Owners are split on the Goodyear EfficientGrip overall (62.6% average), but the strongest consensus is that it delivers a comfortable ride, good dry grip and worthwhile fuel-efficiency gains. Road noise and tread life are far more variable, with roughly as many owners praising them as criticising them. The most repeated concern is wet performance: around one in five owners specifically complain about weak wet grip, and a similar share report vague steering feel, often linked to soft sidewalls. A smaller but notable group (around one in ten) mention poor puncture resistance, particularly sidewall-related damage.
What owners mention most counted across 133 reviews
A comfortable ride slightly noisy on some surfaces. Excellent grip both wet and dry. Covered 60K on last set of Goodyear tires. Certainly recommend these tires.
This is the second time I've owned a Mondeo with Goodyear Efficient Grip tires...as fitted from new. My experience has been almost identical. The front tires wore almost catastrophically on the inside shoulders and were replaced at around 28000 miles. The rear tires lasted very well but after about 25000 miles (and around half worn, they became increasingly noisy with a rhythmic noise at 20-30 mph. The road noise is so loud that eventually I changed the rear tires with 4mm of tread remaining. According to Goodyear this is caused by uneven wear because of how the tires are presented to the road. There are lots of similar reports on the internet. Can't understand why Ford persist with these tires. I certainly won't buy Goodyear again
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Generally disappointed by wet road handling (they are really dangerous!!) and wear/tear issue. I had to point that 2 tires was installed in front and they had in total +3 grades to internal side tracking issue and outer side was actually destroyed very quickly on both tires. Despite existing mentioned wheel alignment issue I expect them to be in a much better condition. On a wet road they are just dangerous I have no idea how these tires had passed QA tests - I think they just should be banned from roads.
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Worst tires I ever had. The first time I had to make a full stop in a rainy day almost collided with the front car. HUGE braking distance!
Compared to the last ones (Continental Premium Contact 2) these are terrible...
Very dangerous to use the brakes on top of road crossings with these tires!!!
Firstly, some background. This isn't part of the review, but will provide some context. I don't use a single set of tires. Instead I have summer tires (the Goodyear EfficientGrip I'm reviewing) on the original alloys that came with the vehicle and winter tires (Nangkang SV2) on a set of steels. It makes changing them a doddle (sub 1hr) and therefore makes sure that I do swap them over twice a year.
Due to my rotation of winter/summer, it also means I can rotate front/back tires on both sets and get almost perfect even wear across all the tires. I've found this is the best way with tires as it means I'm always getting the best performance from the tread and I can replace an entire set of 4, not pairs and swap with the rears like I used to.
Another advantage is I can inspect each tire very closely for uneaven wear, bulges, separation etc and make sure that when I drive the car, the stuff that keeps me alive is still at top performance. Now for the review...
Its very hard to give the exact mileage since I've swapped them for winters approximately twice a year (usually October/November and March/April). One thing I can say is I've had the tires for a VERY long time. I can't actually remember when I last got the summers replace. I'm very impressed, therefore, with the wear overall - bearing in mind I regularly swap front/rear.
The performance of these tires is very surprising - as is the car to be honest. Its a very boring standard Ford Mondeo Estate (diesel) but the handling of such a normal estate really surprises me sometimes if you push it! Especially with these tires. Its literally like driving a train. My driving is mixed/modest most of the time (I have a family) but occasionally I travel to Wales and Yorkshire with lots of twisty windy roads and you really can feel the performance of the tires. I've only started to notice a slight drop in performance down to the last 2-4mm - but that is because the center treads really have lost most of their grip now - time to replace!
On the motorway, they are quiet as a mouse. I can't really comment on fuel economy as I only have the winters to compare to and it is to be expected there will be a significant difference between the two.
In the rain, I guess they could be a tad better if you push them but then again my driving style changes in the rain and I don't really push it. I've never had any issues with roundabouts, aquaplaning or emergency stops in the wet (defensive driving) - so can't ask for much more. If you try and push them in the wet then yes you will feel them losing grip. This is a positive comment - as you need a tire to tell you when its losing grip so you can correct before its too late. So good for normal driving, but dont expect them to be like glue in the wet.
