Best tires for the Chevrolet Avalanche
Top picks across four categories for the Chevrolet Avalanche, anchored to the current-generation OEM size 265/70R17. Every recommendation is selected from our 22,000-tire catalog by ranking on UTQG treadwear, mileage warranty, cabin-noise rating, and season class; no commission-weighted reordering.
Daily driver
Best all-season touring
Long warranty, low noise, balanced ride. The one-tire compromise that works for 80% of owners.
Bridgestone
Turanza QuietTrack
UTQG 800 with a 80,000-mile warranty; long-wear all-season compound built for the daily-driver mileage profile typical for Chevrolet Avalanche owners.
Goodyear
Assurance MaxLife
UTQG 820 with a 85,000-mile warranty; long-wear all-season compound built for the daily-driver mileage profile typical for Chevrolet Avalanche owners.
Michelin
CrossClimate 2
UTQG 640 with a 60,000-mile warranty; long-wear all-season compound built for the daily-driver mileage profile typical for Chevrolet Avalanche owners.
Michelin
Defender 2
UTQG 800 with a 80,000-mile warranty; long-wear all-season compound built for the daily-driver mileage profile typical for Chevrolet Avalanche owners.
Lowest cost per mile
Best budget
Best price-per-warranty-mile in this size. Trade-off is shorter warranty vs premium options, not safety.
Goodyear
Assurance MaxLife
820 UTQG with a 85,000-mile warranty works out to roughly 0.00¢ per 100 miles before install. Best price-per-mile in this size; no premium-brand markup.
Bridgestone
Turanza QuietTrack
800 UTQG with a 80,000-mile warranty works out to roughly 0.00¢ per 100 miles before install. Best price-per-mile in this size; no premium-brand markup.
Cooper
CS5 ultra touring
800 UTQG with a 80,000-mile warranty works out to roughly 0.00¢ per 100 miles before install. Best price-per-mile in this size; no premium-brand markup.
Hankook
Kinergy PT
800 UTQG with a 90,000-mile warranty works out to roughly 0.00¢ per 100 miles before install. Best price-per-mile in this size; no premium-brand markup.
Lowest cabin noise
Best quiet
Tread patterns engineered to break up the harmonic peaks that cause highway droning. Pick this if you commute long highway distances daily.
Bridgestone
Turanza QuietTrack
68 dB cabin-noise rating per the EU tire label; library-quiet. Tread pattern engineered to break up the harmonic peaks that cause highway droning.
Michelin
Defender 2
68 dB cabin-noise rating per the EU tire label; library-quiet. Tread pattern engineered to break up the harmonic peaks that cause highway droning.
Michelin
Pilot sport all season 4
69 dB cabin-noise rating per the EU tire label; library-quiet. Tread pattern engineered to break up the harmonic peaks that cause highway droning.
Goodyear
Assurance MaxLife
70 dB cabin-noise rating per the EU tire label; library-quiet. Tread pattern engineered to break up the harmonic peaks that cause highway droning.
Cold-weather grip
Best winter
Dedicated winter or all-weather compounds that stay pliable below 7 °C. Necessary for >5 snow days a year.
Bridgestone
Blizzak WS90
Dedicated winter tire compound; stays pliable below 7 °C where summer/all-season rubber hardens. Recommended for Chevrolet Avalanche drivers in cold or snowy regions.
Michelin
X-Ice snow
Dedicated winter tire compound; stays pliable below 7 °C where summer/all-season rubber hardens. Recommended for Chevrolet Avalanche drivers in cold or snowy regions.
Kelly
Edge MT
Dedicated winter tire compound; stays pliable below 7 °C where summer/all-season rubber hardens. Recommended for Chevrolet Avalanche drivers in cold or snowy regions.
Toyo
Celsius
Dedicated winter tire compound; stays pliable below 7 °C where summer/all-season rubber hardens. Recommended for Chevrolet Avalanche drivers in cold or snowy regions.
Side-by-side
Pick the trade-off that matches your driving
| All-season Bridgestone Turanza QuietTrack | Best budget Goodyear Assurance MaxLife | Best winter Bridgestone Blizzak WS90 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| UTQG treadwear | 800 | 820 | - |
| Mileage warranty | 80,000 mi | 85,000 mi | - |
| Cabin noise | 68 dB | 70 dB | 71 dB |
| Season class | all-season | all-season | winter |
| Type | touring | touring | passenger |
OEM tire sizes by year
What size does the chevrolet avalanche use?
