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Sunew YS618 Owner Reviews

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Across 58 owner ratings the Sunew YS618 averages 45%. Owners rate Dry Grip highest at 6 out of 10 and Wet Grip lowest at 3.5. 11 of those reviews come from owners past 10,000 miles. 23% of owners score it 70% or better.

Owner ratings averaged from 58 ratings

  • Owner score 45%
  • Dry Grip 60%
  • Wear 52%
  • Comfort 48%
  • Road Feedback 46%
  • Handling 44%
  • Wet Grip 35%

Sunew YS618 Reviews - Page 2

Score spread across 56 written reviews
30%
Member
I would not recommend this brand if you care for your life. If you want to put yourself, your love ones in danger or other people that may get involved if this tires blow up, go ahead and puchase them. Only had few miles on it you can see the crack on both sides already, of my four tires! Waste of money dont buy this crap.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 6
  • Wet Grip 4
  • Road Feedback 1
  • Handling 2
  • Wear 2
  • Comfort 5
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 669
17%
Member
11.000 miles on my sunew ys618, all 4 tires split and perished, I asked for a decent set for my car, these were recommended, I intend to contact makers, by another make!!
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 3
  • Wet Grip 3
  • Wear 1
  • Comfort 1
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 684
39%
Member
These tires look nice with a good tread pattern seemed to be ok in wet and dry weather

BUT THESE TYRES I PERSONALLY FOUND TO BE DANGEROUS !!!!!!

I had these fitted to the rear of my car. One tire inner side wall spilt what i had replaced four months before the second TYRE BLEW OUT AT MOTORWAY SPEED !!! AGAIN INNER SIDE WALL !!!
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 6
  • Wet Grip 6
  • Road Feedback 3
  • Handling 3
  • Wear 4
  • Comfort 4
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 674

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23%
Member
Asked my previously trusted tire depot to fit 2 budget tires to front of daughters Peugeot 307 (She drives slowly/carefully and is conscious of good fuel economy). Tire No.1 flat and walls ripped after approx. 8000mls. Told her front tires need to be same so No3 Sunew bought. After another 3000mls approx. tire 2 bursts - put it down to bad lucK - strike stone ??. Bought tire no 4. Noticed some wall cracking on tire3 and sure enough this failed not long after. Newest tire seemed Ok so replaced tire 3 with new Sunew (tire 5). 4 montsths later Tire 4 shows severe cracking on walls. Concerned for daughters( and grandchild's) safety, took car to tire depot and replaced both tires with Unitroyals and asked for tires to be returned to Sunew for refund. After chasing Sunew dealer for 3 months,he reported tires had no fault, but as a gesture he offered a stupid 35% refund on 2 tires returned based on tread wear!
The tread on all failed tires was good, The wall rubber on these tires crack like crazy - then they fail in the walls- they are dangerous and should be banned. If you have any concern for safety do not buy these tires.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 3
  • Wet Grip 3
  • Road Feedback 3
  • Handling 3
  • Wear 1
  • Comfort 2
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 563
74%
Member
I bought these tires as I needed a set as I was going to be driving to France the day after fitting these tires have now done 31000 miles and been on the car for two years and just started to crack around the sidewall so will definitely be getting these fitted again
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 5
  • Road Feedback 6
  • Handling 6
  • Wear 10
  • Comfort 7
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 502
73%
Member
Don't over inflate the sunew tire and it won't crack, they are a summer tires and have a very hard compound which is perfect for hot tarmac roads and that means very poor handling in the wet on cold tarmac NOT ROCKIT SCIENCE,have these on my CHIPPED T5 306BHP work fine for me ( ex police driver class 1 )remember made for a very hot climate "CHINA" so slow down on a wet road they dont work well in the cold but will out perform most other tires on hot tarmac more expensive tires tends to be duel compound a mixture of hard and soft rubber' nylon' neoprene'so they are all weather types in effect giving all round performance but don't last as long, i use these tires because the volvo is very heavy and they last a lot longer being hard compound
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 3
  • Road Feedback 8
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 8
  • Comfort 6
  • Buy again 9
Helpful 524
43%
Member
  • MG ZR
  • 225/45 R17
  • 250 miles
  • Mostly Motorways
  • Average
Pretty average in terms of handling, however that's to be expected of a cheap tire. What I didn't expect is all 4 sidewalls to crack excessively and have one blow out on me, replaced all 4 as soon as I limped home on the space saver. Luckily I didn't waste my money buying these as they were on the car DO NOT BUY!!
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 6
  • Wet Grip 4
  • Road Feedback 5
  • Handling 5
  • Wear 5
  • Comfort 4
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 561
33%
Member
  • BMW 330ci
  • 225/40 R18
  • 1,500 miles
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Spirited
I buy my BMW with this tires and I changed it immediately.

NEVER...
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 5
  • Wet Grip 3
  • Road Feedback 3
  • Handling 1
  • Wear 8
  • Comfort 2
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 542
25%
Member
Absolutely terrifying!

I have a pair of these fitted when i bought my car. I am getting rid of the as soon as i possibly can.

There is almost no progressive feel or feedback. They are slippery in the dry and lethal in the wet.

My traction control is all over the place when damp trying to keep the grip as these just break away.

Noisey...."I SAID THEY ARE A BIT ON THE LOUD SIDE".

all in all if your desperate buy better part worns.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 4
  • Wet Grip 2
  • Road Feedback 1
  • Handling 3
  • Comfort 4
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 546
20%
Member
The worst tire i have ever used. in the dry it's OK. In the wet....it's as skippy and jumpy as a kangaroo on steroids !!

Mine were on the car 2.5 years , loads of tread left, but then it just exploded when i hit a small pothole.
The inner wall split the entire way round !!! when i changed ALL the tires...the other three had cracked all the way round too !!!!!
I will NEVER NEVER buy these. If I had been going at speed.....i would be dead, as would my children !!!
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 5
  • Wet Grip 1
  • Road Feedback 1
  • Handling 1
  • Wear 1
  • Comfort 4
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 521
14%
Member
These tires are lethal!!!!! I put 4 new ones on my car back in june,
Just before chrismas i noticed cracks around the rim or both of the front tires, so had to have them changed immediatly. I was driving on sunday and one of the back tires blew the walls, making the car swerve!!! The tread is fine.
It is true, buy cheep buy twice, but these tires should not even be sold here in the uk. Dont know how they pass trading standards. I will never buy such things ever again!!!!
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 3
  • Wet Grip 1
  • Road Feedback 1
  • Handling 2
  • Wear 1
  • Comfort 1
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 508
47%
Member
I do self- employed motorway miles. When I buy a car I make sure it will take economy tires as I drive conservatively to get the last penny's worth out of everything. Always aim to go at least twice round the clock. Took a rear tire in with a slow puncture, which was a nail, but both outside longditudinal grooves had cracked right round so the dealer could flex the tire inside out by hand. I replaced both Sunew tires even though they had plenty of miles left in them. Have used economy tires for years but never seen anything like this. False economy and potentially lethal. The dealer gave me nonsense about the state of the roads as he had sold them to me in the first place. Front tires fine, also economy but different make.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 4
  • Wet Grip 4
  • Road Feedback 5
  • Handling 5
  • Wear 5
  • Comfort 5
Helpful 528
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