Very pleased on dry roads, good grip on wet surfaces. Never had issues with aquaplaning, not too loud. On good surfaces very comfortable. On off road very grippy, on stones too. The bad side is on snow. Poor grip on compacted snow, specially on cornering. On ice is a disaster, even if this tire is rated 3PSF. Never again on snow, but for sure again for the rest.
225/70 R17 Tires
Everything we know about the 225/70 R17 tire size: 5 owner reviews covering 59,031 miles of driving, and EU label data for the tires you can actually buy in it.
- 5owner reviews
- 59,031 milescovered on them
- 30tires made in this size
225/70 R17 EU tire label data
EU label values are declared for each individual size, so the figures here are exact for 225/70 R17 rather than a range across a model. 19 tires carry label data in this size. The most common load index is 108 (up to 1,000 kg per tire). Speed ratings on offer: H (210 km/h), T (190 km/h), S (180 km/h), R (170 km/h). 9 tires in this size carry the 3PMSF severe snow marking.
A Best wet grip
1 tires in this size hold the top EU wet grip rating, class A. The highest scoring on Tire Reviews:
- Falken Eurowinter VAN01 Winter
70dB Quietest tires
The quietest 225/70 R17 tires are labelled at 70 dB external noise:
- Michelin Latitude Cross All Season 8.4
- Yokohama Geolandar AT G015 All Season 8
- Yokohama Geolandar HT G056 All Season 6.9
- Yokohama Geolandar AT4 All Season 6.6
- Three A Ecosaver Summer
Label values come from the EU EPREL database and apply to the EU market versions of each tire. Wet grip and rolling resistance run from class A (best) to E; noise is the measured drive-by figure. A good label is a floor, not a verdict - the tests and owner ratings above tell you far more.
What does 225/70 R17 mean?
A 225/70 R17 tire is 225 mm wide, its sidewall is 70% of that width (158 mm) tall, and it fits a 17 inch wheel. That gives an overall diameter of roughly 747 mm.
| Section width | 225 mm |
|---|---|
| Sidewall height | 158 mm |
| Rim diameter | 17" (432 mm) |
| Overall diameter | ≈ 747 mm |
| Circumference | ≈ 2,346 mm |
| Revolutions per km | ≈ 426 |
| Revolutions per mile | ≈ 686 |
Also written as
225/70R17 225/70 ZR17 225-70-17 225 70 17
Figures are calculated from the nominal size. A loaded, rolling tire runs a few percent smaller, and true widths vary slightly between makes.
What cars use 225/70 R17 tires?
The cars most often running this size in our owner reviews. Each links to the best rated tires for that exact car.
Every tire reviewed in 225/70 R17
The complete record, including discontinued tires and tires with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 3 tires have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.
| Tire | Season | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Grabber AT3 Replaced by General Grabber AT3 Plus | All Season | 71% | 2 | 2,000 miles |
Reviews only cover part of the market: 30 tires are made in 225/70 R17. Browse every 225/70 R17 tire →
What drivers say about their 225/70 R17 tires
The most recent owner reviews fitted in this size, in their own words.
Very pleased on dry roads, good grip on wet surfaces. Never had issues with aquaplaning, not too loud. On good surfaces very comfortable. On off road very grippy, on stones too. The bad side is on snow. Poor grip on compacted snow, specially on cornering. On ice is a disaster, even if this tire is rated 3PSF. Never again on snow, but for sure again for the rest.
Subaru XV original tires on rural Australian roads for 50,000 km. Very worn but a few millimeters of tread depth left. Overall an adequate tire, certainly better than Geolanders on a previous Forester. Road-holding okay dry and wet. But noisy (and hard riding?). Better tires around for the same price.
I had 4 tires fitted new in Dec 2016 at 76k and now at 131k on my 2007 Toyota Landcruiser 3L d4d. I have been very impressed with them over the last few years. I have taken my twin axle caravan 10k miles round Europe in 2017 and the Ecovison H/T did a great job. On French/Spanish mountain tracks and riverbeds in the summer to -20c snow/ice in Poland they were great. I took them on a quarry 4x4 play area in the summer of 2017 and they performed great there too (nothing too crazy - they are not mud terrain tires!). Good on motorway too. I didn't loose traction or get stuck anywhere (partly good tires and partly great 4x4 car). I've had them back in Scotland for anther winter and they have been great here too in the snowy side roads. They look like an all-season to me as they have little slits in the tread like winter tires to help them warm up. The Landcrusier is not a race car but I've only had them break away traction on roundabouts a couple on times in 54k miles when I'm really pushing it proper hard. I have to really slam the brakes on purpose on packed snow to get the LC to skid a little.
I'm actually trying to buy another set right now as after 55k miles the fronts are getting a bit low.
I'm actually trying to buy another set right now as after 55k miles the fronts are getting a bit low.
Tires were ok in the dry but dangerous as soon as it rained. Understeer, oversteer and wheel spin in the wet. Tires were on the vehicle when it was purchased we have since replaced them.
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Where this data comes from
Owner ratings are submitted through the review form on this site, naming the tire, the size and the distance covered, and are checked by hand before publication. Test results come from independent published tire tests indexed by size, and label values from the EU EPREL database.
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Who does the testing
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