Kumho Tire Reviews

Poor customer service, no follow up. They did not honor my rebate Reached out several times. Tires are loud. I will never again purchase from this unprofessional so called business!! I will make sure to tell others to stay away as well.

Tire separated after only 22k miles (2024 Kia Telluride). Mechanic stated the tires had at least half their life span left. He said the car would have a blow out any day if not replaced. Called Kumho twice and also sent 2 emails. Have not heard back.

I have a 2025 Sportage. I have a defective tire after 12, 000 miles. E-mailed KUMHO twice, called twice and left messages, ---- no contact yet after 5 days. Terrible customer service. Their recording says, "DEDICATED EXCEPTIONAL SUPPORT", I wonder what the hell they mean? Don't even bother to deal with these people.

With 150 miles on the tires the side wall blew out. I called the customer service department and no one answers the phone. It said leave your name and phone number. So I called back to a different extension. And was promptly disconnected. I rate them as a ZERO!

These tires came on my 2025 Santa Fe. I have 38,009 miles on these tires and the dealer is stating they need to be replaced. Everything I read on them state tread should last 65,000-75,000. Wouldn’t purchase another Santa Fe and especially any vehicle with these tires on them. What a piece of junk.

The original tires I bought I took back in 2 days. They were noisy and they were rough. Kumho supposedly had a 30-day guarantee. This is BS. The dealership worked to get them to follow their guarantee. Kumho would only replace with the same tires. Again, those tires were horrible. I wanted a refund. They were not going to do this. I had no recourse. They relented and stated they would replace with another Kumho. Still stuck. Chose the highest rated Kumho. They are just as bad. Right ride, noisy, hydroplane in rain. I am now sitting in a tire store replacing them. I haven't had them for even a year. The tire store noted that they had already lost a significant amount of tread, which was more than would be expected for the length of time. Mind you I was already buying tires, so this was not a sales technique. I came in with the exact tires I wanted and walk in with the intent to get rid of these near brand new tires.

Tires came on my wife’s new car. The salesman said they were great tires. We lost air pressure in the tires. With less than 2500 miles tire blew out at 5:15 am. Lucky traffic wasn’t too busy to pull off and Change it. Got online and compared these tires. The tires were quiet as they stated. But the con was the blow out comments. Talked to the Hyundai dealer. Tires were not covered in any type of warranty. Told me Vito send it back to the factory and see if they would replace it. Figured money would be better spent on getting tires with a warranty I can trust. Went and purchased 4 new tires with 80,000 mile warranty. Dealership acted like they didn’t want to hear it. That was enough for me.

I've had 4 sets of Kumho grand touring tires including what's on my car now. No problems with any of the 4 sets. I was never informed/advised/warned by tire installer [America's Tire] that there were serious issues with tires with the old tires. I will continue to buy Kumho tires.

Bought a Santa Fe Sport with Kumho tires. I have a shimmy. Had car aligned- no help. Balanced tires- helped until a different shop rotated my tires, now it's back. After reading reviews, I will go with they are crappy tires! Always bought Michelin, will go back to them.

Bought 4EA new Ecsta PA51 Kumho Tires for my 2008 Honda Civic 5-speed, on Sept. 9, 2023. These replaced a German tire, Vredestein, which were in my opinion, very good performing tires, especially in wet conditions. On Dec. 3rd, 2023, on the highway, I went to check my breaks in an off ramp and my car did a 360 spin-out. There was something wrong with the road for sure, but the tires totally failed me when I needed them most. I was told there would be a break-in period and a little iffy in wet conditions. So had the tires about 3 months and never liked the ride. Mushy tire. Felt like I was riding a dung buggy. Anyway, this Kumho tire was not what I expected it to be. FAILED!!

My car rides like I have a roger rabbit car. Thread is breaking off. I took my car back to Sam Club to complain but the service person said it was okay, I had just left the dealer who advise me to get a tire. I've also other people who has the same tire with the same problem. I have the worse ride.

I bought a new used car. It came with Kumho tires and I have had 3 flats and no nails or screws. Every one has been valve stem issue. I've repaired or replaced 3 of 4 now. The 4th will be replaced Tuesday. I will never buy this brand of tire ever. They have defective valve stem.

This was my first set of Kumho 295 70 R 18 light truck tires. They were installed on my 3/4 pu. After about 10k I noticed a vibration at 70 mph. Pretty much the sweet spot for freeway driving. Road conditions on Washington State highways are pretty bad so sometimes it's hard to determine if it's tires or road conditions that are causing the problem. After another 10k I asked the dealer to check it out. All the tires were defective (out of round). They adjusted the tires for wear and ordered a new set. After installed the truck truck drove like I was on a washboard road. The dealer's inspection showed 2 of the tires were okay and 2 had to be replaced. I had them take them off and install another brand.

This is my 5th blowout and 3rd warranty replacement on my 2025 Honda CRV. I'm glad I got the dealership road hazard tire warranty. The 2 other replacements were side wall bubbles. Terrible tires, not durable at all. I'm hoping to make 30k before I replace them with another brand.

I purchased 4 new Kuhmo tires from Mavis Tire and Brakes in Dunedin, Florida, the end of July 2025. On August 10, 2025, I had a sudden, severe blowout on the freeway going 65 miles per hr., nearly causing me to lose control of the car and tearing off a piece of trim and a hubcap. I returned with the tire to Mavis/Tire Kingdom. I was told it appeared to be a factory defect. However, I needed to purchase a new tire and pay for balancing again since the retailer was not willing to honor any kind of warranty, including Florida implied warranty law.