How long should ComfortTread Tires Last On Prius

:spy:I had over 48,000 mile on my set of ComFort Treds on my 04 when I traded it in for my 07. Rotated them every 5,000 miles with no issues. They are 80,000 mile tires.

 

Driving and road conditions with impact it a lot. I find that most manufacturer numbers are pretty much wishful thinking.

 

Here in AZ, tires don't last nearly as long as the ratings. The summer heat kills 'em. Going into the third week above 100 degrees, started earlier than usual this year. You can fry an egg on the asphalt out there. At midnight...

I've still got the original Integrity ones on, 2 years old and about 19k miles, so I figure I've got one more season left in them.

 

Hi Michael. I'm starting to need to replace the ComforTred tires on my 2005 at about 40K miles. I'm going to go back to where I bought them since they have an 80K mile tread life warranty and they are done in half that. The ride is fine, but that's way too short for what you pay for.

 

Michael,
I'm having the same tire wear experience on my ComforTreds here in South Florida; heat and my 70MPH commute speed just kill tires. I put new ComforTreds on after 35,000 miles on my old ComforTreds (they could have lasted 40,000). I paid $312 form Tirerack. I'm very happy with the ride and performance of the ComforTreds. The OEM Integrities were CRAP and I threw them away after 10,000 miles.

 

I posted somewhere about Integrity OE tires on an Ford commercial van with 70K miles on them that looked half worn. Standard tire pressures. The driver was delighted with those tires after one year and 70K miles.
I didn't see any need to upgrade the Integritys on my Prius. I would have preferred a wider tire for better handling, off my SUV experience, but they are selling gas mileage on this car, so they go with a narrower tire. And Goodyear won't swap off the OE tire size.

 

I agree. My OEM Integrities have over 62,000 since new in Jan 06. They still look pretty good. I do 99% highway, at about 40/38 TP and 10K rotates. I'm thinking about new tires, probably Michelein, but so far, no problems except wet weather traction. In LA wet traction isn't really much of an issue. The wet traction problems are when I accel out of a wet gutter and the ever-present TC kicks in with its heavy hand.

 

Had to replace my Comfortreds after 60K miles (they could have lasted a few more miles). Got some $$$ back for the distance shortfall.

The ride, traction and noise was good initially. However after 20K miles I found the traction was getting worse in wet weather and also the noise was creeping up.

I replaced the Comfortreds fro Michelin Energy Saver A/S last week. The Michelins are pretty much the same noise as the COmfortreds (when new). The ride on the Michelins feel better as well, and it seems I have gained 2-3MPG over the worn Comfortreds with the new Michelins. Too early to tell though on the mileage.

I suspect the Michelins will have a hard time lasting 60K miles though, but we shall see. I do like the ride better and I think the wet traction will be a good improvement. I will see how gas mileage goes, but I think I will gain 2+MPG (on avg of 51MPG), I tend to drive fast on highways

 

42k for me