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Best Tires for the Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI

Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI drivers have left 14 tire reviews on Tire Reviews, covering 67,092 miles of real world driving. Every tire they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.

  • 14owner reviews
  • 67,092 milescovered on them
  • 12different tires rated
  • 84%average tire score
Most fitted size - 5 reviews 205/55 R16 To scale, mm
Ø 632 205 113 16" 113 All 205/55 R16 data →

The quick answer

The quick answer - Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI
Season Owners' pick Owner rating Our category test
Summer Continental Sport Contact 2 7.5 Current version: Continental SportContact 7 83% from 3 reviews Best Summer Tires

Highest weighted owner score from Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI drivers. Full rankings and the evidence behind them below.

The best rated tires for the Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI

Rated only by drivers of this car. Each tire needs at least 3 reviews from the Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI to be ranked; the order weights a tire's score by how many reviews back it, so one glowing review cannot top a table.

Summer tires

The highest rated tire in the Summer category for the Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI is the Continental Sport Contact 2 - 83% from 3 owner reviews across 30,528 miles. The current tire in that line is now the Continental SportContact 7.

Summer tires ranked by Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI owner rating
# Tire Owner rating Reviews Distance reviewed TR Score
1 Continental Sport Contact 2 Replaced by Continental SportContact 7 83% 3 30,528 miles 7.5

Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tires →

TR Score is the tire's overall Tire Reviews rating out of 10, built from independent test results and every owner review of that tire - not just the reviews from this car. The owner rating column is this car only.

The best rated tires that fit the Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI

The rankings above can only speak for tires a Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tires we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 205/55 R16 and 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

Our highest rated tire in the Summer category, in this car's sizes, is the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6, at 9.7 out of 10.

Highest rated Summer tires made in Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI reviews
1 Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 9.7 225/45 R17 Be the first →
2 Continental PremiumContact 7 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
3 Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
4 Pirelli Cinturato C3 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
5 Falken ZIEX ZE320 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
6 Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S 9.4 225/45 R17 Be the first →

Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tires →

All Season tires

No Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI 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.

Highest rated All Season tires made in Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI reviews
1 Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 9.6 All your sizes Be the first →
2 Continental AllSeasonContact 2 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
3 Michelin CrossClimate 3 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
4 BFGoodrich Advantage All Season 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
5 Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
6 Bridgestone Turanza All Season 6 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 Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI 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.

Highest rated All Weather tires made in Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI reviews
1 Vredestein Quatrac 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
2 Vredestein Quatrac Pro EV 8.3 225/45 R17 Be the first →
3 Vredestein Quatrac Pro+ 8.1 225/45 R17 Be the first →

Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best All Weather Tires →

Winter tires

No Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI 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.

Highest rated Winter tires made in Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI reviews
1 Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
2 Michelin Alpin 7 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
3 Bridgestone Blizzak 6 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
4 Goodyear UltraGrip Ice 3 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
5 Goodyear UltraGrip 9+ 9.4 205/55 R16 Be the first →
6 Nokian Snowproof 3P 9.4 225/45 R17 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 Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI

The complete record, including discontinued tires and tires with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 11 tires have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.

All tires reviewed by Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI drivers
Tire Season Owner rating Reviews Distance reviewed
Continental Sport Contact 2 Replaced by Continental SportContact 7 Summer 83% 3 30,528 miles

Tire sizes Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI 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 Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI drivers say

The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.

91%
Lassa Revola 225-45-17 Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI 100 miles October 11, 2025
Very good brand. Better than Goodyear 100%. If you can find, go for them without any doubt.
100%
Viking Wintech 205-55-16- Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI 500 miles November 21, 2023
I was about to buy all-season tires on this car too but if i go to the mountains i don-t know if that is the best choice. I have on my golf 2017 GTD 225 40 18 all-season Hankook, they are very good in the dry and wet but never tested it on hard snow to make me buy it again. This new tire from Viking is best for you, cheep and its good, for me it has excellent grip in all conditions and it is quiet at 100km/h. Ok you don-t buy winter tires to go fast and do laps in the cold but they are good for normal driving conditions. I did not mark the wear because the tires are new and i don-t know how they will perform in time.
79%
Hankook Ventus Prime 3 K125 205-55-16-V Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI 2,000 miles August 19, 2016
made in hungary, good tire, they became a little bit noisy after 2000 miles.
87%
Barum Bravuris 3HM 225-45-17- Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI 14,000 miles May 23, 2016
I am using since 20.000km this tires.Its really soft and comfortable but ı cant say not much more noisy.Road feedback and grip better than old tire (pirelli p7).

