Best tires for the Infiniti G35
Top picks across four categories for the Infiniti G35, anchored to the current-generation OEM size 225/55R17. 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 Infiniti G35 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 Infiniti G35 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 Infiniti G35 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 Infiniti G35 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.
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.
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.
Cooper
CS5 ultra touring
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 Infiniti G35 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 Infiniti G35 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 Infiniti G35 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 infiniti G35 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 205/65R16 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2004–2006 | 215/55R17 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2007–2008 | 225/55R17 | Year-specific fitment → |
How we ranked these tires for the infiniti G35
We started with the latest model-year's OEM tire size; 225/55R17; 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 infiniti G35
Top issue category: Tires (General)
Reported across: 2008 – 2008 (1 year)
What owners described
Sidewall failure appears in 27% of these reports; about 1.8× as often as across all tire complaints. Percentages are shares of the 15 reports covering every model year of the Infiniti G35 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 | 27% | 15% | 1.8× |
| Cracking or dry rot | 27% | 9% | 2.9× |
| Blowout or sudden deflation | 13% | 20% | 0.7× |
| Bubble or bulge in the tire | 7% | 6% | 1.1× |
| Pressure-monitoring (TPMS) fault | 7% | 2% | 2.8× |
Mileage at failure
7 of these reports state an odometer reading. The middle report is at 19,000 miles, with 8 in 10 falling between 6,000 and 43,000 miles.
In owners' own words
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA about Infiniti G35. Reports are published by NHTSA as filed and are lightly cleaned here only to remove intake codes.
TIRE CRACKING IN TWO PLACES AT INSIDE SIDEWALL / TREAD MOLD LINE. MILEAGE ON TIRES < 24,500. WARRANTY 60,000. TIRES STORED AS PER DUNLAP RECOMMENDATION DURING WINTER. FACTORY WHEELS. TIRES MOUNTED ONLY ONCE AT PURCHASE. DUNLAP OFFERED CREDIT OF $32 ON $160.00 TIRE - NO REPLACEMENT AVAILABLE - DISCONTINUED.
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE HAD A BULGE PRESENT. FURTHER EXAMINATION SHOWED A CRACK ON THE SIDEWALL TIRE CAUSED IT TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE SHOP, WHO DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO HITTING A POTHOLE AND NOT A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE CONTACT VIEWED MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS VIA THE NHTSA WEBSITE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. NO REPAIRS HAD BEEN MADE. THIS WAS A GOODYEAR EAGLE, SIZE: 245/35R19.
LOW TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEMS MUST BE REPROGRAMMED BY THE DEALER IF WHEELS ARE ROTATED, IF A FULL SIZE SPARE TIRE REPLACES A WHEEL THE REPROGRAMMING IS AT CONSUMER'S COST. THIS FORCES CONSUMERS TO HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SOMETHING WHICH USED TO BE DONE AT HOME. I BLAME NHTSA FOR PUSHING TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEMS, WITHOUT ENFORCING MANUFACTURERS MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR CONSUMERS TO SET THEIR OWN TIRE PRESSURES, AND THIS ADDED UNNECESSARY COST TO REGULAR MAINTENANCE WHICH USED TO BE FREE.
THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 INFINITI G35. THE VEHICLE HAS BRIDGESTONE POTENZA, SIZE 245/45R18 TIRES. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD POP. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND SHE NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE BUMPER COVER AND WHEEL PROTECTOR WERE DAMAGED. THE TIRES WERE THE ORIGINAL TIRES. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 21,000.
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 Infiniti G35 →
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Last verified 2026-10-07.