This is my 3rd winter with them and they seem to have changed since I first installed them. I drive a 2014 Kia Rondo and last year I parked the car for 3 months due to surgery and they now vibrate weirdly and have become very noisy. Grip on dry and wet was always great, I live in Montreal and most of our winter is cold and wet rather than snowy and icy. They perform really nicely on the highway when not on snow or ice. In the snow, even a few centimeters, they tend to be slippery when changing direction. I feel the car drifting a lot even when they were new and the ABS or traction control comes on a lot in these moments. I definitely do not push them hard in these conditions but I have become good at controlling the car when in a slide. On hard packed snow at the cottage they feel like I was on dry cement and I dont worry but any soft snow and things get loosy goosey. They seem to be wearing well, I have not measured them yet but they look fine however these are the first winter tires I have ever owned so I dont have much to compare them with.
Best Tires for the Kia Motors Rondo
Kia Motors Rondo drivers have left 7 tire reviews on Tire Reviews, covering 48,380 miles of real world driving. Every tire they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car. The numbers include 1 Rondo variants, listed further down.
- 7owner reviews
- 48,380 milescovered on them
- 6different tires rated
- 74%average tire score
The best rated tires that fit the Kia Motors Rondo
The rankings above can only speak for tires a Kia Motors Rondo driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tires we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 225/45 R17 - whether or not anyone here has fitted them yet. They are ranked on the TR Score, which is built from independent test results and every owner review of that tire.
Summer tires
No Kia Motors Rondo driver has reviewed a tire in the Summer category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 is our highest rated, at 9.7 out of 10.
| # | Tire | TR Score | Made in | Kia Motors Rondo reviews |
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| 1 |
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6
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9.7 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Continental PremiumContact 7
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 5 |
Michelin Pilot Sport 5
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Hankook Ventus Evo
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tires →
All Season tires
No Kia Motors Rondo driver has reviewed a tire in the All Season category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 is our highest rated, at 9.6 out of 10.
| # | Tire | TR Score | Made in | Kia Motors Rondo reviews |
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| 1 |
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3
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9.6 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Continental AllSeasonContact 2
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Michelin CrossClimate 3
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
BFGoodrich Advantage All Season
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 5 |
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Bridgestone Turanza All Season 6
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best All Season Tires → Test winner: Goodyear Vector All Season 4
All Weather tires
No Kia Motors Rondo driver has reviewed a tire in the All Weather category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Vredestein Quatrac is our highest rated, at 9.5 out of 10.
| # | Tire | TR Score | Made in | Kia Motors Rondo reviews |
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| 1 |
Vredestein Quatrac
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Vredestein Quatrac Pro EV
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8.3 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Vredestein Quatrac Pro+
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8.1 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best All Weather Tires →
Winter tires
No Kia Motors Rondo driver has reviewed a tire in the Winter category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3 is our highest rated, at 9.5 out of 10.
| # | Tire | TR Score | Made in | Kia Motors Rondo reviews |
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| 1 |
Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Michelin Alpin 7
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Bridgestone Blizzak 6
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Goodyear UltraGrip Ice 3
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 5 |
Nokian Snowproof 3P
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+
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9.3 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Winter Tires → Test winner: Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3
Fitment comes from each tire's manufactured size list, and the sizes are the ones drivers reported when they reviewed. Check the size, load index and speed rating on your own doorplate before buying - a size a previous owner ran is not always the size your car left the factory on.
Every tire reviewed on the Kia Motors Rondo
The complete record, including discontinued tires and tires with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 5 tires have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.
| Tire | Season | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed |
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| Hankook Ventus S1 Noble2 | Summer | 91% | 2 | 2,000 miles |
Tire sizes Kia Motors Rondo drivers run
The sizes fitted in the reviews on this page. Each one links to the top rated tires in that size, across every car.
Kia Motors Rondo variants, reviewed separately
These trims and body styles have pages of their own. Their reviews are already counted in the rankings above.
What Kia Motors Rondo drivers say
The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.
Nice tires until about 20-25,000 miles. One tire went constantly out of balance ( finally discarded it) and another tire the tread separated causing a big bubble………At 30,000 miles I’m down to two tires out of the original four. Not good odds : (
Used it on Kia Rondo 2.0L EXS, well balanced on dry and wet grip. Quite a comfort yet provide quite amount of grip tire while travelling on any road surface. First try on China made tire, quite satisfied with the built quality and value provided by this tire. It did back by 5 years unlimited mileage limited warranty in Malaysia, this is one of the reason why I will try on this rubber. Best bang of dollar for this, definitely will buy it again.
Hab sie an meinem 2009er KIA Rondo, nach ausführlicher Recherche. Und ich liebe diese Reifen sehr. Diese Reifen haben weniger Geräuschentwicklung als die LM703, NT8000, N8000, V551, 3ST (225/50R17), INVO und die GR90 (225/45R18), die ich gerade abgenommen habe. Super leise und leichtgängig auf jeder Fahrbahnoberfläche, sehr gute Traktion bei Feuchtigkeit/Trockenheit und extrem komfortabel zu fahren. Ich kann nichts über die Lebensdauer sagen, da ich erst um die 1.500 Kilometer gefahren bin, aber bisher gut! Daumen hoch für HANKOOK :)
Installés sur ma KIA Rondo 2009 après avoir fait beaucoup de recherches et je les aime beaucoup. Ces pneus sont moins bruyants que les LM703, NT8000, N8000, V551, 3ST (225 / 50R17), INVO et GR90 (225 / 45R18) que j'ai enlevés. Super calme et doux sur toute la surface de la route, très bonne traction sur humide / sec et extrêmement confortable. Je ne peux pas commenter sur la longévité comme j'ai seulement couvert environ 1000 miles, mais jusqu'à maintenant très bien! Bravo à HANKOOK :)
Just got a set of 4 on my Kia Rondo 2008, i have only 350km so far on highway and city. Very quiet. So far drove only dry road and a bit of dirt road we i ha mud after rain, was slippery a bit but i was driving faster that the condition. Will test them soon on wet road, stearing left and right to see hold they handle the road.
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