Owners rate the Hankook Ventus Prime 4 highly overall (average 80.7%), most often praising its strong dry grip and confident, predictable dry handling, backed up by a comfortable, generally quiet ride. Wet grip is also widely seen as secure for a touring tire, with many calling it reassuring in heavy rain, though a minority report some instability or weaker aquaplaning resistance. The main recurring drawback is longevity: wear and performance consistency split opinion, with around one in four owners mentioning tread life and around one in ten saying grip drops off noticeably as the tire wears, sometimes accompanied by increased noise.
What owners mention most counted across 81 reviews
Use almost 1 year (40000km). First 40% of tread life is good. Once reach 50% of tread, it start to deteriorated. End up swollen and had to replace it..this tire is not meant for heavy users.
I'm the type of person that always do alignment, balancing and rotate every 10k km. Always avoid potholes but still end up with swollen tires
After Continental and Dulnop, I decided on Hankook because of the price and positive reviews. I can say that I regretted it. In the city on worn asphalt it is a disaster. In 2nd gear it slips when starting on dry ground, while braking the ABS is activated where Conti and Dunlop never were. I have now driven about 15000km with them and I am constantly thinking about how to replace them. Of course the price of new ones is what is delaying the implementation. The car they are on is an Audi A4 B8 2.0tdi 105kW. I am 47 years old and I do not mind driving recklessly, but this tire is not even for normal driving. It is not for driving on wet ground. In the city at traffic lights the car in front of me always runs away 50 meters because I am not allowed to start normally because the ESP is going wild. Hankook will not be on any of my vehicles anymore.
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Swap the OEM Toyo R52A (215/50/R18) to Prime 4 (225/50/R18). The R52A has just been droved for 21k KM (2 years old -- 4.3mm left) but it has shown some hair cracks on.
- Grip: Similar to Toyo.
- Braking: Shorter than Toyo, but probably affected from wider tire contact area.
- Noise: Significantly reduced than Toyo
- Comfort: On par to more comfort on Hankook than Toyo.
Still unknown for the longevity and prime 4 capability on dealing water puddle in southeast Asia.
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Excellent tire. As a summer tire I normally use them from end of March to mid-November since here in Central Europe we usually have Novembers with no freezing temperatures so a summer tire can perform relatively acceptable down to 7-10 degC. These tires gives confidence and peace of mind, good grip, very good comfort, low noise, short braking distances, very good handling. This November is colder than usual and under 4-5 degC the tire begins to show weaknesses as the compound is getting harder in cold. Noise increases and looses a certain amount of grip that warns you it's time to change. Still, runs safe just you get the feeling of these are not the circumstances the have been designed for.
The only weak point is the wear. Two seasons (20.000+ kms) and more than half of the tread went away. So I expect 30-35 k kms as lifespan. My former Goodyear lasted longer.
I never use the grip and silent tires on my Honda civic turbo.
At the good condition road,I only can heard the sound of engine and wings! That’s excellent
And I feel on the dry road, the tires also is grip
I felt that I ought to have felt bad about owning them right away. I was impressed with this set of tires after the break-in time. The tires on the front and back are both inflated to 33 PSI. They performed excellently in spite of the rainy and dry weather. Crisp cornering and little body roll. Smooth on a smooth asphalt, low frequency sounds on a rough one. The mileage increased little from 5.3L to 5.8L/100km for whatever reason. Without a doubt, I will suggest it to my friends.
First two years of using grip was good on wet and dry road. After 2 years grip on wet is very bad. Tires rapidly change quality after 20000 km which is not normal for me. Prior this tire I was using Pireli P7 which have much better performance after two years of using.
Very happy with dry handling, not bad at wet handling. Around 10 degrees they become very hard and lose all their grip on the "cold" and wet. Other than that, 6 months on them, around 10 000 km, driving RWD with around 200 hp, living in Croatia (very dry and hot summers) I am very pleased with the price range and quality. I would by them again.
Purchased this vehicle interstate and drove back home through heavy rain and the cheap tires fitted aquaplaned badly i needed a quality premium tire and the hankook ventus prime 4 delivers a safe surefooted drive in all conditions
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