Yokohama

Worn out under normal driving conditions after 30,000 KM. Original tires on Mazda CX-5. Never used in winter. All city and Highway driving by senior citizens and we don't drive crazy. Suggest asking for different tires if a new purchase of a Mazda equipped with this tire.

We purchased 4 Yokohama Avid Ascend GT 235/ 45 R 18 tires through Tire Rack. Within a year a tire had to be replaced due to a bulge in the side wall. The tires had 3000 miles on them. A year later we had the same issue with another tire while the tire had less than 20,000 miles on it. Tire Rack stated we have to pay for the tire under the road Hazzard and then be refunded. You would think 65,000 mile tires would be better. I have always used Yokohama tires. Never again.

I bought brand new steer tires and after 2 months of normal use about 20k miles the edge started separating. Took them to where bought them, they said it was something I hit or drove in a parking lot. In other words it was my fault, but I just bought the tires $1600 dollars for two, I told the place it’s doing it on both tires. They said Yokohama would not give them another replacement. That it wasn’t a factory defects. I won’t be buying Yokohama tires ever again. And no I don’t recommend them, if I do have an accident guess who I am going after!

Updated on 09/23/2022: I gave my first review about Yokahama because they would not give me but 78% refund on my tires that were defective. After I wrote the review, I called them the next day and spoke to what I believe is a manager. She contacted Discount Tires where I purchased them, except at a different location in another state where I needed them replaced. Within about 10 minutes she called me back and said they would cover 80% over what I paid for the tire and Discount Tires was going to cover the other 20%. They took care of the situation Immediately but not until I had to contact ConsumerAffairs. I gave them 4 stars for taking care of the situation, but not 5 stars because for over a week I had to continue driving my car with tires falling apart and stressed to the max every time I got in my car to leave. Had they taken care of this the first time being contacted they would have gotten 5 stars.

Yokohama Avid Ascend GT tires are my favorites over many years of cars and tire purchases. After buying them for the AWD Subaru and experiencing winters with snow as well as the spring/fall rains of the Pacific Northwest, I bought them for my FWD Nissan Altima coupe. The 3.5L V6 expects sporty tires, these don't disappoint, as well as giving sure-footed driving in the rain. I find them mid-level in the noise range but never a problem and less noisy than my previous tires.

I have a 2019 Mazda CX9 with about 28k on 4 of these tires that came stock when I purchased the vehicle. They have to be the worst tires ever produced and are so badly worn, under normal driving conditions, that they now have to be fully replaced. Why does Mazda continue to sell their cars with these inferior tires?

I leased a new Mazda CX-5 last December 2020. In May my rear, driver side tire, blew out on the sidewall. I hit nothing. I bought the same tire as a replacement, and it developed a leak two weeks later, and Discount Tire replaced it for free. Then, the next day, the rear passenger side tire lost most of its air. I just think there is a real quality problem with this brand. One more problem, and they all get replaced.

My tires wore out long before they should have. I called them and they would not speak to me and just told me to go where I bought them from. I did this, they took pics and recognized that the tread is worn and put the claim through. Yokohama just denied it, blaming it on maintenance without even asking for records of tire rotations etc. plus I put winters on for several months of the year so the tread wore out wayyyy before it should have. Do not waste your people.

I've bought no less than 4 sets of this brand of tires and have had less than stellar performance from any of them. I had at least 3 broken steel belts from potholes and one sidewall blowout. I've experienced abnormal tread wear even though I got a wheel alignment check with each new set and they said all was fine. The straw that broke my back was when Yokohama refused to honor their rebate on the last set of tires I bought. They claimed that the dealer had not included the correct information on the receipt. The receipt described exactly what tires I bought even down to the DOT numbers. As far as I am concerned they are a scam and a ripoff and I'll never buy another tire from them.

The past three vehicles I have owned came with Yokohama tires from the factory. All of them have had at least 6 blowouts with those tires. When it happened in 2005, I was driving my 2002 Volkswagen Jetta, which had a set of Yokohama's from the previous owner. The rear right tire blew out at random on the highway. After that, I got a set of Pirelli's, and for 15 years after that, I never had any problems with the tires. My current vehicle, a 2016 Subaru Impreza, has Yokohama tires. All of the tires on it have been slowly leaking since the first week of owning the car. The car currently has just over 37,000 miles, and there isn't much tread left on any of the tires.