Driver feedback on the Avon ZV7 is split: many owners praise it as a great-value mid-range tire with strong dry and wet grip, low noise and good ride comfort. However, a large portion of reviews report premature cracking/perishing in the tread grooves (often with plenty of tread left), alongside uneven center wear and shorter-than-expected life. Overall, the Avon ZV7 is often liked for how it drives when new, but is frequently rejected due to durability and wear-pattern concerns.
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I've now ran 3 sets of Avon ZV7's, primarily due to good price and performance, especially with dealer discounting, but also as they were originally made in Britain (though are only "engineered" in the UK now). The tires have always performed very well and only a noticeable drop off towards end of life. Tires have always felt comfortable and are quiet given the wide 19in rims. Wet grip was always confidence inspiring with no surprises. Gripped well for a front wheel drive car, dry or wet, towing a large caravan. More spirited solo driving could give a slightly floaty feel but not enough to concern. Surprising performance in snowy conditions, which maybe suggests softer rubber which might be a reason for an excessive wear rate?
Unfortunately I'm now moving away from there tires primarily due to both wear rate and uneven wear. 12-14k sees the front tires drop below the legal range, but with heavy wear to the central belt, almost as if the tires were heavily overinflated (which they are not). The wear results in poor handling for the last couple of thousand miles with the steering tugging side to side. If Avon could improve on both the wear rate and wear pattern I might be tempted back, but changing tires every 11 month isn't for me anymore when other equally performing tires last considerably longer.
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Had these on for 16 months, 10k miles and they were finished, never again, only had them because the retailer recomended them. Gone back to Pirelli last set did 16.5k miles with better feel and grip
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Just replace Bridgestone tires with Avon ZV7 225/45/18 to my Audi A3 Saloon 2021, Ride, noise, comfort are all fine, feedback is OK but not as good as Bridgestone. better grip in the dry, however acceptable grip in wet conditions, price was good against its competitors, car feels planted when cornering.
Centers worn down to 3mm outer edges still on 5-6mm. Car had tracking done when the tires where fitted, suspension all good and tire pressures definitely not over inflated. Handling is ok, wet grip good enough for what is classed as a mid range tire but surprised me a few times when i expected to have grip and didnt! Will not buy again.
Second lot of 4 Avon ZV7 tires, as with my previous tires all 4 developed cracking in tread wells around entire tread and the off side front tire developed a single crack across the entire tread but not the sidewalls at all. Contacted DVSA by filling in online form , they need more evidence e.g. photographs ,actual tires and more complaints to take further action.
Seemingly good tire, let down by premature cracking around the longitudinal grooves.
I have these on a Mondeo, so not the most demanding car. I have checked pressures fairly regularly and never found them along way off the recommended values, but still within a couple of years have found them to be cracking really quite badly along the tire grooves, to the extent that the carcass is visible at the bottom of the cracks.
The tires are less than 3 years old, so age shouldn't really be a problem.
Having to replace these when they are less than half worn - so not best pleased. It looks as though I'm not alone if you check in the various motoring forums.
