Bridgestone Turanza

BRIDGESTONE is main brand available in India. Bridgestone has come a long way and has established themselves as a leader in Radial Tyres used for Passenger Cars in India and has become one of the preferred OEM suppliers to major car manufacturers in India. FIRESTONE, FUZION, and UNIROYAL, and are other brands owned by Bridgestone. BRIDGESTONE offers a comprehensive product portfolio spread across Passenger Car, SUVs, trucks and buses, Construction and mining, Agriculture, Industrial, Aircrafts, Motorcycles and Scooters Tyres and Tubes and other automotive parts, retreading materials and repair services.

I bought these for all 4 wheels 6 months ago for £80 each, seemed reasonable for a major brand. At current rate of wear they should last for 30K miles, which I am happy with.

I also did a quick test in wet and dry and breaking in a straight line it was OK.

What's the problem with them then? Turning and cornering isn't safe. For example, when simply turning around a bend or overtaking a parked vehicle the car loses traction and 'slides' out. I then I have to compensate by turning the wheel further in and then pull back when it finally grips properly. I dread to think what they'll be like in the snow.

I think there is some kind of design fault with these tires, there are three huge groves running around the centre to prevent aquaplaning, but there are no deep horizontal grooves for traction. The only horizontal grooves it has are very small, which according to their corporate blurb are designed to absorb tyre noise, not for grip.

It's not just me, look at the independent reviews where they have actually tested the tyres on the road (Auto Express Summer Tyre Test 2012 in the UK and Finnish Test World Summer Tyre Test 2013), they say the same thing.

"These tyres are not enough good in wet conditions for the product of such a major manufacturer, and the situation on dry pavement isn't much better."

I pay extra mainly for safety, and this is what I get? Save yourself some money and get a mid-range tyre like Hankook or if premium, a Conti/Dunlop.

Thanks,

Bruce.

Drive a bmw 118d f20. Rear wheel drive and 140bhp. I am poorly amazed by these tires lifespan!

In less then 10 months and 20.000 Km, the front left tyre has run out of the external thread (really out! 0 mm of thread) while the right tyre still has some depth(not much, but surely more than 0mm).

I'm not making fancy corners all day, and surely not all to the right side! I drive home-work-home so not much room for fancy driving.

The reason why they are worn out is because they suck!! Bad tyres (at least for rear wheel drive cars). Would not recommended them ever!

Truth be said, before they wear out too soon, they are confortable and stear and feel good.

came fitted on my new car got just over 50000k, great in the wet ,good handling. bought them again.rob

They may be a reasonable tyre on dry roads but they give no warning at all before letting go when it is slippy. I was luck to get away with cosmetic damage after losing front end control at 5mph in the snow. That was simply turning the steering wheel with no breaking. My traction control was cutting in constantly when pulling off but when I replaced them with Vredestein HiTrac it didn't need to help out once.

The road noise gets very loud when they wear down whereas other brands have not been as noticeable. Also I have had issues with a bulge in the sidewall on one tyre. At the time I put this down to a pothole but I've seen from reviews that this is common enough with this model.

I am very shocked by some of the negative reviews of these tyres. They are great.

They were fitted as standard to my Astra and I got just shy of 50,000 miles before needing to replace the front ones, rear tyres still had 8mm at this point.

I drive about 35,000 miles a year on various types of road and these tyres cope well with them all very well. Today I drove on a very wet motorway and there was not even the slightest loss of grip.

I have had better tyres in the snow, but they cope pretty well with it, I made it out through all of the harsh winter last year.

In the wet these tyres are great, you barely notice the difference between stopping in wet and dry.

Maybe some people have had bad luck, but from my experience these are great tyres.

My wife has just worn out a front pair of Turanzas on her 2.2 CDTI Honda Civic and they have lasted no more than 18 months on a car that has done no more than 8,000 miles in that time. Really terrible tyre wear and given my other car is also a Honda Accord with the same engine I am getting over 20,000 miles from them and they are Michelin Pilot Sport 2's. So far the Civic has gon through 3 sets of tyres in the time the Accord has gone through 2 sets. Think I will pay the extra next time for some Michelins !!

I wish I had read these reveiws before just replacing the tyres with the same brand which came off !!!

I bought 4 new tyres 3 months ago, Bridgestone Turanza 205 / 55R16

and already one has a huge bulge on the side wall. I brought it back to the place i bought it in Galway, Fastfit tyres and i could not get any money back or even a new replacement tyre for it.

I am a very careful driver, and live in the countryside, so don't have any kerbs i could drive up onto or against. There are a few potholes, but i drive carefully.

Fastfit in Galway said they contact Bridgestone, but no refund, or no replacement given.

While they work, they give very good grip even in the wet. But they wear out too fast, and either have structural weakness or are too soft in the walls.

Very disappointed by the customer care not been given about this.

Dave

nasty tyres, way too soft.

Twice have had innocent obejects punch the sidewall (things which shouldnt even make a mark really), never seen anything like it in 18 yrs driving. These tyres both got punctured within 1month of fitting. Sidewall rubber too soft, like eraser more. These tyres are bad. Totally useless. They might hold the road good because they are soft, but the wear quick, and frankly a total waste of money...

I have a large car Holden Commodore tyres fitted standard on new vehicle,just ready for replacement now at 93000klm realy good wearing tyres, but a bit slippery in the wet when getting low on tread.