About 3 times the mileage you have on the vehicle now. Ed
You have a 2014 CX-5 Touring with 38K miles. That means your factory tires were worn out a while ago and a new set of tires were put on without ever rotated. OE 225/65R17 Yokohama Geolandar G91A tires have 280 B A UTQG rating which mean they'd last about 28K miles or more if the tires got rotated routinely. You can check the brand of current tires and UTQG rating on the sidewall. The first number is the treadwear rating and I usually times 100 to it to get a rough idea that how many miles the tire can last, which usually coincides with the tire manufacture mileage warranty too.Ed, thank you for your quick reply! The car has about 38,000 miles on it. I am not sure I understood the response. Can you explain?
And, again, thank you!!!!
Mike
If you didn't have similar problems before the tire replacement, I believe you have a defected Firestone Destination LE2 tire. But if you'd like to change to other tires, here are partial lists of 225/65R17 tires in different categories for your comparison. Personally I believe T-rated Continental CrossContact LX20 Crossover/SUV Touring All-Season tire is fine and should be much better than O.E. Yokohama Geolandar G91A Light Truck Highway All-Season tire. But since the top speed for our CX-5 is 120 mph, I'd stay with at least H-rated tires as T-rated tires are designed for the top speed of 118 mph.
Light Truck Highway All-Season Tires:
Tire
Size
UTQGMaximum
Inflation
Pressure
Tread
Depth
Tire
Weight
Warranty
Price*Yokohama Geolandar G91A P225/65R17
100H280 B A 44 psi 10/32" 26 lbs. OEM - None $200.55
- TRMichelin Defender LTX M/S 225/65R17
102H720 A A 44 psi 10.5/32" 29 lbs. 70,000 Miles
6 Years$154.97
- TRFirestone Destination LE2 225/65R17
102H520 A B 44 psi 12/32" 28 lbs. 60,000 Miles
5 Years$125.45
- TR
Grand/Standard Touring All-Season Tires:
Tire
Size
UTQGMaximum
Inflation
Pressure
Tread
Depth
Tire
Weight
Warranty
Price*Continental TrueContact 225/65R17
102T800 A B 44 psi 11/32" 24.3 lbs. 90,000 Miles
6 Years$113.56
- TRGeneral AltiMAX RT43 225/65R17
102H700 A A 51 psi 11/32" 24.3 lbs. 65,000 Miles
6 Years$100.25
- TR
Crossover/SUV Touring All-Season Tires:
Tire
Size
UTQGMaximum
Inflation
Pressure
Tread
Depth
Tire
Weight
Warranty
Price*Pirelli Scorpion Verde
All Season Plus225/65R17
102H740 A A 44 psi 11/32" 28 lbs. 65,000 Miles $131.50
- TRContinental CrossContact
LX20225/65R17
102T740 A B 57 psi 12/32" 27.7 lbs. 70,000 Miles
6 Years$122.45
- TR
XL = Extra Load
TR = TireRack.com
Performance Category Rank from TireRack.com:
Highway All-Season Tires:
Michelin Defender LTX M/S - #1 out of 32
Firestone Destination LE2 - #3 out of 32
Yokohama Geolandar G91A - #24 out of 32
Grand Touring All-Season Tires:
General AltiMAX RT43 - #5 out of 41
Standard Touring All-Season Tires:
Continental TrueContact - #1 out of 20
Crossover/SUV Touring All-Season Tires:
Pirelli Scorpion Verde All Season Plus - #2 out of 21
Continental CrossContact LX20 - #5 out of 21
You have a 2014 CX-5 Touring with 38K miles. That means your factory tires were worn out a while ago and a new set of tires were put on without ever rotated. OE 225/65R17 Yokohama Geolandar G91A tires have 280 B A UTQG rating which mean they'd last about 28K miles or more if the tires got rotated routinely. You can check the brand of current tires and UTQG rating on the sidewall. The first number is the treadwear rating and I usually times 100 to it to get a rough idea that how many miles the tire can last, which usually coincides with the tire manufacture mileage warranty too.
Yeah too many factors involved to estimate how much life left in the tires.
Like others have said, we need a little more info to better answer your question. Is the CX-5 AWD? Do you need snow tires in your area? I assume this CX-5 you're interested in is a FWD based on different tire wear rate. Assuming this CX-5 have correct 225/65R17 tires at 4 corners, I did some research on these tires. I can't find too much info on the Chinese made Lanvigator PerforMax tire. Thunderer Ranger 007 from Thailand has 560AA UTQG and 11/32" tread depth. Kumho Sense KR26 has 520AB UTQG and 9/32" tread depth.Thank you for a great response! As I mentioned, we haven't bought this yet. The 2 rear tires are 11/32 and the 2 front measured 8/32 (according to the dealer). It is out of town and we had them send pictures. Very strange. The 2 front tires are different makers. One seems to say PERFORMAX on it and the other one is a Thunderer Ranger. On the back the tires are both KUMHO Sense. Makes me worry about the previous owner and how best to rotate. I usually get the same brand for all 4 wheels.
What do you think?