The Yokohama Geolandar G98A is a Premium Touring Summer tire designed to be fitted to SUV and 4x4s.
The quick answer
Owners say60%from 16 owner reviews23% would buy againRead the reviews
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Built from every independent test result and vetted owner review we hold for this tire - the evidence is all further down the page. Data updated October 2026.
How many miles does the Yokohama Geolandar G98A last?
Based on test and owner data, the Yokohama Geolandar G98A is expected to last around 23,000 miles (37,015 km).
How comfortable and quiet are the Yokohama Geolandar G98A?
Owners rate the Yokohama Geolandar G98A 6.2 out of 10 for comfort and noise across 15 reviews.
How well do the Yokohama Geolandar G98A wear, according to owners?
Owners rate the Yokohama Geolandar G98A 5 out of 10 for wear across 15 reviews. 11 of those reviews come from owners past 10,000 miles, and the typical review covers 20,000 miles.
Would owners buy the Yokohama Geolandar G98A again?
23% of owners say they would buy the Yokohama Geolandar G98A again, based on the 13 owner reviews that answered the question. 8% of them gave it the highest possible answer.
What do owners say about the Yokohama Geolandar G98A's tread life?
Of the 15 owner reviews analyzed for the Yokohama Geolandar G98A, 12 mention tread life: 3 praise it (long-lasting) and 9 criticise it (wears quickly). One owner wrote: "30,000km and down to 2.omm tread". Read those reviews
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Across 16 owner ratings the Yokohama Geolandar G98A averages 60%. Owners rate Dry Grip highest at 7.4 out of 10 and Wear lowest at 5. 11 of those reviews come from owners past 10,000 miles. 36% of owners score it 70% or better.
Owner ratings averaged from 16 ratings
Owner score60%
Dry Grip74%
Wet Grip68%
Handling68%
Road Feedback67%
Comfort62%
Wear50%
Featured reviews
Most helpful 52%
“These were not as good as my original tires didn’t grip as well, but when it snowed , they were absolutely rubbish. Nearly had two accidents because I couldn’t stop, and I wasn’t going too fast, having to change them...”
“The absolute downside of these tires is the wear factor !!! 40,000 kms and not safe to drive anymore-considering I only do local school runs and local shopping runs this is very unexceptable !! NEVER AGAIN!”
“It came as a factory fit on a new Mazda CX 5 bought in Sept 2017, almost 9 years ago. Has lasted almost 50000km. The car has done 75000km total but during winter, we use separate set of winter tires but the mileage is...”
It came as a factory fit on a new Mazda CX 5 bought in Sept 2017, almost 9 years ago. Has lasted almost 50000km. The car has done 75000km total but during winter, we use separate set of winter tires but the mileage is higher during summer so I guess 50000km with Yokohama would be correct. My son drove it the other day in heavy down pour at 140km per hour without loosing grip or aquaplanning with the tread depth of 1,7 mm. I was totally floored and terrified at the same time, sitting next to him. I personally would have never exceeded 100km per hour in heavy rain. The tire will now be changed to a new set of Toyo proxes comfort for the next summer. I am sticking to a Japanese brand. Dont trust these European over blown tire test results with the big four manufacturers of tires that never dare to do blind tests on their tire performance.
These were not as good as my original tires didn’t grip as well, but when it snowed , they were absolutely rubbish. Nearly had two accidents because I couldn’t stop, and I wasn’t going too fast, having to change them after only 10,000 miles because I feel they unsafe if it’s snows it was in snow that I have my problems. Do not know if I could stop if it was icy after a few days my vehicle is a 4x4 never had trouble stopping when it snowed before. These are not cheap budget tires, expected them to be much better, will be replacing in the next two weeks when there’s still lots of tread left
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Member
Mazda
225/45 R17
20,000 miles
Mostly Country Roads
Easy Going
Factory fitted to a Mazda CX8, disappointed with the wear, 30,000km and down to 2.omm tread. Will purchase Cooper CS5 to replace.
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Fitted to Mazda CX8 as their OEM tire in New Zealand. Good grip and feed back through steering, sure footed in both wet and dry conditions with my driving being mostly open road on hilly twisting roads around the coast line. Recommend
They spend very fast 31000 Kms: 3mm front axle, 2,5mm rear axle.
Good grip in dry, in wet at 20000 Kkms passing through a small puddle at 90 Kms / h the rear wheels slid sideways.
I would not buy them again.
I got the car with this tires, at 30.000km. They were OEM issue. The thread was ~3.5mm when I got the car, so on it's end of their life. After 7k km, they got down to 2-2.5mm. I drove with them either fast and slow, on various roads, highways and country roads. In general, they acted fine, pretty grippy for a worn down tire, quite difficult to make burnouts if you wanted.
Only issue I observed was in moderate and heavy rain, the car would became unstable and the tires would slip to left and right at over 80km/h on the motorway (although I was the fastest driver around :) ). So not that safe in this regard, although we could attribute this bad performance to the lack of remaining thread.
The noise level was ok, nothing to write home about. I just took the car with them, maybe I was used to that specific noise of the car. The wear is fine from my point of view, 35-40k km from a pair of tires is more than adequate.
As comparison, on a Civic, a high performance tire as Goodyear F1 Eagle Asymmetric 2 would worn almost completely in 20-25k kms.
Unfortunately, in the CX-5 size, 225/65R17 there are not many performance tires to chose from, so I find the Geolandars G98A perfectly adequate for the job, and I would happily get them again.
This one being a company lease car, they replaced them with Bridgestone Ecopia EP850, as the programme is arranged. I just drove 15km with the new Bridgestones, so not enough to get an opinion, but I kind of already miss the Geolandars. With the Bridgestones I can break traction at each start from the stoplights, a thing that would be hardly achievable in the Geolandars. Maybe they are new, I'll give them time to settle in.
These came stock with my Subaru Outback Turbo Diesel.
I was relatively happy with them for the 18 months or so, with decent comfort, pretty quiet, good fuel efficiency and okay wet and dry performance given they are a stock set of tires from purchase.
At the 18months service, I was alerted to the fact that the tires had about 3mm of tread left, which was a complete surprise to me, as I have only driven 33,000km or 20,500 miles of mostly high speed (100km/h-110km/h) highway driving.
I have since done another 5,000km of driving, and it's coming to the end of the tire's life.
I am happy with every aspect of the tire other than the wear, but I just can not afford to be changing tires so often and the grip performance have saved me from a few sticky situations where the people in front of me suddenly stopped etc... but I won't be buying the same tires, given they are very expensive to replace with the same types. I might try the G055 and see how they go.
Very poor wearing bought on a new Mazda CX5; 28,000klms and the tires were bald except for the main tread channels. Will not be purchasing again.
44%
Member
225/45 R17
The absolute downside of these tires is the wear factor !!! 40,000 kms and not safe to drive anymore-considering I only do local school runs and local shopping runs this is very unexceptable !! NEVER AGAIN!
