Cooper Tires Reviews

I bought 4 new Cooper Discoverer CTS tire for my Jeep Grand Cherokee in 09/09. My previous tires (Goodyear Wranglers) lasted about 5,000 miles past their tread life of 45,000. The Coopers, as of 01/13, need all 4 replaced with only 25,000 miles on them. With an alignment and regular rotations, I still only got 36% of the tread life out of them (70,000 miles warranty). I have contacted Cooper twice and a Cooper dealer to basically be told that they cannot help me unless I purchase brand new tires and send them back with proof of the rotations and purchase receipt which I have. They told me that because one of my tire rotations was 1,000 miles past their recommended interval, they probably would deny my warranty and not give me anything. Wow, a well maintained in alignment vehicle with even wear across the tread is being denied warranty when it only lasted 35% of their warranty period. Needless to say, I will never buy Cooper tires again, and I will work hard to ensure others never buy Cooper again.

I bought four new Cooper Discover tires for my Chevy Blazer and the noise level is horrible. These tires sing loudly and they are advertised to be noise limiting tires. Any speed produces a loud humming noise - the faster I drive, the higher the pitch. Once I attain a specific speed, I don't need to look at my speedometer as the pitch of the tires tells me whether I have increased or lowered speed. This is so loud it is annoying in a major way and very distracting. The tires perform well in snow, wet and dry conditions and my only complaint is the significant noise level. I am a conservative driver and now have 5,000 miles on these tires. I am going to replace them because the noise is too distracting. They are holding up well in all other circumstances. If you can't handle the noise, don't buy this tire - it may last, but I'm not going to find out.

Cooper cobra radial - I bought four new tires at Big O Tires Company. I put 1,000 miles on them and the front one failed. They also did the alignment at the same time, but they would not replace. I will not recommend Big O Tires or Cooper. They are both failures.

I replaced the tires on my 2003 Infinity G35 with CS4s. Big mistake! These are the worst tires I've ever had! The tires constantly are low on air. The weather makes no difference. I am so tired of having to check air pressure on a weekly basis. I am on my way to replace these ** tires! It's a real shame I'm replacing 1-year-old tires. Would I ever buy Cooper tires? Never!

I'm disabled. I bought four 285/75-16 for my Ford Super Duty truck. Four out of four have gone bad - one had bubble on the side 3 years ago; second one had bubble on the side 1 year later; and the fourth one, the tread blew off the tire. I was doing 80 miles an hour on the freeway. $2,800 damage to the truck. The fourth one blew a month later. Cooper will do nothing about it - less than 8,000 miles on the tire. This brand will never be on a car or truck that I trust my family in again. Cooper Tires should be taken off the market! They are unsafe.

Cooper CS4 - Discount Tire told me the tire was faulty and they have seen a number of the Cooper CS4 with the problem of a bubble in the side wall. The place where purchased is out of business. I gave them the dot number and told them the Warranty card was sent in. They said, "Oh, well." Tires were only purchased because the shop said they were the best and now Discount is saying the tires are bad. The shop just wanted to sell a more expensive tire.

I don't think I could be any happier (with Cooper Tires). The first set lasted well over 50k without any flats or anything of that nature, not even a need for a re-balance; and that's having a place in Northern Wisconsin with approximately 6 miles of gravel road each way. Cooper was even willing to work with me on prorating these CS4s and I wound up very pleased; so pleased I bought another set and they're working excellent. I'm expecting the same service - if not better - out of my 2nd set because our road is now paved. I have no doubt they will go the full 80k. These CS4s really bring the fullest out of this caddy! If you don't at least try them, I think you're making a drastic mistake.

All four Cooper Lifeliner GS 205 70 R15 tires failed a safety inspection for vehicle transfer. From June 4 to July 11 2012, neither Duff’s Tire Newmarket nor Cooper Tires USA has had the courtesy to discuss adjustment. The dealer inspected all four, removed one from the rim, and declared a friend at Cooper would handle the problem quickly. Since then, no attempts to make contact with Jeff Duff, the owner; has resulted in a returned call even though he is in the building. Cooper Tire USA has promised to investigate. Four tires failing identically with complete cracks at the rim on all four tires indicate to me a pervasive problem. I would not be able to recommend Cooper Tires to anyone based on this experience. I am only glad we did not have a complete failure resulting in an accident.

