Across reviews, the Michelin Primacy 3 is most often described as a safe, comfortable touring tire with strong dry grip and generally confidence-inspiring wet traction, especially for commuting and motorway use. Many drivers report low noise (when new) and good stability, with several high-scoring reviews highlighting impressive longevity and efficiency. However, a meaningful minority report faster-than-expected wear (especially on heavier/torquier cars), some wet/aquaplaning weakness in standing water or as tread gets low, and a softer/vaguer steering feel; price is also a common complaint.
What owners mention most counted across 158 reviews
These lasted 22,000 miles on my car and were 2mm , 3mm, 4mm in places, I think they could have done maybe 25,000 miles but in the wet they started to fish tail when pushed which I didn't like. I did a previous review but left that on the michellin hp zp tire section so I left that review on the wrong tire. But overall excellent tires especially in run flat.
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Member
Skoda
205/55 R16
21,000 miles
A Combination of Roads
Easy Going
Doing lowish mileage
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The Prymacy 3 are very calm Tires, but suffer from unacceptable lazy steering on Prius 4 Hatchback - ok on the rear axle but not at the front. Good wear and fuel consumption.
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Primacy 3 Excellent Tires! I resently boat 2 tires of the next generation Michelen Primacy 4 but i m not satisfied at all because they give me a kind of vibration sensation and they are a little bit more noisy than that of the Primacy 3 ones!.
Tires came fitted to the car. It is OK tire but the wear is dreadful especially on front tires. The best quality is high comfort and solid grip in dry conditions. On wet they can spin quite quick and aquaplaning and grip properties do not encourage you to test the limits. Will definitely not buy again due to cost / performance ratio once the replacement time comes and it will come soon besed on high wear.
These tires came factory fitted on my new 2018 Peugeot 3008. Overall I'm satisfied with the tires although I was expecting to get more mileage from them. The tires have covered 18300 miles in 28 months and the front pair wore down to 2.5mm. OK, I know they are still legal but certainly noticed a difference in grip and handling once they were down to 3mm. With winter coming I wasn't going to risk driving them down to the limit. They produce a slight noise at motorway speed but its not that noticeable. Excellent grip in the dry and good in the wet. For reference, the rear tires are on the originals as well and they have worn down to 4.5mm (it is a FWD car) and I'm hoping to get these to last to 24000 in the next 6 months as I can hand the car back without paying to replace them ;-)
Primacy 3 made in Spain
Great dry and wet grip. But generally loud tires, if your engine or exhaust is loud not an issue for you. I’m running on hybrid Toyota Noah, so the noise really affected me
My thoughts on these are a fantastic tire if you want good dry road holding and decent mileage. They are however letdown by wet performance in my opinion.
I’ve had them as factory fitment on my 2018 Clio, I’ve covered 18k and the front tires are just under 2mm, rears are around 4mm. This may sound like atrocious ware, however the car is hammered round country lanes. For me, an average is under 10k miles per set.
The drive in wet conditions is good in terms of braking Poor in term of lateral grip through the corners, and will aquaplane on minimal puddles. This is enough to put the car in to a slide if on a corner below national speed limit. This is a trait I’ve noticed a lot with are sold as mainstream premium tires, that wet performance is traded for mileage.
Given the size of tire I am very limited on choice when it comes to what are called the UHP tires, I have been waiting for Michelin to bring to Pilot sport 4s to the U.K. in this size, unfortunately this hasn’t as yet happened and I’ve gone for the lower spec Pilot sport 4.
Member
Nissan
225/45 R18 V
5,000 miles
A Combination of Roads
Average
Very easy to spin drive wheels from standing start/pulling away, they don't like wet mud washed over by agricultral vehicles on roads, on wet rainy roads I dont feel very secure when negotiating bends. Vehicle; 2020 Nissan Qashqai J11 5000klms
Strange tires!
I'm usually a fan of Michelin but these tires feels a bit "strange".
They are quite comfortably and handle ok with fair grip in both dry and wet conditions.
But they make the car feel a bit unprecise. A difuse feeling that are hard to describe, the grip is there but the feedback is very dimed.
According to my personal experience, Michelins normally wear slow, but these tires only lasted for about 20 000 km of gentle driving - then the rear tires were down to the wear limit warning (1,6 mm), the front tires had about 2,5 - 3 mm left of tread depth.
I replaced them with Continental Sportcontact5 and the Continental tires made the car feel a lot better on the road but also a bit "harder" in the ride.
Comparing the Michelins with the Continentals when not mounted on the rims, the Continental tires were much firmer in the side wall construction. The Michelins felt very loose in the sidewalls.
Moved from Continental Premium Contact 5 because of weird Vibration on motorways. The primacy 3 is the best commuter tire i have ever used, it's practically Vibration free, it's not from this world.
first 50% of tires had less noise. side of this tire is not very hard and maybe ragged with not very sharp things.
good traction on rainy roads on my 150 hp fwd car and also good grip. but weak on snow. (in comparison with other summer tires)
you can trust it at all. i will replace it 20K miles next with primacy4
