Best Michelin Passenger Tyres

This is my second review on these tyres, because after trading my previous car (a Mitsubishi Lancer retro-fitted with the Michelin tyres), I bought a… Read more

2020 Honda CR-V AWD, which coincidentally came from the factory as OEM with the same type of Michelin tyres fitted (to all five wheels), albeit a larger size than the Lancer's.

After 22,000 plus kilometres on these tyres, I am still impressed with them, with great riding qualities enhancing the Honda's already smooth ride, good grip in both wet and dry conditions, and also great grip under heavy braking. This car is used for long highway trips, as well as some shorter runs around the city and suburbs, and the tyres instil great confidence in the safety and handling of the car on the road.

Noise levels are a little higher than I would expect, especially considering the improvement they made to the Lancer's interior noise levels, so I would knock maybe half a star of my rating for that. They are not showing much wear at this stage of their lives, so I can't report on the tyres' longevity.

Overall, I still highly recommend these Michelin tyres, although I believe they have been superseded by a newer "model" now, so may no longer be available.

Michelin Pilot Sport 4 Tyre - Not durable and unsuitable for Australian road conditions When I took delivery of my Tesla Model 3 new in September… Read more

2019 it came fitted with Michelin Pilot Sport 4 tyres which lasted for 38,282 km (rear) and 50,886 km (front) with no wheel rotations. I didn’t get around to having the wheels rotated as I actively avoided public places during the Covid-19 Pandemic to safeguard my health. As these original tyres had a good service life with no major issues, I accepted Tesla’s recommendation when my car was being serviced on 5/11/24 to fit new Michelin Pilot Sport 4 tyres. The tyres were fitted on 27/11/24 (2 rear tyres made in Spain for $939) and 7/10/25 (2 front tyres made in China for $939).

On 2/5/26, while driving my car at 100 km/hr on the Cunningham Highway near Mutdapilly QLD, the sidewall of the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 passenger side front tyre unexpectedly failed. This sudden catastrophic failure occurred when the tyre had only completed 3,918 km of use. The car was being driven normally, there were no debris on the road and the road was in very good condition. Following this catastrophic failure I made complaints to both Tesla and Michelin and made a formal request asking for the tyre that suffered a sidewall failure be replaced under Michelin’s advertised tyre warranty.

On 13/5/2026 while my car was parked at my home, I was inspecting the tyres to check their dates of manufacture as I had not yet heard from Tesla or Michelin about my request to replace the front passenger side tyre under Michelin’s warranty. During inspection, I made three alarming discoveries: 1. Total Loss of Tread: The passenger side rear tyre had suffered a complete loss of tread on the inside of the tyre. This loss of tread was not visible when I stood beside and behind my car and it could only be seen when I got down on my hands and knees to look at the rear tyres from under the back bumper. 2. Accelerated Wear: The drivers side rear tyre showed significant accelerated wear and it is unclear whether the residual tread is of legal depth. 3. Service Failure: I also discovered that Tesla Mount Gravatt Service Centre technicians never performed the wheel rotation invoiced on 7/10/25, as the oldest tyres were found still fitted at the rear of the car. At the time of this discovery, my car had only travelled 16,780 km since the November 2024 fitting of the rear tyres.

I then made a formal request for Tesla and Michelin to provide me with a pro-rata refund for the rear tyres as they only lasted 33% of their expected service life and I believed that there had to be a manufacturing defect with the tyre compound and tread which resulted in the accelerated wear on both rear tyres and the catastrophic and uncontrolled failure of the tread of one tyre.

I am a conservative driver with over 4 decades of driving experience on Australian roads and I go out of my way to avoid unsealed roads, potholes and road debris. I am very confident that my driving and the condition of my car (which is pristine) has not caused any of these premature tyre failures.

Both Tesla and Michelin finally engaged with me on 14/5/26 when I received a phone call from Michelin’s Melbourne based representative who was investigating my complaint and Tesla arranged for their Service Centre Manager to visit my house as my car was unroadworthy due to the bald Michelin tyre that I discovered on 13/5/26. I finally received an email from Michelin via Tesla on 21/5/26 some 19 days after the first tyre failure, which attributed the premature failures of the Michelin tyres on my car to “external impact / foreign object event”, “Rear toe readings outside specification” and “Tesla service history including prior alignment activity” amongst other things. I don’t know if Michelin are aware, but it is a normal maintenance procedure to align the wheels of a car whenever tyres are replaced and I have been doing this on all of my cars over the last 4 or so decades of driving.

This is the first time that I have ever purchased Michelin tyres and the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 tyres were the most expensive tyres that I have ever purchased. These tyres also hold the dubious distinction of being the worst tyres that I have ever purchased, as they are not durable, are subject to sudden sidewall rupture in normal usage, have such a soft compound that they suffer from accelerated tread wear and sometimes shed their tread in a uncontrolled catastrophic manner. I did not get value for money and I have also discovered that in spite of a tyre warranty that is published on their website, that Michelin Australia go out of their way to avoid any responsibility for the premature failures of their tyres by blaming fictitious “external impact/foreign object event” for the sidewall failure and the toe settings of the rear wheels for the accelerated tread wear. There were no external impacts or foreign objects and the wheel alignment of my car was inspected by Tesla after I discovered the issues with the tyres and the current alignment settings that were found in Tesla’s workshop at Mt Gravatt, would not in their opinion have caused the accelerated wear of the rear tyres.