On June 15, 2012, my family and I were on vacation driving to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. About 10 miles outside of St. George, UT, the tread ripped from the front right tire. The tire never lost any air. It did extensive damage to our truck. We were able to get to St. George and had to buy 4 new tires, mirror and alignment (we were too afraid to continue traveling on Cooper Tires) to a tune of $1,504.38. I am now in talks with my insurance company to get my truck fixed. That is going to be another $250. I will never buy Cooper Tires again.

I was driving my van on a secondary road at about 50 mph between I-5 and Chico. We heard a loud bang. I thought it was a flat, got out, didn't see anything, so we continued on our way driving but there was way too much noise and rattling and vibration to go 50 mph. So we limped into Chico with the hazard lights on at about 30mph. When we got into town, the repair place showed us the tear. Unbelievable. I was able to drive back home on the full size spare. I haven't gotten a replacement yet, but doubt it will be Cooper. Now, I'm afraid I will have to replace all 4 and I'm afraid to drive.

I recently purchased two Cooper Discoverer AT/3 tires for my Ford Explorer. I live in Alaska and need tires that will perform in a variety of severe weather conditions. The Discoverer tires looked the part but when we drove the car with the new Coopers, the road noise and vibration were terrible. Brand new tires and anytime we drive the car, the roar and vibration make for an unpleasant experience. I have never heard tires make such a roar. I took the car back to the dealer, took the representative out for a test drive. The response was "Yup, you have quite a bit of road noise," but Cooper will not do anything to replace the tires. Big mistake on my part! I will never purchase a Cooper tire again and hopefully, this post will assist someone else from making the same mistake. Stay away from Cooper, they are an inferior product and their customer service is nonexistent.

My husband purchased four Cooper tires on 10/11. He was told there was a $40 rebate. He was given a rebate form, filled out and sent by mail. Now six months had passed when we realized that we haven't got a rebate yet. My husband called the 800 number to inquired about our rebate, was told that they never received the form. My husband offered to fax a copy, only to hear that it is too late. I personally found it very convenient for them not to receive our form since I was reading their policy and it was mentioned that for a dispute, you will need proof of a receipt such as certified mail. We send mail all the time through USPS mail and never had a problem with lost mail. Cooper Tires is not going to be getting any of our business in the future.

I bought a set of Cooper Trendsetter tires in an emergency situation. One tire gave me problems from day one with an intermittent leak. After about a year, I discovered a microscopic pinhole in a seam of the tire. It was sent back to Cooper, by the dealer, where they proclaimed it as damage incurred after the tire was sold. Very poor customer relations. No more Cooper for me.

I purchased two new Cooper SLR tires two months ago. My wife, my two-year old daughter and I were on the way to KC to see her parents and suddenly the car started vibrating. Thinking I had lost a weight off on one of the tires, I slowed down. The vibration persisted. I pulled to the side of the highway and visually examined the tires and also felt around on the tread and found nothing. We continued our drive with the vibration but drove much slower. I examined the tires the next morning and noticed a small bulge in the sidewall. We returned to Big O Tires and complained but they insisted that we had hit a pothole. After being forced to purchase a new tire, we were on the way to the store the next day and the vibration was even worse! I jacked up the car when I got home and the opposite tire now has a bulge three times the size of the previous one! Why hadn't they noticed it when they had it jacked up in the shop the day before? Even a blind person could see this! Not only has Cooper Tire failed to provide a trustworthy tire but the shop has now let me down! No more Cooper for me!

I purchased 4 Discoverer H/T Owl, Cooper tires from Salerno Tire Corporation on 10/25/2011. I received an email from you in December 2011 that I would be receiving the rebate of $75.00 via a Visa check card. As of today 02/27/2012, I have yet to receive the promised rebate. Please advise me of the status of the rebate and when I can expect it.

Approximately 15,000 miles on a new set of Cooper Tires on my explorer, I began to experience vibration and rough ride. My repair tried to do all he could by rebalancing the tires and rotating them twice but no success. I am going back to Michelin. Large tire shop who sold me nothing found problem and sold me nothing but advice get rid of them.

