Best Tires for the Nissan Pathfinder

I purchased these R5 SUV tires last fall as a result of the excellent reviews from Tire Reviews.com I live in the mountains of British Columbia Canada where we get lots of snow and ice in the winter and we drive to the local Ski hill several days a week. I've typically used Bridgestone Blizzaks in the past and was very happy with them. These R5s are a step up being at least as good on ice and snow and superior in the dry, wet and handling. Definitely the best winter tire I have used.

I don't often write reviews but my experience with these tires was so profound that I feel compelled to do so. I just bought a Pathfinder that came fitted with these Hifly 602 they came with a DOT number of 0824 and are worn so little that the injection hairs are still on the tread however I took the car for a drive on a gravel track, nothing very extreme with stone size between 2-4cm and nothing sharp. Actually a track I have been driving in my other 4x4 with Bridgestone Duelers 100s of times but this was the first time with the Hiflys and after about 500m I hear a hissing noise and immediately turn back and just made it home, removed the wheel and inspected the tire carefully and noticed multiple cracks in between the tread and chunks of tread ripped and missing, one of the cracks must have got a stone stuck in it and ripped right through the braiding which is something I have never seen before. The tryes feel flimsy without air inside them, like something for a wheelbarrow, quite shocking really and scary to think what would happen if these tires were pushed hard in a remote place. All the tires fitted to the car have similar cracks to the one I removed. Considering my Bridgestones have a Dot of 0318 and I absolutely hammer them on various challenging offroad surfaces and never once had a problem I thing the Hifly falls well short of what is required of a M+S tire. Avoid and go for a reputed brand that has gone through safety and durability testing, these tires will be going in the bin as having a situation like this in a remote mountain is a big risk if it happens to more than one tire on the trip.

Ive had these on my 2005 pathfinder 3 years and about 37K miles. They look good, have good traction, and handle well both on and off road. The only negative is that they are really starting to wear even though I rebalance and rotate them every 5000-6000 miles. I don't think I'll get to 50K on them. Based on the wear I probably won't go back to these in the future.

I bought the tires for my 2016 Nissan Pathfinder. This past winter was mild(Chicago)in snow totals but rainy and cold. The tires performed spectacularly and looked great after tire dressing applied (Guigiaro design on sidewall)!

Had these fitted to my Nissan Pathfinder where my usage is 90% on road & 10% off. My on road is quite sedate as I stopped being a boy racer years ago. Nitrogen filled and rotated as per Coopers requirement every 8000kms to maintain their 100,000kms mileage guarantee. One of them shredded at 15,000kms having never been off road. After a bit of heated discussion with Cooper South Africa who were only going to contribute 85% of the cost, they eventually contributed the full 100%. I've just had to replace all four after only 45,0000kms as they were down to the tread wear bars. ~ not even HALF of the claimed mileage. The guarantee isn't worth the paper it's written on and quite were Cooper pluck this mileage figure from is beyond me. Would I buy them again? Certainly not. Can I recommend them? No.

Not impressed, slip in the corners under speed limit conditions around town, hold ok on the open road but a little nervous now i know they do not hold terribly well at low speeds, especially in the wet. actively looking for a replacement tire as we speak....

4 Tires completely worn out after only 15,000km I will never buy Continental tires again, these tires slip and slide in the wet and take off

Had the Cooper ST MAXX tires 6 months, lasting very well, great in the dry, not so great wet & greasy surface especially when ambient sub 5 degrees C. I don't think these tires are winter rated at all, more summer tire. I have always ran BF Goodrich At's, the BFG's are definitely better in the wet. But they are £40-£50 extra per tire. The Coopers look awesome, and I'll run these until worn or I sell the truck. I will be going back to BF's on my next tire purchase.

I bought these on promotion for about 1/3 less than they go for now.
Pros:
A handsome tire with good grip in all conditions. Unphased by heavy rain on the highway. Particularly amazing grip in deep snow in 4H or 4L. With 8" snow I was comfortably smashing up steep hills, stopping controlled and quickly, and VERY predictably 4 wheel drifting in the snow. Very good at expelling mud or snow from getting packed in the tread. Noise from tire is hardly noticeable compared to other tires in the category. Capable on and off road with an amazing 65,000 mile warranty.

Cons:
MPG noticably decreased; my average mpg fell from ~18.5 to ~17 mpg in the past year. The tires squeal on concrete roads in wet conditions before they have warmed up. Pebbles stay wedged in between the tread and make clicking noises until the noise stops on the highway and some poor sod behind you got a rock chip. Tire feedback feels numb, but that blame can be shared with my 20 yr old suspension on a 4500# Nissan dinosaur. Also, the price skyrocketed after the positive reviews rolled in.

TL;DR These are class leading tires that punch above their, and their manufacturer's weight. Cooper marketing was spot on for the SUV driver that mostly keeps to the highway, but needs uncompromising off-road performance when duty calls. At the current $156/ea USD price online, I'd shop around or wait for a rebate. When first released I got the price down to ~$100/ea USD with a rebate.

Great tire all-rounder but the wear & tear meant replacing them after only 13,000 mls. As far as I'm concerned; this is unacceptable especially when you consider I was driving a brand new vehicle with a wheel alignment and rotation @ 7,000mls.