I'm so pleased with the tires overall, I'll be replacing them with the same ones again. Even after some considerable research into what might have come on the market since.
This time I'm going for the EfficientGrip Performance as there is a slight improvement on economy and they are reinforced (estate car and uk potholes, enough said). With the label ratings of A A and under 70db, plus XL, and very high reviews on here and other vendors, its a no brainer for me.
Runflat version fitted to Mini Countryman - OK tires, no pretensions of being a full sports tires and as a general daily driver tire they did the job just fine. Comfort their worst feature, but thats as much about the MINI suspension, ridiculously heavy alloy wheels and the runflat version of the tire. Didn't do anything particularly well, but no real bad points - Used winter wheels so no experience of how these performance in frost, ice and snow. Typically lasted 18k miles.
Ford Focus estate 1600tdci 2014
Original equipment from new
Fronts lasted 22000 and replaced again after a further 22000 miles
Rears good tread depth of 4mm at 50000 but noise from rears sounded like a bad bearing which happily turned out to be the tires
So relatively good wear factors
Never tested to the limit of speed or fast cornering however
Just hit 20,000 mile on these tires on my Citroen Berlingo Multispace XTR and I already have to replace them as down to tire wear indicators. Tires have been rotated and the wear is equal across all 4 tires. Like other users I found the tires very quiet at first but increasingly noisy as wear increased. I am disappointed with the tire wear and wont be buying them again.
These tires came fitted to my Fiat 500s God only knows why, they definitely do not help with fuel economy, quiet! I don't think so, the car had only done 11k when I got it, the tire drone gets on my nerves.
BAD points as there are no good ones.
These tires are horrific not only do I have to deal with tram lining they are scary as he'll in the wet.
I am at 16k now and after my last scare (aquaplaning, and nearly ending up in someone's front garden) they have got to go and no I am not replacing with the same.
had these for 3 years and 1 is scrap thanks partially to a puncture, not goodyears fault but the rubber is cracking badly at the bottom of tread and the serviceable tire is showing signs of cracking so will be scrapped at the same time. still has 5mm of tread depth on it. sidewalls far too soft
I fitted these tires to my Ford Fiesta 1.4TDCi Titanium 3 years ago. My original reasoning for choosing these tires was for their ability to increase your fuel economy, and claims over how quiet they were (66dB on this wheel size). The car's OEM tires were Continental Sport Contact 2s which, to me, seemed like an odd choice given the 67bhp 1.4 diesel engine which is aimed at fuel economy, and has a ‘leisurely' (putting it diplomatically) 0-60mph time of 15 seconds!
The Good:
From the moment these tires were fitted, I saw an instant increase in fuel economy. I noted a 5mpg gain on the first full tank of fuel. The car has continued to provide excellent fuel economy on these tires over the past 3 years, easily averaging 65mpg, with 70+mpg on occasions in the summer months – I never got close to this on the Sport Contacts.
Wear has also been fantastic. The tires have now completed 32,000 miles (rotated at approx. 22,000), and there is still around 5mm tread on the front tires, and 4mm on the rear. 40-45k miles is looking realistic.
Grip levels are completely fine with the car handling roundabouts in the wet at speed, and no major loss in feel when driving sensibly - although I am starting to notice a slight decrease in grip in wet conditions now.
The Bad:
When first fitted, they were relatively quiet, although not as quiet as I expected, but still acceptable. As they passed 20,000miles however, they started to get noisier and noisier. On rougher roads, there is now a lot of road roar/rumble. I noted some reviewers below state that they experienced a noise like a wheel bearing wearing out on these tires, and I have also found this too, especially from the rear of the car – almost like a humming sound at around 60mph.
The noise levels are becoming so bad, it is making me consider replacing them early. Comfort levels are therefore not fantastic in the long term.
Grip levels in snow are very low, even by summer tire standards, and they are defeated by even the gentlest of slopes, but I get the feeling this is generally the case for all low rolling resistance tires.
Overall:
These tires have worked really well on the Fiesta, with fuel economy and wear being fantastic – a definite 10 out of 10 on those front. Comfort though does deteriorate badly as the tire wears. Also bear in mind this Fiesta engine develops a lowly 67bhp. The Efficient Grips are definitely at their best on ‘normal' family cars with engine power approx.