I purchased four Cooper tires on 10/11. I was told there was a $75 rebate. I was given a rebate form, filled out by the dealer. Now, four months and four letters later, I received word that my tires did not qualify for a rebate.

We purchased 4 brand new Cooper tires for my husband's Nissan Frontier truck. Since having them mounted and installed, the truck shakes like crazy when you go over 45mph. If you let go of the steering wheel, the truck immediately veers to the left lane of the road. We went back to the tire shop with the truck and they said all they could do was to see if a Cooper representative would look at them. They remounted one tire and put it back on but it has made no difference.

I bought 4 Cooper Discoverer H/T Tires and was supposed to get $75.00 rebate. The Visa card came in the mail today and the value was only $40.00. What happened?

I purchased 4 Cooper CS Touring, 225-55-17 tires for my 2007 Impala. I noticed immediately that they were extremely noisy. I was told by the dealer that the noise would subside after a few miles. It didn't, it got worse, to the point where I couldn't stand to be in the car. I replaced the tires yesterday (they were barely worn), and the noise has disappeared completely. At the same time I purchased these tires, I purchased 4 Cooper Discovery tires for my Explorer. These tires are also unbearably noisy, and now that I know Cooper tires are to blame, I will replace them also. Unless you're a young person who listens to your radio cranked up to full volume, stay away from Cooper tires. They will drive you nuts with their noise!

I bought 5 Cooper Discoverer H/T tires. One was discarded after signs of tread separation. After 8,000 miles on remaining tires, one tire's tread separated just prior to service and tire checks at the dealer. Extensive damage ensued. The dealer and Cooper Tires make it impossible to resolve replacement or damage claim settlement. They'll ask you for the tire (evidence) then deny any culpability. I found numerous cases of deaths and injuries from Cooper tires. Caveat emptor!

a few weeks ago, I was on my way to Michigan's UP for bear hunting when at 75 mph, I had the right rear tire start bouncing and wobbling, then a loud explosion, damaging my Chevrolet Silverado Z-71 so bad that the bed side panel had to be replaced to the tune of $2000. The tire did all the damage, not to mention how close I came to rolling the truck. The tires were Cooper Discover tires. On returning home, the left rear tire blew out, another Cooper tire. I now ride on Goodyear Wrangler tires, but am discussing Cooper Tires with an attorney!

I bought a set of 265/70/16 for my Tahoe less than 2500 miles ago and on a recent road trip, one of the tires disintegrated. By the time I stopped it was so hot it almost was on fire. Fortunately, it did not catch fire or my Tahoe would be toast. I had just come off Red Mtn Pass in Colorado when this happened. I likely will never buy another Cooper tire. I bought them because they were made in America. I will look at tires from other countries next time.

I purchased MCRAFT Touring LSR 95 V tires (Size 215/50/r17v) on 07/13/10, just over a year ago and the tires all had several side wall cracking, making the tires unsafe for myself and others on the road. It was an obvious workmanship issue from the manufacturer, Cooper Tires.

On July 23, I was traveling on interstate in S.C. at 70 mph when my left rear tire exploded. It caused my car to fish tail; enter other lane of traffic, and doing several hundred dollars damage to my rear bumper.

I had purchased two Cooper Touring SLE LifeLiner tires for my Dodge Caravan not long ago and within the past month or so, I noticed that there was a wobbling feeling when I was driving at any speed. I took the van in and had it checked and I was told that the aforementioned tires were bad, that the steel belts inside each had separated. Have there been any recalls on these tires? I have been driving for over 40 years and have never heard of such a problem with tires. As of now, I must have the two tires replaced due to their conditions. Is there anything that Cooper can do to help me out?

We had a catastrophic failure of a Cooper Mastercraft Sensys 01 205X70R15 from belt separation. While driving at 75 mph on I-10, 25 miles West of Tonopah, Arizona, the right front tire began bouncing, followed by a loud bang. We got off of I-10 a few feet and put the spare tire on. The tire was totally destroyed in one small area.

