Drivers report the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 delivers standout wet-weather grip and strong confidence in rain, with many also praising stable dry handling and generally good comfort when new. However, a substantial portion of reviews describe very short tread life and durability issues (rapid wear, uneven wear/cupping, and tread tearing/peeling), often leading to early replacement. Snow and ice performance is frequently criticized as below expectations for an all-season tire, especially on inclines or compacted snow.
What owners mention most counted across 77 reviews
After 1 year of use the front tires began to tear, after another afew months those damaged threads began to fall off. İt is really sad and dangerous as my opinion.
Absolute orgasmic grip pleasure driving on wet, I bought based on reviews here and they're confirmed.
Totally miserable on snow. Never needed on ice, cannot tell. Rode them on highways 170km/h in every summer, but the feedback is like you're floating so I don't recommend exceeding 150km/h.
Quite wear after 3 years but that's understandable, you cannot have it all.
Since I don't drive in snowy winter conditions and the winters in southern Romania are nowadays mostly snowless due to climate change, I find this the best option when you cannot afford seasonal tires AND you don't have harsh winters.
Definitely will buy again next autumn (but the EVO model this time), since I always replace tires at 4 years, won't wait for the 6 years as in the guidelines.
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Renault
195/55 R20
2,000 miles
A Combination of Roads
Spirited
Very good tire I have tested it in all conditions from 0 to -10c including ice and snow and I can say that they have never put a foot wrong
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When I first got these tires I was very happy. Nice ride, great in the wet & snow performance was fine in the 1 day we had snow (2-3 inches).
However, rear offside developed a noise which turned out to be cupping after only 8K miles (2 years motoring due to Pandemic). Replaced with 2 Vredestein Quatrac Pros as advise was that directional all season tires were prone to deformations. As they are asymmetric they seem fine.
On first MoT at 14500 miles the remaining 2 A005s had worn down a lot & especially FNS which had bad wearing to inside rim. The FOS was deforming as well. Car's tracking was out by no more than 1mm.
In all on the face of it they seemed good tires but had wear issues I have never had in over 40 years with both summer & winter tires.
These are my first all-season tires so rather disappointed. I hope the Vredestein fare better.
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Skoda
185/65 R15
12,000 miles
Mostly Motorways
Easy Going
Put a pair of these on the front of a Skoda Fabia (95ps 1.0TSI). Mostly steady 65-70mph motorway driving, and after 12,000 they're down to wear bars and sides of the tread are showing age cracking. Terrible tires in this small size. Just replaced with Kumho ES31 summers (similar to the factory fit ES01).
I'm pretty disappointed in the end mainly because the tires only lasted 27.000 km all in all, but the performance drop was huge after say 20.000 km. The tires have very little grip both in the dry and the wet, the wheels spin easily even in 2nd gear, even in the dry and we are talking about a 1.5 ton 140 bhp car. I don't use the car much in the winter, but last winter convinced me, that it's time for new tires, the car was all over the place, it didn't feel safe anymore. I found them pretty noisy as well, but the handling was very good. I will replace them with the new Michelin Cross climate 2, let's see how they'll perform.
Bought these tires in April 2020. Have done 9000 miles in UK driving on all roads.
Noise developed on rear near side, similar to faulty wheel bearing sound. This was since a service in Sept 2021. The car is fine. Wheel alignment spot on. Rotated tires rear to front. Noise moved to front near side. No effect on steering. Car drives perfectly. Noticed all tires display ‘sawtoothing’. Also the noisy tire in noticeably worn on the inside. Not apparent on the other three. Further, the sipes have worn completely on both shoulders at about every 7 or 8 blocks. Other tires displayed the sipes worn across the width of the tire, again about every 7 or 8 blocks. Very strange and nothing I have seen before in nearly 50 years of motoring. I am totally confident in the car but not these tires. I suspect the quality & robustness of the tire. Not dangerous but disconcerting. Will not buy again.
Based on my experience, the tires performance wise were alright. On ice or snow - worse than the worst winter tires, and probably better than the best summer tires. Overall it wasn't too noisy.
But they have worn down very badly in only 1.5 years during which they did only 15k miles.
Imagine that: time zero - getting new tires installed.
time +1.5 years - visually the thread is looking low.
time + 1.8 years - MOT warning (still a pass).
Those tires did not last long at all. Run from them. I do not recommend.
Maybe for other cars it's a different story, but based on my experience - run.
I will never buy this again, and I will attempt to look away from Bridgestone altogether.
That said, other inspected brand (different tires, different car) has it's own different problems, so you have to choose which negative you can take.
Had these on a hired Ford Kuga, utterly useless in the snow/ice/slush and way too much understeer in the dry, not driven in wet so no comment on that aspect. However the incredibly poor winter performance shows that the "snowflake" mark on a tire is unfortunately still no indication whatsoever of any kind of acceptable performance in these conditions - Avoid, if you must fit all-season tires then go with Goodyear or Michelin.
Disagree with the reviews criticising the grip in snow. Yes - you have to drive to suit the road conditions, but so far, these tires haven't let me down. Considering they are 'all-season', to find a hybrid tire that will handle all conditions is rare. I've used Michelin Cross-Climate previously and the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 tires are at least on a par. Drove through heavy snow (yes-to the conditions) and felt the grip was good. Same goes for wet and dry conditions. Haven't had the tires long enough to assess wear rate, but as a tire with a good all round performance so far - no complaints.
I bought a full set of these updated Aoo5evo to replace the set of Goodyear Vector 4Seasons I had on my previous car and absolutely loved. The Goodyear's did over 20000 miles and were in still great condition when sold the car.
After 13.months and 11000 miles on my new, updated version of old car, I was shocked to be told by the garage during service and health check that they recommended changing very soon as were close to 2mm.
I contacted Bridgestone as these are supposed to be extended wear and in comparison to Goodyear with same advanced driver and very similar car, doing same journey, they had lasted significantly less time. They came back with usual possible dismissive impact factors.
Replacements will be the Goodyear again.
Grip and handling were ok in dry and wet. It’s performance in snow, was miles better than a summer tire. But after 20k (km), with one summer included, the tread patter started to loose pieces as I have only seen on winter units. I’d not buy it again.
