Across 31 reviews, the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 SUV is most often praised as a high-confidence summer performance tire with standout wet and dry grip, strong braking, and reassuring aquaplaning resistance. Many drivers also report stable, predictable handling and a generally comfortable ride, with several noting good mileage for a UHP SUV tire. The most repeated downsides are increased road noise as the tire wears, wear rate/mileage variability (some seeing rapid wear), and a subset reporting softer sidewalls that dull turn-in feel; a few also note higher rolling resistance/fuel or EV energy consumption and premium pricing.
What owners mention most counted across 32 reviews
Excellent tired in all classes. Extra quiet as well. They wear quicker than average, but that is the trade-off for the performance. I drive them spirited as well, in a hot clinate, so that doesn't help with wear.
Best UHP summer tire. No other SUV tire comes close in terms of high speed performance. Braking, cornering, stability and road feedback. Only weakness is wear, they seem to wear pretty fast.
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Great tire! I was very satisfied with wet and dry grip on Toyota RAV4 Plug-In Hybrid. Tire was also very communicative on the edge and I felt very safe while driving it. There is one big disadvantage and that is wear. They lasted only about 16000 km /10000 miles (on 2,2 ton SUV). Also I didn´t do any off-roading with it, so I can´t comment on that.
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That's unusually quick wear for the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 SUV, I hope you got some fun out of them for that mileage! If not, check alignment.
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Got a Honda CRV with factory 19inch wheels and installed the PS 4 SUV but after 30K kms, they have become very very loud - bordering on the dreaded wheel bearing noise. Maybe its me, but every Michelin tire I've purchased before (Primacy & PS 4SUV) they have turned out to be very noisy. All the other scores are fine, it is a daily driver in city driving with occasional (1 or 2 per year) long trips (+8hr distances). Being a 105 load rating, choices are more limited down here in Aus, but I'm leaning to Bridgestone next time around.
Having used the Latitude Sport before, this was an even better tire. Very well balanced with no weaknesses. What surprised me after 2 years and over 40000km of use was how the performance and comfort remained the same throughout. Even the longevity was better than other tires I’ve used before. Almost worn to within 1mm of the indicator.
Already my third set of tires. The first generation of 2021 had lousy mileage (had under 5mm left after 8000 km) but has improved since and I typically do 30'000km until 4.4mm of tread is left (I never go under) starting with 6.8-6.9mm for a new one. Second comment is that Michelin seems to offer less tread on their tires as compared to competition - all things equal this makes for lower mileage. Overall I never liked Michelin tires and would take off if provided with a new car however after I have them on my Noble M600 (custom made for Z rating and size) I tried them on powerful SUVs and are positively impressed to the extend I switched over from ContiSportContact 5 SUV (also a great tire reviewed separately) for most of my cars. A balanced tire equally good for dry and wet. Surprisingly very good for offroad ALTHOUGH not an offroad tire by nature/design. A summer performance tire (contrary to many of the ones I used) maintains positive characteristics when nearing to freezing temperatures and even on wet roads just above freezing. THIS IS not a tire meant to be driven anywhere close to this levels but reassuring if you get surprised late autumn. Very good aquaplanning resistance and likes dynamic driving (although I add typically between 0.2-0.4bar (depending on style) of pressure for everyday driving. Looks also very good although due to tread may be slightly overbearing on some cars (just thinking whether to mount them on my Volvo XC90 V8 as they may have just to heavy looks. On the Mercedes SUV which is an ugly block anyhow they look gorgeous. If you opt for comfort, low noise levels this is not a tire for you but these parameters are secondary or even tertiary as is price for me. Safety, balanced performance and dry/wet/aquaplaning/stability being key for me - this is where the tire excels. Michelin (as any other producer) will not acknowledge this and I did not do a scientific side-by-side test but tires vary moderately (to even more than moderately) depending on country of origin. Also when reordering do not trust only the name/model but if you want same performance going forward check the SAP (or equivalent) systems number (I have been advised so by two premium tire manufacturers and in true life the difference can be significant - both in terms of e.g. dry/wet optimization as well as OEM vs aftermarket). The ones reviewed come from Hungary.
I have used Vredestein Quatrac 5, Pirelli Scorpion Verde and Michelin Pilot Sport on my Mercedes GLC350D. The tire sizes were 255 / 45 / R20 101W.
The Michelin PS4 tires operate at +7°C to +40°C and are excellent in the summer wet and dry but not great (useless) in the winter snow & ice. The Michelin did perform better than the Vredestein Quatrac 5 or the Pirelli Scorpion Verde. I love this tire.
With winter approaching, and tread wearing, I am now looking for a new set of tires and am deliberating between the Pilot Sport 4 SUV and the Cross Climate 2. The Cross Climate 2 operates between -10°C to +30°C and will offer improved winter (snow) performance. The operating temperature should be ideal for the UK climate but I would like to better understand how much summer performance (braking, handling & stopping) I will sacrifice. Will I notice any significant difference in a 3.0liter, V6 Diesel SUV? It does not go on the track and is driven in Comfort Mode.
Both Michelin tires get good write ups, hence my problem. Try something new (CC) or stick with the product PS4 that I know performs well 95% of the time.
1. Has there been a direct comparison between the Pilot Sport 4 and the Cross Climate 2?
2. Perhaps a comparison test would help many readers?
3. Does anyone have any direct experience?
I have full confidence in its braking ablility, Im a late braker and it saved me from more than a few bumper collision. Aquaplaning is good. Wet handling - unsure, as I have not driven fast in the wet. Good grip all around, rotated twice and am on 36000km with still decent tread left. Tire’s sidewall had a chunk of rubber gorged out due to a kerb exposing the innards. Is it too soft?? Overall very good.
Very noisy Tire, not sure if it has something with dimensions, but definitely will consider buying different next time... everything else is good, but noise is deal breaker...
On my GLC since 3 summers, about 30.000 km done. It is a really good tire overall, the wear is very limited, the only aspect I don't appreciate much is the noise, and the fuel economy not better than the winter tire, a Michelin Alpin 5 SUV
Michelin is undoubtedly a fairly reliable option, the Pilot Sport 4 SUV is the best option for those who use their car to go out on the track, it requires a lot and does not cover so many kilometers, for us mortals who use the SUV as a vehicle For transportation and even for business work, the mileage performance is quite low, 40,000 km. Exaggerating this the price is high, another quality is that it has an excellent grip due to its low treadwear, but this causes an increase in fuel consumption between 10 to 15% more, it is not so annoying but in case anyone will be interested.
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