Bought Cooper tires from them on 1-4-2010 245/70R17 110s Coop Discover ATR. I was driving in town (Robinson, Ill) when another vehicle ran a red light, cutting the corner right in front of me causing metro brake on wet pavement. The truck slid and the right rear tire tapped the curb at about 5 miles per hour at which time the tire went flat.

Bought four brand new Cooper Discover tires for my 2007 F150 last year for $200 each and now 16,000 miles later the wear bars are showing and need replacement already. We have rotated them three times during this 16,000 miles. The shop we bought them from sent them back to the distributor (Carols in Tampa) and after three weeks of these tires sitting there, Carols told my shop that they could not offer any warranty due to no rotation documentation. When I called Cooper, they wanted me to have my shop and the distributor call her. I told her that this was her job. Cooper told me that I should have received a booklet defining their warranty. She told me that if we rotate our own tires there is no documentation to prove it. I noticed the rubber compound of these tires to be softer than the previous coopers I had with 70,000 miles on them. You can pick the rubber off with your fingernail. Cooper has my tires but will not release them to me. I am contacting consumer affairs in my state.

I have 4 Cooper Zeon 305/50/20 LTZ tires (with 09 manufacturing date on them). All 4 have splits coming from the tread down through the side walls. They only have 12,000 miles on them. They all start in the lighting bolt design and go down into the side walls. Luckily enough I work on cars for a living so I noticed it early.

I bought a set of Cooper Discover ST 285 75 R tires in 2006 at $190.00 a piece. With proper tire rotation and alignment, the tires have worn evenly, but became rough and bumpy over the last couple of years. Recently, my wife was driving our 2002 Chevy Silverado while she was exiting the interstate, the right rear tire exploded. The tread came of the shell of the tire doing $800.00 worth of damage to the rear quarter of the truck. The steel belts were all broken and twisted and the tire actually has a 7-inch slit in it. I bought a replacement tire. One week later, I was driving the truck when the left front tire started shaking and jumping up and down.

We have bought four cooper tires not at the same time but within the past 2 years. Three of the four tires have had belts break in the tires. It seems like they break while taking trips of a hundred miles or more. When I bought these tires, I was told that this was a good tire for my Cadillac. It has proven to be not so. I did not buy these tires from the same dealer I bought them from different dealers. So that tells me that there is a flaw in the tires. I am very displeased with the product.

Further to earlier notes, I contacted the Ohio Better Business Bureau regarding Cooper Zeon tires that I purchased in December 2008, only to have them go bald within 1 1/2 year. I've reached out to Cooper's and spoke with Dave **, who's done everything from blaming me for the tire defects to lying his way through the investigation process by the BBB. During the 1 1/2 year, I had to purchase a new tire as one of them developed a bubble. As a result, BBB closed the case. Evidently, Cooper sells their products without any regard for their customers. Evidently, Cooper does not care about their customers as long as they can make a sale.

I purchased 4 Cooper CS 4 touring tires, size 215-70-15. Exactly 175 miles later, I was on the Interstate and asked my wife to close the window as there was loud (I thought was air) noise coming from the outside of the vehicle. She advised me that all the windows were shut and the noise was coming from the tires.

I called Cooper Tires Customer Relations Department today, July 13th 2010, and spoke with a Dave. I explained that I purchased tires approximately one and a half years ago and the tread has completely worn down already. I wanted to know what they would do to remedy this situation. His response was that there's nothing they can do. Maybe I had alignment or tire rotation issues. Basically, he just shrugged me off and mentioned that if I have the workmanship warranty, then I'm responsible for purchasing my own new tires. I cannot explain how angry and frustrated I am. The tire was purchased on December 2008 and they are already bald. I want a refund!

I purchased four brand new Cooper Zeon Tires for my vehicle during late December 2008 and I am already in need of four new replacements. I paid approximately $600 for the tires and there is no way I should have to replace my tires before two years has gone by. Financialwise, it has left me in need of tires with no funds to purchase at this time, as I had no idea I would need to go back and purchase tires again so soon.

