Long tread life is the clearest strength of the Bridgestone Turanza ER33, with 15 positive mentions against one complaint across 23 reviews. Dry grip is generally favorable, at eight positive comments against two negative, but handling is closely divided. Noise is the main drawback, criticised in nearly half the reviews, while around a third criticise wet grip and around a quarter find comfort lacking. Several mid-life and end-of-life accounts support the wear praise, but the two posts from one returning reviewer describe the same mileage and experience rather than a progression over time. The 65.8% average reflects durability more consistently than quietness or wet-road confidence.
What owners mention most counted across 23 reviews
Drive about 30.000 km and it starts losing it's pattern. It feels very bad at wet road, I'm not brave to drive it above 90km/h at rain condition. The grip and handling is good at dry road, but it's very noisy.
Completed 50,000kms in Mazda 3 Max Sport 2017, Auto, great handling car improved further with these tires. Comfort is extremely good, no issue with either wet weather braking or handling unless you push the car beyond the prevailing road conditions.I live in Queensland Australia, semi-tropical region some 18okm's from Brisbane.
Road surfaces off the freeways are course stone chip on bitumen, which results in a course ride, however, these tires perform much better in terms of noise transmission and handling than the standard OE Dunlops fitted on our second car, a 2018 Corolla. Bridgestone have the knack in engineering a good product with great wear resistance, combined with above-average wet handling characteristics. I removed the road tires off a new Hilux SR5 and replaced them with the Dualer 697's, they are the best value AT tires on the market. I got 85,000Kms from these fitted on my Prado.
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Very long lasting tires. A pair were fitted to rear of my car for one summer, then moved to the front (and new tires fitted to rear). They lasted another 3 summers on front, so did around 48,000 miles in total. Still had 2.8mm tread remaining but edges were worn, and they no longer felt secure on wet roundabouts etc. I think they were quieter than the Pirelli P7's I replaced them with.
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Very long lasting tires. Had a pair fitted to rear for one summer and moved them to front for next three summers, they did around 48,000 miles in total. Still had 2.8mm tread remaining in primary grooves but both edges were visually worn, so I decided to replace. In the last few months they felt strange when taking sharp turns in the wet (like side walls were flexing more, perhaps this was the worn edges), and would occasionally wheelspin when setting off on cold wet junctions, but no problems braking etc, and fine when dry. Please note that I generally don't drive fast so perhaps not the best judge of tires, and can't comment about winter performance because I fit winter tires Nov to April.
These tires came fitted to a Toyota Prius Plus (7 seater) and were 6-months old when I bought the car. They looked like new. In the dry they have good grip but the first time I went out in the wet it was a different matter. The drive wheels spun at a junction with the car being driven in eco-mode. There was no pressure from traffic and it was a slightly uphill junction. I started to pull away and they just spun. I then went onto a motorway (in the rain the same day) and the car started to brake automatically when the traffic in front started to slow down (active cruise control). The car did not slow down but just slid towards the car in front. Pumping the brakes to get rid of the water under the tires worked and no accident occurred. On the next motorway the same thing happened and once again I managed by the skin of my teeth not to crash. Both hydroplaning incidents happened at 70mph on good road surfaces. So, in the dry the grip well but in the wet they are prone to being lethal. I am not a fast driver, who pushes the limits. I stick to the speed limits and try to maximise the MPG while making progress. I have ordered some 4-season tires to replace them and I cannot wait to get the Bridgestone tires off my car.
ER33 are fitted on Lexus and Premium JDM Toyotas in Asia..these are the worst tires ever, i cannot still believe these tires are standard on Lexus IS, ES and JDM camrys..its pretty wobbly during cornering, its very unresponsive during high speed..planning to get Hankook S1 Noble 2 which are standard on Benz and BMW in europe/asia...
No problems on the dry. Hydroplaned a couple of times on the wet. Got 40k kilometers out of it. Will buy another 4 today to replace the old ones. Not bad for 300kms a day drive doing light courier work.
This is the factory fitted tire for Toyota Yaris Indonesian market. The dry grip is just average, still good going 100mph on highway but the wet grip is just terrible. I had multiple hydroplanning with just driving 40mph. Going just above 60mph into puddle will instantly transform your car to boat. The tread didnt lose half of its thickness in almost 2 years with 26k miles on the clock which give low wear rate.
These are really average tires considering they are bespoke Lexus tires.
They lack any true feeling of confidence or comfort and while they are a touring rather than sporty tire, they fail to inspire in any department other than wear.
In my opinion they are not doing the car justice and as soon as the weather turns cold they frankly become very unpredictable, almost dangerous....hence the decision to invest in a set of winter boots
