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I have 25K on my '18 Platinum and the Hankooks are GONE. Rides like a log wagon and noisy as can be. The very worst set of tires I have ever owned...and I've owned a lot over the past 47 years of driving
I have 51K only on my odometer. In 2018, the OEM Hankooks started developing "flakes". Literally chips of tires will be visible. After a protracted argument with the dealer, who insisted my driving is bad, after escalating it to Ford Corporate, they grudgingly changed the tires to another Hankook Ventus Noble.
I purchased a 2017 Ford Explorer XLT brand new in November of 2017. I do not drive that often but the front two tires started flaking badly at 18704 miles. The date was July 16, 2020 and both tires were replaced under a partial warranty by the Ford Dealership where I purchased the SUV. Now eight months later, one of the original tires, which were moved to the front as a pair, is starting to flake at 22405 miles. The two new pairs in the back are fine and the original one on the opposite side shows no signs of flaking. Very unhappy with this tire brand. The new pair only have 5k on them so I am stuck buying two more tires for the front or junking it all and buying a better quality of tire and replacing all four at once.
I did. I ordered four Pirelli Tires that were rated #1 per the category by TireRack. It is an FWD vehicle. According to the dealership, Hankook would not warranty the tire past the 3yr-36mo warranty for the Ford when purchased new. With COVID, I have traveled very little and in three years the SUV has 22400 miles on it. Needless to say, I am done with Ford as well as I am just a number in their book. No customer loyalty. No help at all over my latest tire issue. "Ford is not in the tire business", according to their service manager. After 11 plus years of service at Ford, those days are coming to an end as well. Cheers. The new Hankook tires were placed on the back in November of 2020 and the older set was moved to the front. So the new Hankook tires had less than 4K when I told them to pull them off and throw them in the trash along with the front tires. Hopefully, Pirelli will honor their warranties.Welcome to the Forum Charles.
Is your XLT FWD only or AWD/4WD? If the latter, remember that it is always best to have tires that are close to the same diameter on all corners. I don't know how much wear was on the tires that were placed on the back but because of the brand it could be quite a bit from what I've read here.
I think I would have changed all 4 at the same time. If it was my vehicle, I'd change all 4 tires with a different brand since this would appear to be an ongoing issue if you just changed 2.
Peter
I argued the same point with the dealership. They claimed they called Hankook as was informed the tires were no longer under warranty because the vehicle, although purchased new, was over three years old. I am certain three years is not considered to be very old in the tire world for a tire that basically was coming apart (flaking, etc.) with 22400 miles on them. I seriously doubted the Ford service rep even took a measurement. Ford Motor Company was of no help as well....3 yrs or 36k and it no longer our (Ford) problem. The Pirelli tires I purchased were rated #1 in the category for the tires I needed per TireRack. Hankook was not even in the top 15 brands suggested. Their tire brand is average at best...bottom line. I'll take my chances with Pirelli.
Just don't tell the guys on the F150 forum that Pirelli makes good tires. They'll laugh right out of the thread.
I always used Michelin tires on my previous F-150. I used TireRack for my Explorer tire recommendations.
My 16 F150 came with the hankooks AT's on the oem sport 20's, those were some of the best tires I've had on a vehicle, next to the Stock 35' Bridgestone Dueler AT's on my 2007 H3, those were some of the best AT tires I've ever had. Got 113k out of miles on the Bridgestones.
I had them on my 03. They were OK. Not great not bad.... there are better tires that are newer now. Check tirerack.com out.
