Best tires for the Chrysler 300M
Top picks across four categories for the Chrysler 300M, anchored to the current-generation OEM size 225/60R16. 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 Chrysler 300M 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 Chrysler 300M 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 Chrysler 300M owners.
Hankook
Kinergy PT
UTQG 800 with a 90,000-mile warranty; long-wear all-season compound built for the daily-driver mileage profile typical for Chrysler 300M 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.
Continental
TrueContact tour
Lowest sticker price in this size that still meets the OEM load index. Trade-off is shorter warranty vs premium options.
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.
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.
Hankook
Kinergy PT
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 Chrysler 300M 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 Chrysler 300M 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 chrysler 300M 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1998–2001 | 225/60R16 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2002–2003 | 245/45R18 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2004 | 225/55R17 | Year-specific fitment → |
How we ranked these tires for the chrysler 300M
We started with the latest model-year's OEM tire size; 225/60R16; 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 chrysler 300M
Top issue category: Tires (General)
Most reported: Tires (General) (1) · TPMS (1)
Reported across: 2004 – 2004 (1 year)
What owners described
Sidewall failure is the most common description, in 16% of these reports. Percentages are shares of the 38 reports covering every model year of the Chrysler 300M 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× |
| Blowout or sudden deflation | 13% | 20% | 0.7× |
| Bubble or bulge in the tire | 11% | 6% | 1.8× |
| Cracking or dry rot | 11% | 9% | 1.1× |
| Loss of control, rollover or collision | 8% | 8% | 0.9× |
| Premature or uneven wear | 5% | 1% | 4.0× |
Mileage at failure
13 of these reports state an odometer reading. The middle report is at 31,000 miles, with 8 in 10 falling between 7,000 and 128,000 miles.
In owners' own words
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA about Chrysler 300M. Reports are published by NHTSA as filed and are lightly cleaned here only to remove intake codes.
THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHRYSLER 300M EQUIPPED WITH TOYO PROXES T1R TIRES (NA), SIZE: 245/45ZR16 94W (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TREAD WAS SEPARATING FROM ALL FOUR TIRES AND THERE WERE CRACKS IN EACH TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT TIRE STORE, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE TIRES TO A TIRE STORE. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE DOT NUMBER AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WERE NOT PROVIDED. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000.
THE LEFT FRONT TIRE OF THIS VEHICLE FAILED ON THE DATE INDICATED. LESS THAN 4 HOURS LATER, THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE OF THE SAME VEHICLE FAILED. THE FAILURE APPEARS TO BE A SIDEWALL DEFECT. THERE ARE NO APPARENT PUNCTURES. THE TIRES EXHIBIT A TEAR, FROM INSIDE OUT, IN THE SIDEWALL. UNSUBSTANTIATED RUNMOR FROM A TIRE INSTALLER IS THAT HE "SEES THIS PROBELM ON THIS TIRE ALL OF THE TIME". *AK (TIRESIZE: P225/55R17)
CONSUMER HAS A CHRYSLER VEHICLE. 2 ORIGINAL FRONT TIRES WERE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WOBBLED/VIBRATED & PULLED TO RIGHT. EVERY 3,000 MILES OUTSIDES WORE OUT, 7 HAD TO BE REPLACED. THEY ALL SHOWED SIGNS DIFFERENTLY. CHRYSLER WAS AWARE OF TIRES. ORIGINALS HAD PREMATURE BALDING & HYDROPLAINED. SIZE P225/55R17, DOT#M600BMWR3400. *AK WEAR OF TIRES COULD BE RELATED TO A SUSPENSION PROBLEM, TIRES ARE GOODYEAR EAGLE. *SLC
GOODYEAR EAGLE LS TIRES ON 1999,CHRYSLER 300M. AT 18,000 MILES, VEHICLE BEGAN EXPERIENCING VIBRATION WHICH WAS DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION ON FRONT RIGHT TIRE. THEN, AT 22,000 MILES, THERE WAS A BULGE FORMING ON SIDEWALL OF FRONT LEFT TIRE THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 2-3" IN DIAMETER. TIRE SIZE IS P225/55R17. *AK WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 65 MPH THE THIRD TIRE ON REAR RIGHT BLEW OUT SIDEWALL AT 29,000 MILES.
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.
Tire recalls & safety complaints for the Chrysler 300M →
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Last verified 2026-10-07.