Long tread life is the clearest owner strength of the Hankook OPTIMO K415, with 25 positive wear comments against four criticisms and several favorable mid-life and end-of-life accounts. Most reviews are positive overall, averaging 74.7% across 49 entries. Dry grip is usually praised, while wet grip receives twice as many positive as negative comments but is less consistent. Noise is evenly divided, and comfort also draws mixed views rather than a clear consensus. Cold-grip complaints come from a small minority, four accounts. One repeat owner continued to report long life before an eventual casing problem, an individual history rather than proof of a shared ageing pattern.
What owners mention most counted across 49 reviews
Used for 6 yrs/80.000 km. Not recommended for speed in rain, with small water accumulation on road. In such case, I almost lose control at 55 mph (60 km/h) on straight road. Good adherence on dry, last longer than average but a little bit noisy. Tough composite, only three flat tires in 6 yrs.
Not really had a chance to compare them with other tires on my car, because they just won't wear out. The front tires lasted for 38,000 miles before being replaced. I moved the rear tires to the front and fitted new tires at the rear. I'm now up to 62,000 miles and the front tires -which have been on the car since new - still have 3mm of tread on them. They are by far and away the longest lasting tires I've ever had.
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this is a very good tire for the price. Road holding is Very Good. Noise level is excellent when new, loads better than the stock Toyo J50s on my car. Good in the wet, but coming up to 35k miles its close to the limit and about due for a change as it is getting a little slippy on wet surfaces when driven hard.
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Have had these tires on my car from new (20 months ago), I drive quickly but not aggressively and over a selection of road surfaces in southern Spain. They have now done around 38000 km (23000 miles) and the front ones are about t be replaced, not because they are worn out but because the poor surface on some of the roads has taken little "chunks" out of the tread. They are all well above the wear indicators and I expect the rears will probably last another 10k kms.
They have a really nice feel, they have never been, or felt like they needed, balancing until quite recently when I have been thinking they would benefit, but have decided to renew the fronts instead.
I will definitely replace with the same type again.
I have driven the Hankook optimo k415 for almost 40000km and the tires show that only 1/2 the tread is used so far.This tire is excellent in wet weather and hitting reasonably deep water puddles at 100km/h causes almost no aquaplaning.I recommend this tire.
Horribly noisy, uncomfortable, and quick wearing. Fronts were down to 2.5mm in 13000 miles. Noise and comfort would make the driver think the tires were at 50psi. Horrendous when the temp is below 7C, worst summer tires in the winter I've ever had, like driving on concrete in the winter.
Awful choice by Hyundai for a OE tire - if I were buying another new car I'd go with the KIA C'eed that's basically the same car, but comes with Michelin tires, the K415 is THAT bad.
Replaced with Hankook Optimo 4S which is a revelation - same grip in wet and dry, much quieter, much more comfortable, and should give better performance in the cold.
I had these on my 1.8tdi focus for 13k before I sold it, there was still maybe 2-4k worth tread left on the front and probably 10k on the rears.
I rotated the tires front to rear after 9k, and they had a couple mm of legal tread left, the rears that went on the front had probably 7mm left. Plenty of driving left in them - I sold the car so I cannot tell you how long they lasted, but 13k of spirited driving, motorways, country roads etc... And they were holding up quite well.
I was pleased as these were a cheap tire which were in all fairness very good. My slightly lower marks really reflect their poor handling in the wet. Granted they aren't a big tire size, and I do tend to drive quickly... I did slide a good bit, but I could always tell when it was going to happen. They have very good dry grip, and had I not a better tire to compare them to I might say dry: 9/10; wet 7/10, but I have Matador Hectorra 2 tires on my new car, and they are incredible in the wet and dry.
Road noise is average... Compared to the matador these are loud, but compared to other tires they are average or above average in this regard.
I recommend these tires to anyone wanting good mileage out of a tire, especially if they drive at a normal speed. Compare these to a set of Firestones (near twice the price) - the firestones wore out 2 times faster... I haven't tried the k715, but I might yet. Definitely a good tire.
Honestly not had any other tires fitted for reference. Managed to get 25k miles from the front pair and having swapped the rears to the front we've got another 12.5k from the original rear pair.
Most noise comes from the diesel engine rather than road noise so I'd happily buy again on that basis. Grip drops off noticeably as the tires wear, but the handling to the i20 is such that you're never inclined to really push it.
These tires were fitted to my Hyundai i30 1.6 CRDI from new and I've always found them to be rather noisy which has only become worse as they've worn down. I might get 20k out of the 2x fronts if I want to push the legal limit but will change them at 18-19k in the autumn for something with more tread for the winter. I fancy a set of Michelin Pilot Primacy HP's next.
