Honestly the worst-wearing tires I've ever owned. Bought from Blackcircles January 2025, ran for just over 10,000 miles on a Volvo XC90 as front tires, and they're down to the wear indicators already. I'm not a lunatic driver (you really wouldn't want to be in one of these!) and the rear tires (Wranglers) are still in great shape after easily 4 times as many miles. Blackcircles shrugged so won't be buying Continental OR using Blackcircles anymore!
Best Tires for the Volvo XC90 D5 (163bhp)
Volvo XC90 D5 (163bhp) drivers have left 16 tire reviews on Tire Reviews, covering 306,510 miles of real world driving. Every tire they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.
- 16owner reviews
- 306,510 milescovered on them
- 15different tires rated
- 66%average tire score
The best rated tires that fit the Volvo XC90 D5 (163bhp)
The rankings above can only speak for tires a Volvo XC90 D5 (163bhp) driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tires we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 235/60 R18 - 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 Volvo XC90 D5 (163bhp) driver has reviewed a tire in the Summer category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 SUV is our highest rated, at 9.3 out of 10.
| # | Tire | TR Score | Made in | Volvo XC90 D5 (163bhp) reviews |
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| 1 |
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 SUV
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9.3 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Pirelli Scorpion
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9 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV
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8.9 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Falken FK510 SUV
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8.7 | All your sizes | 1 |
| 5 |
Falken e.Ziex
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8.7 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Hankook Ventus S1 evo2 SUV
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8.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tires →
Winter tires
No Volvo XC90 D5 (163bhp) driver has reviewed a tire in the Winter category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 SUV is our highest rated, at 9.3 out of 10.
| # | Tire | TR Score | Made in | Volvo XC90 D5 (163bhp) reviews |
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| 1 |
Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 SUV
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9.3 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Pirelli Scorpion Winter 2
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9.3 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Continental Winter Contact TS 850 P SUV
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9.1 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Cooper Discoverer Winter
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9.1 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 5 |
Goodyear UltraGrip Performance+ SUV
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9 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Nokian WR SUV 4
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8.7 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Winter Tires → Test winner: Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3
All Season tires
No Volvo XC90 D5 (163bhp) driver has reviewed a tire in the All Season category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3 SUV is our highest rated, at 9.3 out of 10.
| # | Tire | TR Score | Made in | Volvo XC90 D5 (163bhp) reviews |
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| 1 |
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3 SUV
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9.3 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Hankook Kinergy 4S 2 X
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9.2 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Maxxis Premitra All Season AP3 SUV
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8.9 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Michelin CrossClimate 2 SUV
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8.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 5 |
Falken Wildpeak AT AT3WA
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8.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Hankook Dynapro AT2 Xtreme
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8.5 | 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 Volvo XC90 D5 (163bhp) driver has reviewed a tire in the All Weather category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the BFGoodrich Advantage SUV All Season is our highest rated, at 8.5 out of 10.
| # | Tire | TR Score | Made in | Volvo XC90 D5 (163bhp) reviews |
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| 1 |
BFGoodrich Advantage SUV All Season
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8.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best All Weather Tires →
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 Volvo XC90 D5 (163bhp)
The complete record, including discontinued tires and tires with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 14 tires have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.
| Tire | Season | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accelera Iota | Summer | 82% | 2 | 33,000 miles |
Tire sizes Volvo XC90 D5 (163bhp) 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.
What Volvo XC90 D5 (163bhp) drivers say
The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.
Modified Volvo XC90, so this may affect perception (lifted 30mm front & rear, ET27 8x18 alloys instead of stock ET49 7x18, meaning increased scrub radius and edge wear). Very good control of the boat (sic), sidewalls softer than average, tire just looks better than same size winters, compliant, comfortable, and silent ride. Each spring was a relief fitting them back on after months with rigid and loud Hankook winters (never again). Inflated properly, and with wheel alignment in order, wear on these Falkens is quite decent, too, total life maybe 25k on this vehicle but this is (was) a 2.5 ton modified pile of iron driven ruthlessly (hours of 100mph on German Autobahn each way, on bad roads / among worse motorists in Europe, sometimes in 38 deg C, etc).
I have these Tires on my Volvo XC90 and they are fantastic super grip in the wet and dry low noise and they hardly ever wear. Even driving in deep snow they never got stuck I've just ordered a new set for the back in very fussy when it comes to Tires and it's hard to find a set your happy with but I love these
Wet or dry, the grip from these is terrible. I kept them on from November to May before I decided to swap them for the usual Pirelli tire on my XC90 even though there was still 5-6 mm on them. I feel these were not suitable for those who want to survive an emergency stop.
They're quiet and the sidewalls are soft so the ride was great, they soaked up bumps very well. But they had to go.
They're quiet and the sidewalls are soft so the ride was great, they soaked up bumps very well. But they had to go.
I have these tires fitted on my Volvo XC90 . The only problem I had was caused by bad fitting of the tires by the garage who failed to clean the alloy wheels before fitting them. This resulted in the tires constantly deflating, took it back to the garage, cleaned the wheels up refitted the tires perfect. Never had any problems with grip in either the wet or dry conditions , I do a lot of business miles up in the north east which frequently means wet weather , tires have performed very well under emergency braking on both occasions I needed to . They are not the quietest tires I have ever had but certainly no complaints from me. I am about to have my winter tires taken off and will be fitting two more new ones on the front next week.
Had these on all four corners of my Volvo XC90 for 6 years so gone few a few sets. These have been great. They are a tad noisier than the scorpions but I can't hunk per £ they are much better. I've used General Grabbers and in my opinion the Accellera iota are better. I had 5 new tires fitted for £72 each corner. Bargain. As for the chap who said that he replied these after a week... You must have more money than sense!
These are great tires on the Volvo.
These are great tires on the Volvo.
13,300 and the front left if 80% worn, front right not too far behind. Rears appear in a better shape. Not great in the wet.
Will not be purchasing these again.
Will not be purchasing these again.
14000 miles and down to 4mm. I am a carefull driver and can at least double this mileage on a set of tires and these are ready for changing. already done the front to back change for excessive shoulder wear and now I am getting cracking in the walls. These are OEM fitted and I have had the vehicle from new. Do not touch them with a 10 ft barge pole. As for tram-lining, you would not believe it.
Not had these long but already they are much better than the Conties that they have replaced. From new the grip has improved on the Conties.
These tires are terrible at my car. The car is very unstable when I go beyond 60 km/h if there is any tracks in the road. I'll change thwm before next winter season, even if the are almost brand new.
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