Most owners rate the Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 highly, with the bulk of feedback praising its dependable wet and dry grip (mentioned by over half of reviewers) and an easy, confidence-inspiring feel for year-round use. Around a third of owners also highlight strong snow traction for an all-season tire, alongside generally low road noise and good ride comfort. A small minority report vibration/balancing issues, while roughly one in six mention steering feel is a bit soft or less direct than sportier or summer-focused alternatives; aquaplaning feedback is more mixed.
What owners mention most counted across 69 reviews
3 out of 4 tires had a hefty trebel and side hit. Wohle Car was houling and shaking. Rims and chassis setting was checkted, everything was perfect. Tire shop switched to Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 3 - all noises and shakeing gone. Goodyear ist noticable more comfortabel, but also less feedback and the longer brakeing distance is also anounces itself. Pirelli is the better tire, but the quality is unacceptable.
Very good braking on dry and wet roads, good road information, it is an XL 94v with reinforced sides, comfortable to drive, minimal noise reaching the cabin, as for snow and ice, we still don't have it in Edessa, a city in northern Greece, but the temperature at dawn drops 5 degrees and the Pirelli SF3 tires respond perfectly. It is the first time I have put on all season tires and I am excited.
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Absolutely impressed by these tires, I've had them fitted for around 4 months and done 6K kilometers on them so this is more of an initial review. I know modern and especially higher tier all-season tires already come really close to the snow performance of dedicated winter tires, and I didn't get a chance to test them in the cold yet but I'm pretty confident about them. However my biggest question mark was performance in the dry, especially during summer days when it can get in the high 30s and I must say I've been really surprised. They handle just like summer tires, I don't know how they did it but they're really composed even in the heat and it doesn't feel like I had to compromise in any aspect for their year-round performance. Can't wait to test them in the snow!
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Dry and wet grip is really good, even with FWD 190hp car. Road feedback is quite ok but you can feel it's a little worse than on the summer tire. Tire is slightly on the firm side I would say. When it comes to noise it depends on the surface, on rough ones it's not great. At higher temperatures above 20°C this tire has tendency (at least in my size) to make buzzing sound between 80-120 km/h so it's a little bit disappointing. I haven't had a chance to test it on the snow yet. The most disappointing fact is poor quality control. I had significant problems with vibrations a higher speeds (120+ km/h) and after few balancing efforts we discovered that on of the tires had visible problems with lateral runout (it was the main problem maker) and the other two had also radial runout issues but on the smaller scale. Only one tire was really good. Of course my warranty complaint was rejected by Pirelli, everything was within their own silly quality control standards. After all I replaced 2 tires with another copies and they were good. Vibration problem is almost gone but still I can feel a little this one, not perfectly round tire. Can I recommend this tires? Of cource no, it's an expensive utter junk. Even when you are lucky enough to have 4 good and round tires, there's still problem with strange noises on certain surfaces/temperatures combo. If I've had the ability to buy CC3 in my size I wouldn't even consider this piece of sheet.
These tires are alot better then I expected them to be. Previous tires on the Volvo were Michelin CC2. These Pirelli's have much better grip in dry and wet also braking is noticably better, they seem to bite themselves on the road. Road feedback is very good with sharp steering. This allseason is the closest I've had to a summertire feeling.
The CC2 were quite loud, I thought the big wheelsize had alot to do with it aswell, however the cabin at the moment is almost whisper quiet. In my occasion even on rougher roads, Belgium has mix of asphalt but also old concrete roads with alot of potholes and thick seams. Low or high speed, they stay nice and quiet. The comfort also has increased alot more then expected (on a 19" rim). The CC2 made the car feel nervous and jittery (no defects on them), now the car feels more relaxed and planted, not every bad road imperfection is passed down to the cabin.
Fuel impact doesn't seem to have changed. But maybe a bit early to tell.
Recommend this (and the continental allseasoncontact 2) over a Michelin anyday.
Thus far a poor second best to the Michelin Cross Climate 2.
Handling, and stuff like direction and lane changing is poor. Understeer bad - washes out of the corner very quickly. Comfort not great but also feels wallowy.
Good grip in all weather thus far. Is still early days but don't expect huge changes.
I've had these on my Jaguar XE S for about 20.000km (13.000 miles) and in winter the grip is great in both dry and wet. In higher temperatures (above 22 degrees C or so) they are definitely not that enjoyable: the tire feels way too soft, lacking grip and steering feedback. The Bridgestone Weather Control A005 Evo I had on my previous car (Lexus IS 300h) seemed to do better in higher temperatures than these Pirelli's. I'll get another set of summer tires for the summer and keep these just for the winter until Pirelli gives us a P Zero All Season tire.
Size: 225/40 R19 on the front, 255/34 R19 on the rear.
After watching the all season review on Youtube 2024/25, for the first time in 17 years of driving, I bought all season tires. I replaced 2 worn summer tires and put them on the front axle for the fall/winter of 2025. I was immediately surprised they drove much more comfortable than any other summer tire I drove (mostly driven Goodyear/Michelin). However, they're a little bit more noisy on concrete roads than the summer tires. As stated in the review, the grip levels on wet and dry (colder temps) are very close to a summer tires. Grip in snow is amazing and comparable with premium winter tires. As temperatures started climbing above 15 degrees, I switched them with the summer tires (Primacy 4+) on the rear axle, and noticed a big difference on the response time when cornering with summer tires instead of the all seasons. As a car enthusiast, I highly recommend these tires for fall/winter weather, but when it comes to fun summer driving, they lack a bit of responsiveness.
I have had these tires since around October and have driven 6000km on them. Coming off of some Toyo proxes I noticed they are a little quieter and fuel economy has improved. tread out of the factory was 6.8mm and they are down to 6mm now.
They feel sure-footed in the wet and dry. Living in Japan, these have seen from around 30C to -10C. Ive driven a lot over this winter on mountain roads to access local ski resorts and they've performed well. However I did notice them slipping out more when compared with other cars which 9/10 will be on Bridgestone blizzaks or Yokohama Ice Guard. I could not keep up anywhere near the kind of speeds of a Toyota Crown Police car on the windy switchbacks in the mountains. I found them slipping out at 40km/h on dusty snow (light, perhaps frozen underneath) In just around freezing.
Other times in deeper slushy snow or fresh, they felt more comfortable (50km/h OK).
Two sets of wheels/tires isn't an option for me as I live in an apartment. These seemed like the best compromise. At the time of purchase they were about 30% less than Michelin Crossclimate 2. If the price were closer, I would've gone for the Michelin simply for their longer wear.
Doing around 8000-10k km a year I expect 3 years out of the set (fingers crossed). Perhaps they'd last longer, but surely their winter performance would suffer.
After watching the comments and the comparative tests on the internet, I decided to buy it, but I was especially disappointed in the braking and aquaplaning. On very light muddy ground, which is not even wet, the vehicle enters ABS even at low speeds with little braking. In similar road conditions, the vehicle is prone to aquaplaning even with very light gas when starting. There are 2 types of rim/tire ratios on my vehicle. These are 215/60/17 and 225/45/19... I bought 215/50/19 because I did not want to change the rim. The tire's change ratio is around 1... I have not tried it on snowy ground yet
