Best tires for the Jeep Patriot
Top picks across four categories for the Jeep Patriot, anchored to the current-generation OEM size 205/70R16. 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.
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 Jeep Patriot owners.
Cooper
Cs5 grand touring
Reinforced sidewall all-season compound; balanced ride, grip, and tread life for everyday driving.
Continental
ContiProContact
Touring-tuned all-season compound; balanced ride, grip, and tread life for everyday driving.
Goodyear
Eagle LS 2
Touring-tuned all-season compound; balanced ride, grip, and tread life for everyday driving.
Lowest cost per mile
Best budget
Best price-per-warranty-mile in this size. Trade-off is shorter warranty vs premium options, not safety.
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.
Yokohama
AVID ascend LX
Lowest sticker price in this size that still meets the OEM load index. Trade-off is shorter warranty vs premium options.
Cooper
Cs5 grand touring
Lowest sticker price in this size that still meets the OEM load index. Trade-off is shorter warranty vs premium options.
Falken
Ziex CT60 A/S
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.
Side-by-side
Pick the trade-off that matches your driving
| All-season Hankook Kinergy PT |
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|---|---|
| UTQG treadwear | 800 |
| Mileage warranty | 90,000 mi |
| Cabin noise | 70 dB |
| Season class | all-season |
| Type | touring |
OEM tire sizes by year
What size does the jeep patriot 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007–2016 | 205/70R16 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2017 | 215/65R17 | Year-specific fitment → |
How we ranked these tires for the jeep patriot
We started with the latest model-year's OEM tire size; 205/70R16; 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 jeep patriot
Top issue category: Tires (General)
Most reported: Tires (General) (13) · TPMS (9) · Valve (2)
Reported across: 2002 – 2016 (8 years)
What owners described
Pressure-monitoring (TPMS) fault appears in 15% of these reports; about 6.3× as often as across all tire complaints. Percentages are shares of the 20 reports covering every model year of the Jeep Patriot 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pressure-monitoring (TPMS) fault | 15% | 2% | 6.3× |
| Tread or belt separation | 5% | 13% | 0.4× |
| Cracking or dry rot | 5% | 9% | 0.5× |
| Loss of control, rollover or collision | 5% | 8% | 0.6× |
Mileage at failure
5 of these reports state an odometer reading. The middle report is at 32,000 miles, with 8 in 10 falling between 25,000 and 80,000 miles.
In owners' own words
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA about Jeep Patriot. Reports are published by NHTSA as filed and are lightly cleaned here only to remove intake codes.
WHEN THE WEATHER TURNED COLD THE TIRE SENSOR LIGHT CAME ON. I ASKED AT THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT IT AND THEY SAID IT IS SO COLD OUT THAT YOU LOSE A BIT OF PRESSURE AND ONCE THE WEATHER TURNS WARM THE LIGHT WILL TURN OFF. THE WEATHER IS NOW IN THE 50-60 DEGREE RANGE AND I JUST HAD AN OIL CHANGE WITH TIRE PRESSURE CHECKED AND THE LIGHT IS STILL ON. I DO NOT WANT TO PAY A LOT OF MONEY TO GET THIS FIXED BECAUSE NOW I THINK IT IS A BAD SENSOR. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IF I IGNORE IT AND A REAL PROBLEM I COULD GET INTO AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF LOW TIRE PRESSURE WHICH COULD RESULT IN SEVERE INJURY OR DEATH AND WOULD FOLLOW A MAJOR LAWSUIT BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW AND I NOTICE THAT OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INJURED.
FIRST DAY DRIVING NEW 2015 JEEP PATRIOT, TRAVELING AT LEGAL SPEED ON STATE HIGHWAY, REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW. HOT DAY, LOOKS LIKE BELT SEPARATION, LOUD POP AND CUT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE TIRE. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER TO SIDE OF HIGHWAY. CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. VERY CONCERNED NOW ABOUT THE TIRES. THE ARE FIRESTONE AFFINITY TOURING T4-P215/60R17 TIRES. THE TWO FRONT TIRES HAVE A DIFFERENT AFB THAN THE REAR TIRES. AFB 4214 IS ON THE ORIGINAL REAR TIRE. AFB 4414 ON THE FRONT. NO DATE OF MANUFACTURE LISTED ON TIRES.
THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP PATRIOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR WARNING INDICATOR CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE. ALSO, THE HORN BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FIVE TIMES, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 13,600.
MY 2011 JEEP PATRIOT CAME WITH FIRESTONE AFFINITY TIRES, AND AFTER ONLY TWO YEARS AND FOURTEEN THOUSAND MILES THE TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED CRACKS ALL ALONG THE SEAM WHERE THE TREAD ATTACHES TO THE TIRE CASING. IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THE TREAD IS STARTING TO PULL AWAY FROM THE TIRE.
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 Patriot →
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Last verified 2026-10-07.