Owner feedback on the Continental EcoContact 6 is mixed (average 56%), with the strongest consensus being that it delivers excellent fuel economy thanks to very low rolling resistance (mentioned by around one in five owners). However, a much larger share complain about short tread life and fast wear (just over half of owners), and wet-road confidence is a recurring weakness, with over a third criticising wet grip and around one in eight unhappy with wet handling. Comfort is often praised (around one in five owners) and noise levels divide opinion, with similar numbers calling it quiet as those finding it noisy.
What owners mention most counted across 154 reviews
I would not pay the price for continental tires, when new they look like part worn tires soft sidewalls full of dents, Michelin and Good Year are far better tires, and last a lot longer, more for your money, I bought a peugeot2008 new, hoping for Michelin primacy tires, but it was fitted with eco contact crap with hardly any tread on them, won't be putting those back on when it's time for some new ones, and looking at them that won't be long
These tires performed reasonably well in all categories but are very poor value indeed due to short tire lifetime.
All tires I have ever purchased have had a tread depth of 7mm or more when new - to my surprise the Continental EcoContact 6 tires, fitted to a brand new car I recently hired, only had a tread depth of 6.3mm. The GoodYear Efficiency tires on my previous newly hired car had a tread depth of 7.5mm. I checked with the supplier that the Continental tires were new, which they confirmed. So I phoned Continental UK and spoke to one of their technical staff who, to my surprise, confirmed that the manufactured tread depth was indeed 6.3mm, within some 1/10th mm tolerance. The continental advertising blurb claimed that their superior technology made the tires more wear resistant, so I decided to wait, measure, and check that is true. It isn't.
The front Continental EcoContact 6 tires on my fwd drive car have done only 4609 miles in their first year (Covid limited mileage) and their measured tread depth is now 5.3mm, a loss in tread depth of 1.0mm which projects to 2.2mm tread depth reduction per 10k miles.
The equivalent figure for my previous car tires (Toyota Avensis estate with GoodYear Efficiency 215/55/R17) was a bit better than that, at 1.9mm/10kmiles, challenging Continental's claim of extra wear resistance.
And because Continental EcoContact 6 tires are manufactured with only 6.3mm tread, 1.2mm less than GoodYear, I get about 5.5k miles less 'life' from them than from the GoodYear tires; the missing 1.2mm would have extended the tire's 'lifetime' by 4609 miles x 1.2mm/1.0mm = 5.5k miles.
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I think the worst tire a had in my 35 years driving experience.
Thinking of replacing them in autumn(10000km).
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These tires came on my Volvo XC60. They perform ok, but the thread is so shallow on a brand new tire that they look used. Will be replaced with Michelin or Goodyear...
Tires came with the car when I bought it. The new 5th gen Clio is very capable car for a small eco car, so the fact that these tires disappointed me, tells a lot.
First the positives: very low wear, excellent fuel consumption.
The bad: Below average in dry, but kind of expected from eco tires.
The horrendous: Dangerous in wet! It might be fine for city driving, but when you are going to need to stomp on brakes or just go into a corner a little too quick, there wont be any buffer zone where the tire would save you. It works then you want a little bit more from it... ...and the grip is gone. Full on braking in rain feels many times like braking on ice.
My personal conclusion: The negatives far outweigh the positives. For me, I started to avoid driving in rain because I usually drive very spirited and these tires are simply not very reliable choice for driving outside of city areas.
Great grip on dry, actually here in Israel most days are dry, accept few rainy days a year. Where I am living, when it’s winter there is snow. The tires are handling and no sign of slipping when driving calm. Less noisy then falken 310 I had or Dunlop enasave.
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New ECO CONTACT 6 now coming new with 5mm tread, by lucky to get 10,000, dont bother is my honest opinion. Others are offering much better tread and performance.
Since buying 3 hyundai cars (which fit these tires as standard) from 2015 i have had 16 punctures in these tires. Had to replace tires on 4 occasions. The most recent, 4 punctures in 8 weeks. I learnt these tires are a softer rubber and more prone to punctures. Reviews of these from others say the same thing. I don't rate them as a tire at all in 32 years of driving the previous 26 i had 8 punctures WITHOUT continental tires. Now i replace them with tires that are harder rubber that are less prone to the tire being penetrated by metal on the road. I hear the brand new Hyundai now use Michelin Tires. I wonder why they switched?. Obviously too many complaints like mine.
