhat in the last 15,000 miles. They are getting louder and louder by the mile and I think I still have another 15,000 to go. They still stick to dry pavement like glue and handle very well, but wet and snow traction have fallen off quite a bit, as expected. I will most likely buy them again, we will see how loud they get before they are done, but they do everything better than any other tire I have ever owned.

Initial Review, 99,000 Miles on Tires
April 29, 2013

I have not rotated the original Michelin Cross Terrain tires on my Toyota 4Runner SR since purchased in July 2004. Still tread left on front tires, but back ones have very little but with over 100,000 miles I couldn't expect much more. The Spare is brand new (never on the ground). But with age-related weather cracks, not good to put it on the ground now. Not sure whether the Road Noise is because of the tires or the age of the 4Runner. I thought about driving it until the first flat, then buy 4 Michelins. But driving on turnpikes/freeways a lot, I've decided that wouldn't be very smart. So I will order Michelins from Tirerack.com. Tried putting actual miles of 100,465 but the form won't let me.

Initial Review, 5,000 Miles on Tires
April 22, 2013

Hooks in 1st gear with 310rwhp in warm weather. Wet traction is sketchy, but I expected that with no traction control. They are pretty stiff and loud, but it doesn't bother me. Would recommend to anybody.

Initial Review, 6,000 Miles on Tires
April 15, 2013

Just getting ready to take these off for the summer. This is my wife's vehicle but we drove together 100 miles yesterday in snow/sleet/freezing rain, mostly highway, windy/gusty conditions. Honestly with a cross wind I was a little disappointed, I had to constantly correct to maintain a line... I've a set on HT all season on a Toyota celica and haven't noticed any quirky type handling like this on that car. I'm not sure if this is the cars fault or the tires. I'll add another review at the end of summer concerning the handling.

Initial Review, 42,000 Miles on Tires
April 29, 2013

these tires performed great on mud deep snow.
i do a lot of highway driving ,they were very decent with no issue at all.
bottomline i recommend these tires.

Initial Review, 50 Miles on Tires
April 08, 2013

Just drove 50 miles home from having these tires installed. Was amazed at how quiet they were. Road noise was non existent on both highway and country driving! Last week on a trip on the old original BF Goodrich tires, they were so noisy we kept thinking we had a window open! Every groove in the road was a KaThump! No noise from the Defender's, WOW!

Initial Review, 20,000 Miles on Tires
April 26, 2013

I mount Blizzaks during the winter so my winter driving assessment is somewhat hypothetical but these tires make my car feel like a 'sports car' on dry twisty roads....the car feels like it's on rails..
They are rated for 40K and will probably reach that easily.
If they make 50K I'd never buy anything else...

Initial Review, 5,000 Miles on Tires
April 20, 2013

I have gone through a few different kinds of a/t tires and these tires have performed remarkably. I have a 2wd truck and had no problems In this Chicago snow. I would definitely recommend these tires to anyone.

Initial Review, 18,000 Miles on Tires
April 15, 2013

This is a nice tire for rainy days. It handles pretty well in corners but a little noisy in the highway. Treadwear is poor. With 18K miles on it, it looks like there is about 8-10K left on it. I have seen worse on a Kumho but still, this one is also a bust. Spend more on a Michellin and get extra miles.

Initial Review, 56,000 Miles on Tires
April 17, 2013

As I write this review, I am in the process of ordering a 2nd set of the Michelin LTX M/S2, P275/65R-18 for my Tundra Crewmax. I have 56k miles on my old set and probably have another 5k or more on the tires (I drive a great deal of highway miles for work). Proper tire rotation has left me with very even wear. They are getting down there so I want to stage the next set for replacement. Highly Recommended tire!

Initial Review, 10,000 Miles on Tires
April 12, 2013

Excellent winter tires for my truck. They performed well in all conditions (dry, wet, snow, ice and slush, as well as cornering, acceleration and stopping). In deep snow, my truck did some fish-tailing as I had no weight on bed and I could feel it pushes the front wheels through the snow. Once I turned the 4x4 on, the truck went like a charm through the snow and didn't flinch a bit. After one winter with 10k miles, there is a noticeable tread wear on rear wheels compared to front wheels which still looks like new. Will have to rotate them after 5k miles next winter.

Initial Review, 1,600 Miles on Tires
February 09, 2013

This is the second set of winter tires that I've owned. The first were Yokohama tires that were really quite good. When I bought another vehicle, I decided to go with these because they were the #1 rated tire on in their category on Tire Rack, had plenty of positive reviews. They are really great on snow, wet and dry pavement, the only complaint I have is they seem to be worse on ice then the previous winter tires. We had more ice than usual on the roads this winter, otherwise it wouldn't be that much of an issue to me. If you get a lot of snow, these an excellent tire. If you get a lot of ice, you probably want to pick something else. I considered about a half dozen different tires when I was shopping, and these were a really good bang for the buck.

Initial Review, 10,000 Miles on Tires
April 03, 2013

These tires are excellent on dry/wet pavement but lacks any real snow/ice traction.
I use my car to deliver news paper, so I have to drive more or less 80 mi every day 7 days a week for this job.
I needed a long lasting tire and good handling because sometimes I have to haste to deliver on time on some curvy back roads.
These tires fits the job perfectly much better than the MX4 that used to be on my car and they were pretty good
And a added plus my fuel economy has gone up 3%

Initial Review, 35,000 Miles on Tires
February 13, 2013

This is a very impressive tire. It has great looks, performs well on and off road, and is even quiet.

I previously had different brand mud-terrain tire, which performed well off road, was very difficult to balance, and as the tread wore was horrible load. I have been pleasantly surprised at how quiet these tires are. It still has the traditional mud terrain hum, but the volume is turned way down. It's actually quieter than many AT tires out there.

I have driven this over ever terrain possible, and it performs admirably. The thing it does the worst on is wet pavement, and it still does that rather well. I have found that when it's rainy, I can expect a little loss of traction if I push it too much. But I have never felt unsafe. It certainly won't hydroplane with the tread depth on these tires.

Tread wear has been good, I think I will probably replace them at about 50,000 miles of use, which is far beyond most sticky mud terrain tires. One thing to note about these or most mud terrain tires, is that they are heavy. I upgraded my brake discs and pads to compensate for the extra weight these carry.

Overall I couldn't be happier!