The Federal Formoza FD1 is a Touring Summer tire designed to be fitted to Passenger Cars.
The quick answer
Owners say54%from 15 owner reviews29% would buy againRead the reviews
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Built from every independent test result and vetted owner review we hold for this tire - the evidence is all further down the page. Data updated July 2024.
How comfortable and quiet are the Federal Formoza FD1?
Owners rate the Federal Formoza FD1 5.8 out of 10 for comfort and noise across 13 reviews.
How well do the Federal Formoza FD1 wear, according to owners?
Owners rate the Federal Formoza FD1 5.7 out of 10 for wear across 13 reviews. 6 of those reviews come from owners past 10,000 miles, and the typical review covers 8,000 miles.
Would owners buy the Federal Formoza FD1 again?
29% of owners say they would buy the Federal Formoza FD1 again, based on the 14 owner reviews that answered the question. 7% of them gave it the highest possible answer.
What do owners say about the Federal Formoza FD1's tread life?
Of the 12 owner reviews analyzed for the Federal Formoza FD1, 8 mention tread life: 3 praise it (long-lasting) and 5 criticise it (wears quickly). One owner wrote: "Could not believe how quick the tread wore out on these". Read those reviews
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Across 15 owner ratings the Federal Formoza FD1 averages 54%. Owners rate Dry Grip highest at 7.1 out of 10 and Road Feedback lowest at 4.9. 6 of those reviews come from owners past 10,000 miles. 15% of owners score it 70% or better.
Owner ratings averaged from 15 ratings
Owner score54%
Dry Grip71%
Comfort58%
Wear57%
Wet Grip56%
Handling51%
Road Feedback49%
Featured reviews
Most helpful 20%
“I have a very bad experieemcw with these tires. I changed all four tires of my car thinking this will be great choice. But eventually all four failed pre matuarly due to reinforcement damage and loose rubber. I wrote...”
“These are the worst tires I have ever bought, £52 a corner and I have worn them out in 5000 miles, my Continental PC2's lasted me 15k. These Federals are dangerous in the wet even when new with very little grip and in...”
“So I have these on a crx si with a zc swap, exhaust, lightweight flywheel, racing clutch, and an intake, the cars def. Not slow, with that said these tires handle everything I throw at them with this car, I drive tons...”
I have a very bad experieemcw with these tires. I changed all four tires of my car thinking this will be great choice. But eventually all four failed pre matuarly due to reinforcement damage and loose rubber. I wrote this matter to federal factory as well. But they seems not willing to listen. So my advice is if any one willing to go for federal tires, think twice. One Image of the failed tire attached below.
57%
Member
Buick
245/40 R19
5,000 miles
Mostly Motorways
Average
Very noisy tire. To the point of being irritating.
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Unstable at highway speed and especially during higher speed cornering. Never lost grip wet or dry, though it felt like the tire itself was made of gooey mush. It was as if some suspension part had come loose. It hadn't. Will never buy again. Swapped them out before 1000 miles. Fortunately was able to get credit toward new meat.
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These tire were fiited on the car when I bought it, so not my choice, but I was pleasantly surprised by how well the car handled and road noise was minimal.
Can't comment on wear as they came off after less than 3000 miles to be swapped for winter rubber, but they've been put in the loft and will definately be going back on next summer. Certainly there is no noticeable wear on them yet and they look like brand new tires still.
Having looked up the price of them, I was expecting them to be truely arwful but was actually quite impressed.
49%
Member
Volkswagen
225/45 R17
6,000 miles
A Combination of Roads
Spirited
Could not believe how quick the tread wore out on these and will never go for this brand again....also pretty noisy.
I accidentaly run over a buss curb in 50km/h so my right front tire blow its steel cords, so they are sticking out on that tire 10mm by 20mm. Law says its illegal so I have to change that but there was no tire in that size anymore, discontinued tire. So I have to go and get two new ones.
8kg tire rubber weight, 330aaa rubber for that size, ranges from 230-340aaa in the sizes
Fighting like hell to get 28,000 miles out of this tire on a Honda fit.
this tire is virtually a scam, at 20,000 I had a tire separate so bad it was unrunable.Had to buy another Formoza, Schawab only gave me 25%. Now at 28,000 I have steel cords showing on two more tires and the 3rd old tire has a band separating. (shakes at 60 mph) but still trying to get every short changed scammed dollar out of these tires.
Spend Your cash on a better tire...like Yokohama or something don't buy these.
These are the worst tires I have ever bought, £52 a corner and I have worn them out in 5000 miles, my Continental PC2's lasted me 15k. These Federals are dangerous in the wet even when new with very little grip and in the dry still questionable levels of grip.
The wear on these tires has been minimal over 10,000 miles suggesting a hard rubber compound that gives reasonable performance in the dry. In the wet, the feedback is good, but unfortunately the tires are telling you that they have minimal grip which translates to significant understeer at relatively low speeds. I would not want to brake hard in the wet and always drive defensively to avoid the possibility. They have M+S stamped on them which used to mean Mud & Snow when I was a lad. I'm not sure what it means now but while the tires are ok on fresh snow their performance in slush or on ice is poor. As a budget tire for driving around in the dry they are fine but any hint of wet weather requires a large adjustment in expectation and speed.
So I have these on a crx si with a zc swap, exhaust, lightweight flywheel, racing clutch, and an intake, the cars def. Not slow, with that said these tires handle everything I throw at them with this car, I drive tons of miles per day for work in very mountainous conditions, they handle well in dry and wet, not too Much noise that I can tell, I havnt even rotated them yet so the wear is a bit uneven, the fronts still have about 60% tread and the rears have 80%, with 30k hard miles on them. I wouldn't reccomend for someone looking for a higher performance tire, but I'd deffinately reccomend for someone looking for a decent reliable tire.
I've now had these tires for just about 6k and because of a puncture, I'm replacing both fronts. Just as well as they're terrible! The dry grip is ok, but there's little feedback to tell you when grip is about to run out - just LOTS of road noise. Wet grip is exciting and care is needed even at low speeds. The real pain is the wear - 6k on the driven wheels and I reckon there's no more than 3mm of tread left. A poor performance from a budget tire. Here's hoping the Falken 452's I've ordered do much better.
