Best tires for the Jeep Grand Cherokee
Top picks across four categories for the Jeep Grand Cherokee, anchored to the current-generation OEM size 265/60R18. 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.
BFGoodrich
All-Terrain T/A KO2
Reinforced sidewall all-season compound; balanced ride, grip, and tread life for everyday driving.
Pirelli
Scorpion all terrain plus
UTQG 600 with a 50,000-mile warranty; long-wear all-season compound built for the daily-driver mileage profile typical for Jeep Grand Cherokee 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 Jeep Grand Cherokee 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 Jeep Grand Cherokee 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.
Michelin
Defender LTX M/S
Lowest sticker price in this size that still meets the OEM load index. Trade-off is shorter warranty vs premium options.
BFGoodrich
Advantage T/A sport LT
Lowest sticker price in this size that still meets the OEM load index. Trade-off is shorter warranty vs premium options.
Continental
CrossContact LX25
Lowest sticker price in this size that still meets the OEM load index. Trade-off is shorter warranty vs premium options.
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.
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.
Michelin
CrossClimate 2
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.
Pirelli
Scorpion all terrain plus
73 dB cabin-noise rating per the EU tire label; well below the segment median. Tread pattern engineered to break up the harmonic peaks that cause highway droning.
BFGoodrich
All-Terrain T/A KO2
75 dB cabin-noise rating per the EU tire label; still quieter than most competitors in this size. 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 BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO2 | Best budget Goodyear Assurance MaxLife |
|
|---|---|---|
| UTQG treadwear | - | 820 |
| Mileage warranty | 50,000 mi | 85,000 mi |
| Cabin noise | 75 dB | 70 dB |
| Season class | all-season | all-season |
| Type | truck-suv | touring |
OEM tire sizes by year
What size does the jeep grand cherokee 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 215/75R15 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 1993 | 225/75R15 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 1994–1995 | 215/75R15 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 1996 | 225/70R16 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 1997–1998 | 215/75R15 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 1999–2000 | 245/70R16 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2001 | 235/65R17 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2002 | 225/75R16 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2003 | 235/65R17 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2004 | 225/75R16 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2005 | 245/65R17 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2006–2010 | 255/45R20 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2011 | 265/60R18 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2012 | 295/45R20 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2013–2014 | 265/60R18 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2015–2016 | 265/50R20 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2017 | 265/60R18 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2018–2020 | 265/50R20 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2021 | 265/60R18 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2022–2025 | 275/45R21 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2026 | 265/60R18 | Year-specific fitment → |
How we ranked these tires for the jeep grand cherokee
We started with the latest model-year's OEM tire size; 265/60R18; 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 SUV 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.
SUV-specific tire models (CrossClimate, CrossContact, Defender LTX) have reinforced sidewalls designed for the chassis mass and often a wider tread for better wet traction at higher curb weight. 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 jeep grand cherokee
Top issue category: Tires (General)
Most reported: Tires (General) (189) · Tread / Belt (38) · Sidewall (29) · Spare Tire (27) · TPMS (27)
Reported across: 1993 – 2024 (30 years)
What owners described
Sidewall failure is the most common description, in 20% of these reports. Percentages are shares of the 225 reports covering every model year of the Jeep Grand Cherokee 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 | 20% | 15% | 1.3× |
| Blowout or sudden deflation | 18% | 20% | 0.9× |
| Tread or belt separation | 10% | 13% | 0.8× |
| Cracking or dry rot | 9% | 9% | 1.0× |
| Pressure-monitoring (TPMS) fault | 8% | 2% | 3.3× |
| Loss of control, rollover or collision | 6% | 8% | 0.7× |
Mileage at failure
110 of these reports state an odometer reading. The middle report is at 26,500 miles, with 8 in 10 falling between 6,400 and 90,000 miles.
In owners' own words
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA about Jeep Grand Cherokee. Reports are published by NHTSA as filed and are lightly cleaned here only to remove intake codes.
RAN OVER SMALL PIECE OF METAL IN THE SIDEWALL OF MY MICHELIN LATITUDE TOURING P265/60 R18 TIRE AND PUNCTURED LARGE HOLE IN THE TIRE. HAD TO ORDER ANOTHER ONE DEALER ALLEN SAMUELS EAST TEXAS DODGE IN TYLER TX SAID THERE WAS NO WARRANTY COST ME ABOUT $300 TO REPLACE THE TIRE. NOW I HAVE BEEN NOTICING THAT THE TIRE I REPLACED AS WELL AS MY OTHER TIRES ARE SLICK AND ALMOST THREAD BARE I ONLY HAVE 18,000 MILES ON THESE TIRES. I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THESE WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO GET THEM REPLACED BY THE TIRE MANUFACTURER? I AM WORRIED ABOUT MY SAFETY AS WELL AS MY PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE.
THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH AIR PRESSURE SENSING TIRE VALVES THAT ARE MADE OF A SUBSTANDARD METAL THAT CORRODES AND BRAKES. THE FIRST TIME I HAD AN ISSUE THE TIP OF THE VALVE BROKE AND THE TIRE COULD NOT BE INFLATED. THE SECOND TIME, TODAY, THE VALVE BROKE IN HALF AND THE TIRE DEFLATED IN ABOUT TEN SECONDS. FORTUNATELY, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVING. I REPLACED THE PART AT THE DEALER THE FIRST TIME AND THEY STATED IT WAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE PART AND THAT A NEW PART HAD BEEN MADE THAT WOULD NOT CORRODE. THE FACT THAT IT HAS HAPPENED ON TWO OF THE FOUR SENSORS SHOWS THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM. CLEARLY SUCH A BLOW OUT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WOULD HAVE PUT MY LIFE AND THE LIVES OF THOSE NEAR ME IN JEOPARDY.
THIS IS REF: A RECALL NOTICE TO HAVE THE SPARE TIRE REPLACED WITH A LARGER SPARE TIRE, BECAUSE IF THE CURRENT TIRE IS USED, THE VEHICLE IS ALLEGED TO BE ABLE TO ROLL OVER. 4 VISITS TO DEALERSHIP HAS FAILED TO RECTIFY PROBLEM. DEALER ALWAYS HAS SOME EXCUSE, MIS-INFORMATION ECT.
MY DAUGHTERS JEEP JUST FAILED STATE INSPECTION DUE TO SEVERE CRACKING OF THE TIRE NEXT TO THE RIM. ALL 4 TIRES ARE GOODYEAR WRANGLER ST 225/75/16 104S. THE TREAD DEPTH IS STILL VERY GOOD HOWEVER THEY WILL NOT PASS STATE INSPECTION DUE TO THE LARGE CRACKS TOTALLY AROUND THE RIMS. A TECH AT THE LOCAL JEEP STORE TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH THESE TIRES. HE STATED THAT THIS PROBLEM GOES WAY BACK.THE LOCAL GOODYEAR DEALER (SULLIVAN TIRE) WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP. GOODYEAR USED TO BE ONE OF THE BEST TIRES, WHAT HAPPENED? IT SEEMS THAT ALL OF THE OTHER TIRE COMPANIES OFFER A MUCH BETTER PRODUCT. NO MORE GOODYEAR TIRES FOR MY FAMILY!!!
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 Jeep Grand Cherokee →
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Last verified 2026-10-07.