Recommendations on this page are anchored to the latest model-year's OEM size. Confirm yours against the driver-door placard before purchase.
| Year | OEM size | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002–2006 | 265/70R17 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2007–2009 | 265/65R18 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2010 | 275/55R20 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2011 | 265/65R18 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2012–2013 | 275/55R20 | Year-specific fitment → |
How we ranked these tires for the chevrolet avalanche
We started with the latest model-year's OEM tire size; 265/70R17; and filtered our catalog of 22,000+ tires to those offered in that exact size. From there, four parallel rankings:
- Best all-season ranks on a weighted score: tire type matches passenger car segment, season is "all-season", premium brand bonus (Michelin / Continental / Bridgestone / Pirelli / Goodyear / Nokian).
- Best budget ranks on cost-per-warranty-mile; the lower the better. Premium brands get no bonus here.
- Best quiet ranks on the EU tire-label dB rating; lower is quieter.
- Best winter filters to tires marked 3PMSF severe-snow rated or all-weather class, with a small premium-brand bonus because winter-compound R&D is capital-intensive.
For sedans and compacts, the all-season touring tire below is the best default; long warranty, low cabin noise, reasonable cost per mile. Switch to the quiet pick if highway droning is a deal-breaker; switch to the winter pick if you see significant snow each year. Use the side-by-side comparison above to weigh the trade-offs against your specific driving; highway-heavy, winter-state, performance-oriented, or budget-constrained.
NHTSA-reported issues for chevrolet avalanche
Top issue category: Tires (General)
Most reported: Tires (General) (1) · TPMS (1)
Reported across: 2013 – 2013 (1 year)
What owners described
Sidewall failure is the most common description, in 16% of these reports. Percentages are shares of the 37 reports covering every model year of the Chevrolet Avalanche that include a written account; a single report can describe more than one problem, so they do not total 100%.
| Reported problem | This subject | All tire complaints | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sidewall failure | 16% | 15% | 1.1× |
| Tread or belt separation | 14% | 13% | 1.0× |
| Blowout or sudden deflation | 14% | 20% | 0.7× |
| Bubble or bulge in the tire | 11% | 6% | 1.8× |
| Cracking or dry rot | 5% | 9% | 0.6× |
| Loss of control, rollover or collision | 3% | 8% | 0.3× |
Mileage at failure
14 of these reports state an odometer reading. The middle report is at 39,000 miles, with 8 in 10 falling between 8,827 and 60,000 miles.
In owners' own words
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA about Chevrolet Avalanche. Reports are published by NHTSA as filed and are lightly cleaned here only to remove intake codes.
THE INCIDENT ON MAY 11, 2002. THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY GOING 65 MPH. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 8827 MILES AND HAD ORIGINAL WHEELS AND TIRES. THE INCIDENT ON NOVEMBER 10, 2002: THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL, INCLUDING THE DISC BRAKE MECHANISM, SEPARATED AND BEARING PARTS, ETC. WERE SCATTERED ON THE STREET. THE EXPOSED WHEEL WELL DUG INTO THE CONCRETE AND SHOCK ABSORBER AND STRUTS CLEARLY VISIBLE WITH WHEEL SEPARATED. PHOTOS ARE AVAILABLE IF NEEDED. DT
THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. THIS WAS THE THIRD SEPARATION FAILURE OUT OF THE EIGHT ORIGINAL TIRE SUPPLIED AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH THE CONSUMERS TWO VEHICLES. (GOODYEAR WRANGLER, P265/70R171132, SERIAL # T306731-GRF88M4MP). *MR *SCC *NLM
THE CONSUMER WAS FORCED TO REPLACE ALL THE TIRES DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR. THE TIRES WERE BEGINNING TO SEPARATE AT THE TREADS AND THE STEEL BELTS WERE SHOWING. AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT ONE TIRE HAD A PLUG IN IT. *AK THE TIRES WERE BULDGING BY THE JUNCTION OF THE SIDEWALLS AND THREADS. *SC
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP, AND THE TECHNICIAN FOUND THE LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT TIRES AS WELL AS THE LEFT REAR HAS BUBBLE AND INSIDE WALL ARE CRACKED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.
Complaints are voluntarily submitted to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation and are not verified by NHTSA; they represent owner-reported problems, not proven defects. Counts can be useful as a relative quality signal across comparable tires or vehicles.
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Last verified 2026-10-07.