I like these, good wet & dry grip, when i got my BMW, it was on runflats(Horrible things No Grip) I was so sick of not being able to use my cars power, now shes no Ferrari, but no slug either, 500nm torque will unstick most tires in the wet, but these ZV7s have made a big difference to my cars handling in the wet, I will admit they can be a bit snappy on the limit, but not unless your arrogant with them, they are on rear axle on my car (RWD). E60 fairly big car, and I like to get on with it, these tires give good stability at high speed (100mph+) and feel planted. Good tire sensible price. will buy again as i will be interested to get all 4 tires the same and see the improvement, I ve got Vredestein on fronts axle, not bad but not good lack feel
Just don't! I had Avon tires before, they were ace and lasted long. This however, not even sure they did the 9000 as I have winter tires too and didn't mark the mileage so it is an educated guess. They are good tires in terms of performance, can't fault them. Love their grip on wet and dry and give a stable cornering experience. I bought my car when it was 1 year old and they came with Michelin Supremacy or whatever it was and they were horrible. I felt I was driving on ice, especially in wet conditions so I quickly replaced them. On my former car I had the Avons and in fact I still have them in the shed as I sold the car with the winter tires, and that Avon is still solid at 6+ years old, no cracks, and did at least 25 000 miles. However the ones I bought in 2021 for the Berlingo they got cracks all over the place as described by other reviews. Also I didn't check the treads properly just briefly and it was around half way on the sides, never realised that they were almost on the legal limit in the middle until I've read it in the shop report that the tires were at 6%. We went away for a long weekend and having 3 little children I didn't take any chances, told the local shop to replace them. Since I had only 2 days to sort it out I went for the same again. First I thought I must have had done something to the tires myself like letting them on for this winter or the high speed travel on the autobahn had its toll or just simply had a bad batch as the other avons were fine. I hope I won't regret this decision, I came to look if it is really fine to have less than 3 year old tires with all the cracking. I was shocked to see all these reviews with the same issues. I wish I had the time to check around before I had to buy again, I would have avoided it!
I didn't mind the mileage as much as I wasn't particularly soft with them and this is a big box car, probably has a bit more force on the corners than the ford focus I had before but wasn't happy about it either. It is not cheap, it cost me £110 per tire fitted now. The guy in the shop said it is completely normal to have those cracks on a 3 years old tire. I guess he said that because he knew I bought those from them too. Anyway, this review is for that faulty set of tires. Since I normally use winter tires too I kept the front and back rotating therefore I had all 4 tires on 6% according to the tire shop. As many other it was the middle tread which was gone with the sides looking like half way done only.
There is one more aspect that probably nobody noticed, Now that I had the new ones fitted the car is more "bouncy" like the tires were overinflated. I am yet to check that (was nothing but raining badly since) but I doubt the shop put more air in them than shown on the sticker in the door frame and that's what I usually kept myself with regular checks and adjustments. If the pressure is in the same region it would mean that the tires are "softening" with time and road feedback changes. However, I must point out that I didn't notice any change in the grip on the worn tires. I wasn't pushing them to the limits though but in everyday spirited driving they didn't feel different.
I will come back in a year or two and give another feedback on the current set. Hopefully I will be lucky and these will last long and won't crack. Also I have a set of winter tires they are Avon too, at some point I'll do a review on them as well. In terms of performance they are the same as this so quite happy with those too, but now I am worried about the longevity.
I only usually buy premium tires, but out MG ZS EV is due to go back to the lease company in the next month or so and the Bridgestone Weather control evos on it worn.
The Avons have been a very pleasant surprise.
Great dry and wet handling, good breaking and low noise.
I've been using Avon tires for upwards of 7 years on my Ford Fiesta, where the past 18 months I moved to the ZV7s as the previous model was no longer available.
The tires are more than capable in the dry/wet and i have always felt confident driving in any conditions, however i have never tested the maximum capabilities of the tires, so i can't comment for those scenarios. However day-to-day driving, the tires are excellent.
Despite saying this, i would not recommend these tires. 2 out of my 3 Avon tires (I had the O/S front replaced during an insurance job and they installed a Continental instead), can be seen to have noticeably worn more in the center of the tires than around the edges, especially the with the N/S front. This was highlighted to be today during my MOT, where the center of the tires are close to the limit, yet the edges have 5+mm left.
The MOT tester said that this can be caused by overpressuring, however i have always regularly checked my tires, and i have never had this issue during my 8 odd years of motoring. Looking online i can see that others have experienced the same issue with these new Avon tires, and so i can only put it down to the tires.
I am fuming to replacing the tire after less than 18 months, for which it has covered less than 15,000 miles, especially as the previous model of Avon tires i never encountered an issue.
I'm now replacing the tire with a continental to match the other tire which is less than 2 months old, but it is safe to say i won't be returning back to Avon.