I had a 1990 Chevy suburban that had four cooper tires.They had a lot of thread and were properly inflated. Wife and I were going to vacation when the two rear tires of the suburban were throwing chunks of rubber. The rear driver's side came all apart and the passenger rear tire, there were chunks coming off of it too but still had air. I put a spare on the driver's rear and slowly drove it to Corpus Christi. In the morning, I drove to Sears where I replaced all the Cooper Tires. I work at a local shop and have seen many Cooper tires that just come apart especially on dullys. They can't take a load. The Michelin tires work great and our customers are happy. I would not recommend Cooper tires unless you just put around town under 45.

I had a blowout on the front passenger tire on my truck. We were going down the highway at 75 miles per hour and started to fill the front end start to shimmy a little so I started slow down for I could pull over to figure out what was wrong. Then there was a loud noise and then the tire blew. We started seeing piece of the tire fly by the windshield then there was a lot of noise. I was able to get it pulled over but it broke all the plastic under the truck. It dented the finder, the door, the bumper, the nerf bars and the rim on the tire. It did $3,200.00 damage to the truck that's not counting the rim. I'm going to have it replaced and the tire. Now we are going to replace all the tires because it made us nervous. The rest of the tires seem to be in the same shape as the other one that blew. We replace one tire at 4,000 miles because the belt had slipped.

After leaving my place of employment on 10/27/2009, I traveled toward on a ramp to the highway. The tire exploded and the truck bounced violently. I stopped the truck on shoulder and went to see what the problem was--that had produced such a loud bang. My right bedside and exhaust were bent, twisted and mangled. The tire was split apart like someone had used shears on it, and the damage to the vehicle was from a piece of rubber--about a foot long which was still attached to the tire that was spinning around at approximately 55 mph.

I purchased four Cooper Discoverer H/T tires with a 70k warranty in July 2007. The tires probably have only 40k miles on them. On Sept. 27, 2009, I had a flat which resulted in the tire essentially collapsing, the sidewall splitting in several places and the cap separating. Mind you I did not drive any distance with the flat. The dealer said this was standard damage although I've never seen this before. On Dec. 29, 2009, I had another flat. I pulled over immediately and saw that the tire was shredded as the previous one had done. I went to the president of the dealership, a real tire man, but got no satisfaction. I went to Sam's Club, got rid of the Coopers and put on four new Michelins. No more Cooper tires for me.

I bought a 2009 Volkswagen CC and around the 15- to 17-thousand mile mark, my tires started making an annoying warping sound. I went to the dealer several times and complained. They told me I had to buy new tires or deal with the noise. I went back a couple thousand later because it got louder and still no help. My car is not out of line, I kept up maintenance with rotation and balance. Why should I have to purchase new tires when my car isn't either a year old yet? For the money I paid for this car and being bought new, I thought I would have gotten a better response besides, "deal with it or buy new ones." I will not purchase anything from Volkswagen again. They neither offered me a pro-ratio of new tires. Who can I get help from?

I have a Ford F250 diesel and have had three Cooper tires separate. Two did quite a bit of damage to my truck (2 separate instances), and the third was found when I took my truck to someone else to look at it and do maintenance work on it. It's over $5000 worth of damage. Front passenger side one time and the back passenger side one time. I will be returning all the tires to Tubel's and will be putting Toyo tires all the way around.

In June 2007, our F350 dually has Cooper Discoverer S/T tires on it. The front driver's tire separated and caused our truck to go into the median, and the car hauler we were pulling saved our lives when the truck jackknifed and started to roll. I sent the tire in, and Cooper said we had ran over something to cause this. We had just checked the tires at a gas station when we fueled up, and we certainly did not run over anything. No lawyer will take our case, because no one died and we are not asking for millions dollars. We just want our truck replaced (as it was totaled), damages to the trailer reimbursed, and my husband's chiro bills paid. Do not buy Cooper Tires.

I have a fairly new Cooper Trendsetter 235-15 that developed a bulge. I took it to a Cooper dealer but could not get tire warranted. I will replace with a Toyo tire and never buy another Cooper tire. Thank you.

to make a long story short have 4 cooper tires on nice travel trailor -- the right rear blew out damanged my travel trailor, was running about 50 mph liked to wrecked and hit a bridge swervev to miss the bridge hit some debrree and damanged the travol travel slightly ,,,,, would like some new tires and damanges to travel trailor fixed if possible.