Achilles Radial Desert Hawk A/T

Absolutely the most rubbish tyres – Done 35000 km and experiencing same problems Shudders in steering over 80 km per hr Uneven wear feels like swollen tyre Very noisy like snow tyre tread Agent won’t help at all Complete rubbish tyre Show details

would rate it lower if i could – no where near the life expected , all four tyres had to be replaced going out of round, two on one trip.... never again STAY AWAY. DO NOT BUY THESE TYRES Show details

worst tyres ever – they are the most dangerous tyres i have ever ever had .they are totally useless in wet weather and i would NEVER buy them again. COMPLETE RUBBISH.there so very noisy

Do not buy – Purchased 4 x these Desert Hawk A/T as per other reviews ( wish I looked before purchased)not 12 months old and getting rid of them noisy as , had them rotated due to front heal and toe wear ,also now bad vibration doesn’t feel safe ,took back to Jax they said my fault for not rotating every 10 k I think crap. Show details

Not good – I bought a 2015 Ford ranger with new archilles dessert Hawks .very noisy .slip when taking off in wet .and getting weird wearing .sections becoming high and low .I will be getting new tires after 6 weeks of using them .shame on car yards to put cheap tyres on a good car Show details

Excellent value for money – I had two of these on my car a few months ago and they endured so well that when i needed to replace the other two i bought these again. I do a lot of driving and they are performing very well and probably better than the more expensive tyres which i had on the vehicle previously.I am happy with the way they perform in all weather situations and they do a lot of kilometres and are wearing well.  Show details

Noisy, rapid and uneven wear – These tyres looked good with a all terrain aggressive tread and were reasonably priced. They are however very noisy on road, to the point that we were having wheel bearings and diff checked! Consistently poor traction on wet roads. Uneven wear despite regular rotation. Have only just made it to 34000kms and getting noisier.  Show details

side wall blow out on highway – Had a front tyre blowout on the highway at 15000km. sidewall separation with no indicators that there was something wrong so we are changing the rest on case the others do the same. Also very noisy the only thing they have going for them is traction and price but to get only 15000kms is very disappointing.  Show details

Garbage Tyres/Bad Heal and Toe – Got these A/T tyres fitted to my Nissan Navara. They were ok at the start, nice and quiet but it was down hill from there. Multiple punctures and the noise from these tyres is horrific. Very bad heal and toe (rotation and wheel alignment done every 10,000ks) and had one tyre that had severe tyre separation (blow out). Only did 35,000ks.Paid $150… Read more

each. Getting rid of the other 3 tyres in case they blow out.

Still had over half tread left till they hit the markers.Don't buy these Tyres. Don't waste your money.

Haven't done 10000 and all heal and toe – Got these tyres they looked good nice a/t design but mate I have done about 9500 klm and noisy and heal and toe bad even on the resr not happy will be ringing to see what they will do, hope I can change them to something else not sure what to go to?  Show details

Great price – I really just bought this because they were the cheapest but have no problems with them. I get on average 50000 or 60000km from a set and will be buying them again. It's best to order them in because not everybody stocks them, but it is well worth the wait.  Show details

Rubbish tyres – Had a set of XMT's which seem to have all the same problems as the A/T's. They were a great tyre to begin with but then it all went downhill. They got noisy, wore out uneven, got over 6 punctures just driving on the road, had horrible steering wheel wobble at 80km and only lasted 25,000km. Would never waste my money on anything Achilles again  Show details

Shudders galore – Got 5 of them put on at the shop and they started wobbling. Got them rebalanced again, started wobbling after 600kms. That's it, I'm putting the 5 of them on ebay for $1. New tyres going on for me. Not willing to have shudders at 110kmh with my family in the car.  Show details

Tyres deformed don't Waste your money – I bought a 2009 Mitsubishi Outlander the car was second hand with 3 of these Tyres on it 225/55/18. Started noticing a vibration in the front thinking it was an alignment issue but found one of tyres was deformed, purchased 2 new tyres for the front and 1 month later found the back one had deformed as well, would never purchase them. When they held shape they did wear quickly.  Show details

Achilles Desert Hawk A/T - Overall Good but not remarkable – Got two years out of these tyres. 50,000km. First year working up the snow and the fourby (Suzuki Grand Vitara Diesel) did hundreds of km's every week thru snow, mud and dirt roads getting to work. Plus a lot of highway k's. Very happy with handling, tyres were quiet until they got older. Had some epic wet trips and was grateful that the tred… Read more

pattern worked well. I do not tow and my payload is only couple hundred kg, I always do a little over the speed limit non stop. I chose these tyres on tred pattern to match the Bridgestone A/T's which I got 80,000k's out. The issue with cheap tyres I have found is they can delaminate - these didn't - and they go out of round when they get older. This did happen to these tyres. When I was buying new tyres last time the Desert Hawks were cheap almost half price of Bridgys and my bank balance made me take a chance. So if you do the maths these tyres were worth the money.

Buying these tyre it's important to keep the air pressure spot on as this might have contributed to early out of round wear. Get regular wheel allignments if your going over a rough roads OR you hit a few big potholes on the h-way. I changed all four tyres so they were matching and all the wheel allignment bearings were in good condition.

What have I got now? Trying out Toyo Open Country A/T this time around. Why? They were on special and matched the price of the Desert Hawk and I was told by the sales rep "its QA is very good"... I guess I will see as the reviews are mixed. Cheers!

Worst tyres i have ever bought in 45yrs of driving – These tyres wear on the edges uneven ,even on the rear live axle they are wearing at a alarming rate ,will be lucky to get 10,000 ks from them, will have to change them well before as the vibration is getting too bad..Do not buy theses tyres .

Dangerous Shudder – I just wanted a good but reasonably priced tyre - UNFORTUNATELY the Achilles Desert Hawk was suggested for my 4WD. I put 2 on the front with my old Bridgestones on the back - all was OK for a couple of months, but when the colder weather set in, a soon as I reached around 80-90 kmph the shudder just about wrenched the steering wheel out of my… Read more

hands - I tried a wheel alignment and balancing - no better - swapped the old tyres back to the front and shudder gone instantly!!! Unfortunately my husband put 4 of the same Achilles on his 4WD at the same time as me, but because he does less kms than me is only now having the exact same problem at 80kmph. As we live in a semi rural area, we do not have the luxury of going slow for the first half hour till the tyres warm up a bit. Do NOT buy these tyres!!!