I cant drive most cold wheathers, ı hope ıt will not lose soft character and grip.
86%
Nokian WRG2 205-55-16- Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI 55 miles October 8, 2014
These tires have far exceeded my expectations. Over 55,000 miles of city driving and long highway trips and they are just now ready for replacement. Hot summers with heavy rains and sleet in the fall and lots of snow in the winter. (I use Blizzak snow tires for heavy snow conditions) They are strong performers in all conditions. As others have mentioned it is a great feeling to be driving securely through conditions in which others motorists are struggling to drive. I have not noticed any significant road noise but I drive a diesel so the cabin is insulated from most road noise anyway. The ride is secure and smooth for normal conditions. We have put many thousands of highway miles on these Nokians and have no complaints at all with the comfort they deliver. I not only highly recommend these tires, I just purchased a second set which I will install this fall. Happy motoring!
69%
Hankook Optimo 4S 205-60-16-V Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI 16,000 miles September 3, 2013
Living in north Wales with a very varied weather system with lots of rain, mud on roads and snow, a & b rds combined with lanes. The combined with cost and storage space I cannot really justify a set of summer wheels and a set of winter wheels and tires. These new type of 4 season all year round tires seemed ideal for me in the area I live and drive so I gave them a try, from my experience I can tell you that I'm totally of the opinion that these type of tire should be fitted as standard to all normal everyday road cars! Fantastic tire, improved fuel economy from Dunlop response tires fitted previous & also quieter. Rain- fantastic, doesn't aquaplaned and gives much more feel on wet roads. Now the crucial bit- snow, well on my way home from work late in the depths of winter when large amounts of snow fell in north Wales I decided to really test them............ I took a detour through Snowdonia and was passing 4x4's which were stuck due to being on rubbish tires and laughing at them! The only time I lost grip was in a 2 foot of snow over the Denbigh moors where I had to admit defeat, believe me the snow was half way up the doors and piled up the front bumper like I was ploughing!! The tires didn't fail just the ground clearance of the car got beached in deep snow so I had to reverse back down. Braking in snow is fantastic, pulls up straight and in half the distance than on summer tires in snow. So in snow they are bloody fantastic and more than adequate for the british winter, the combination of these tires a heavy high torque diesel front wheel drive car is very good in the winter and you don't need a 4x4, even a 4x4 with the wrong tires on it in snow is useless. An octavia 4x4 tdi with these fitted must be amazing!! These types of tires are the way forward for motoring in the uk for the country not to stop dead to gridlock with a sprinkle of the snow. They are not a sporty tire for really pushing on with but I see no real lack of grip compared to the Dunlop summer tires that were fitted before and the 4 season tires are not designed as a track day tire anyway, they are designed as a good, practical all year round everyday normal tire to which they excel at.
I have currently done 16000 mixed road driving with mixed driving style and have just swapped them front to rear as the rears were like new and the fronts were around 3/4 worn, I see no reason why they won't do approx 22000 before needing changing.
79%
Michelin Energy 205-55-16-V Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI 150 miles September 22, 2012
Tires fitted to car when new. Changed front tires at 44000 . Put new tires on rear and put rear on front which have now done 54000 miles. Still have lot of tread for at least 6000 miles. But have got to change as tread is cracking up.
92%
Vredestein Quatrac 3 205-55-16- Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI 9 miles August 8, 2011
I had good year triple treads on previously. Due to the lack of availability, I had to try a different tire. I have not noticed any diffence in road performance. Both tires have held the road great. The Vredestein tire is priced better. Glad I did not spend the extra money.
97%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 225-45-17-W Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI 3,000 miles May 27, 2011
Great tires. Super good handling both on wet and dry. The car is very responsive (better than my old ContiSport3), and very very silent.
Don't know much about the wear yet, but after 2000 miles I can say they're barely touched.
81%
Continental Sport Contact 2 225-45-17- Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI 12,000 miles May 10, 2011
Excellent grip both on dry and wet road, but they wear of... 35,000km and I have to change all 4 of them... almost no rubber left.

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