Best tires for the Dodge Challenger
Top picks across four categories for the Dodge Challenger, anchored to the current-generation OEM size 235/55R18. 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 Dodge Challenger 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 Dodge Challenger 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 Dodge Challenger 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 Dodge Challenger 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.
Pirelli
Cinturato P7 all season plus 3
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.
Side-by-side
Pick the trade-off that matches your driving
| All-season Bridgestone Turanza QuietTrack | Best budget Goodyear Assurance MaxLife |
|
|---|---|---|
| UTQG treadwear | 800 | 820 |
| Mileage warranty | 80,000 mi | 85,000 mi |
| Cabin noise | 68 dB | 70 dB |
| Season class | all-season | all-season |
| Type | touring | touring |
OEM tire sizes by year
What size does the dodge challenger 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 205/75R15 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 1971 | 205/70R15 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 1972–1974 | 205/75R14 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2008–2011 | 245/45R20 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2012–2015 | 235/55R18 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2016–2018 | 245/45R20 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2019–2023 | 235/55R19 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2024 | 235/55R18 | Year-specific fitment → |
How we ranked these tires for the dodge challenger
We started with the latest model-year's OEM tire size; 235/55R18; 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 dodge challenger
Top issue category: Tires (General)
Most reported: Tires (General) (7) · TPMS (1) · Sidewall (1)
Reported across: 2010 – 2019 (4 years)
What owners described
Sidewall failure appears in 33% of these reports; about 2.2× as often as across all tire complaints. Percentages are shares of the 9 reports covering every model year of the Dodge Challenger 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 | 33% | 15% | 2.2× |
| Cracking or dry rot | 33% | 9% | 3.6× |
| Blowout or sudden deflation | 11% | 20% | 0.6× |
In owners' own words
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA about Dodge Challenger. Reports are published by NHTSA as filed and are lightly cleaned here only to remove intake codes.
I WAS WASHING MY CAR AND WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO THE TIRES THE SIDEWALL HAD CHUNKS OF RUBBER COMING OFF THE TIRES AFTER LOOKING ALL 4 TIRES WAS DOING IT. TO ME IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE COULD CAUSE A BLOWOUT IF I TAKE A EXIT RAMP HARD. THE SIZE 245/45/ZR 20 GOODYEAR EAGLE F1 SUPERCAR TIRES.
THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE CHALLENGER EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR EAGLE F1 SUPERCAR TIRES, SIZE: 245/45ZR20. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THERE WAS A VIBRATION IN THE TIRES AND THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE LEFT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES WERE CRACKED ABOVE THE SIDEWALLS AND THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE THE ORIGINAL TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,100.
THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE CHALLENGER EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN PILOT MXM4 TIRES, SIZE: P235/55/R18 (NA). WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED CRACKS ON THE THREADS OF ALL FOUR TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS CONFIRMED AND STATED THAT THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,000.
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 Dodge Challenger →
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Last verified 2026-10-07.