Michelin Australia have made their claims about the cause of the tyre failures on my car without providing me with any evidence or information. I have also formed the opinion that Michelin Australia had a preconceived view of the cause of the tyre failures on my car before they commenced their belated investigations. I believe that Michelin Australia blame the customer, the road conditions and the customer’s car and hope the complaint goes away, as they know that most new cars are not fitted with spare tyres and people are forced to perform emergency replacement of tyres that fail prematurely. This customer unfriendly approach will harm Michelin’s reputation in the long term as customers like myself who have had an extraordinarily bad experience will never buy Michelin’s products again.

When I closely examined the inside of the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 tyre that suffered the sidewall rupture after it was removed from the wheel, I noticed that the loss of pressure containment occurred where the reinforcing belts in the sidewall had ruptured. I also noticed that the sidewall of the tyre is very flexible such that it can be deformed by pushing my finger into the sidewall. I have never been able to do this on any other tyres that I have had fitted to cars that I have owned previously. I believe that the very flexible sidewall contributed to the sidewall rupture as the integrity of the sidewall is in my opinion very dependent on the integrity of the reinforcing belts.

I will never buy another Michelin tyre or product again as Michelin Australia do not provide any after sales support or assistance to their customers that suffer catastrophic failures of their very expensive tyres.

I replaced all of the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 tyres on my car on 26/5/26 with the equivalent Bridgestone tyres, as I have had a very good experience with Bridgestone tyres on my previous cars.

The one positive thing that happened on 2/5/26 when the front passenger tyre sidewall ruptured, was that the Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) system of my Model 3 warned me of the failure of the front left tyre and due to this alarm I checked the tyre pressures whilst driving. When I saw that the front passenger side tyre was down to 10 psi, I knew that I could not continue driving. I took the first opportunity to pull off the Cunningham Highway in a safe location before the tyre had fully deflated. This all happened within 1 to 2 minutes of the sidewall rupture so I am very lucky that my car TPMS system gave me the alarm and that I also knew how to pull up the tyre pressures on the display while driving. My car was driving normally at all times following the tyre sidewall rupture and if I had not received the TPMS alarm I would have continued driving until the tyre fully deflated and the handling of the car deteriorated, which may have resulted in an accident on a busy highway.

Michelin Australia did not take the opportunity to learn from these catastrophic tyre failures and did not take the defective tyres, which I removed from my car, for analysis in their laboratory. Quality assurance systems only work if detailed information on product failures are fed back to the designers and factory managers who design and make the product.

I have been using Michelin tyres for a very long time with all my cars. I have always felt safe and very confident about them. I highly recommend them, particularly for high performance cars. Show details

I got these tyres on recommendation from my mechanic. I do light off road but 99% on bitumen or gravel. Initial thoughts - wow! So quiet and smooth… Read more

- and I drive a 200 series Sahara which is very comfortable anyway. To actually notice a difference in the ride was amazing for my comfort.

Will check back in at 10,000 kms.

Thanks to the team at Malvern Tyre and Service

Great tyres and fitted fast - in my driveway! Very convenient

it is a whole new car! this car had Pirelli tyres when i got her, and the last one (same make model before) i put Michelins on and the difference… Read more

between the two is so brutally in Michelins favour. i can drive my car as meant to be again without losing the grip in the back very happy me

Great service with care. What else could you ask for

These guys are great and fitted the tyres up quickly and professionally Show details

Purchased these for our 2012 Nissan X-Trail, after the Falken WildPeak HT's we had (see my other review) became dangerous in the wet... The Falken… Read more

WildPeak HT's were 4.5 years old, and they had done about 70,000km; they still had about 70% tread left, so they were cheap (about 30% cheaper than the michelins) and they wore very well... but they never gripped well - even in the dry and when they were new... and they only got worse over time and in the wet. After doing some research, I ended up deciding on the Michelin Primacy 4 ST.. WOW! The Michelins are quieter, more comfortable (softer), and offer WAY more grip - in the wet and dry. I am happy to sacrifice tread wear, if it means my family is safer ALL the time. The Michelin Primacy 4 ST is a great tyre!

Buy, install, enjoy. Repeat – These tyres are one of the best high performance tyres out there. Awesome dry and wet grip with stiff sidewalls to eliminate the mushy front-end… Read more

confidence-sapping feeling. Excellent feel and acceptable ride comfort with minimal tram-lining and aquaplaning.

The minor complaints would be a very short life-span if pushed near their limits, rubber hardens significantly when tread is running low (leading to a big drop of grip levels) and pricing (if your tyre size is not common). Tyres required replacing at 30,000 km on my BMW M3 and 12,000 km on my Renault RS265 (no trackdays included). Both vehicles stock standard.

But I can't have my cake and eat it all, so I have replaced my vehicles with these tyres countless times now.

After doing a lot of research i decided to go for the Michelin E Primacy. The original tyres on my Volvo were the Primacy 4, I ended up with 47k from… Read more

that set.

The tyres are really quite and road noise is limited. Braking seems good and so does driving in dry conditions.

Have had the opportunity to try them in heavy rain. Michelin’s are not chep, but they had $150 money back offer that you get back in a digital visa card so it was worth it.

Overall, very satisfied with the Tyres.

Worst tyres ever in 40 years of riding – Right from the Harley shop a bad vibration in front wheel on a 2021 Heritage Classic motorcycle. Returned to dealer and all I got was terrible, they… Read more

knew it was a design problem. Michelin agreed to replace it with a Touring front tyre. Will never buy Michelin again