Best tires for the Lincoln Continental
Top picks across four categories for the Lincoln Continental, anchored to the current-generation OEM size 255/45R19. 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 Lincoln Continental 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 Lincoln Continental owners.
Cooper
CS5 ultra touring
UTQG 800 with a 80,000-mile warranty; long-wear all-season compound built for the daily-driver mileage profile typical for Lincoln Continental 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 Lincoln Continental 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.
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.
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.
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 GT
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Cold-weather grip
Best winter
Dedicated winter or all-weather compounds that stay pliable below 7 °C. Necessary for >5 snow days a year.
Side-by-side
Pick the trade-off that matches your driving
| All-season Bridgestone Turanza QuietTrack | Best winter Michelin X-Ice Snow |
|
|---|---|---|
| UTQG treadwear | 800 | - |
| Mileage warranty | 80,000 mi | - |
| Cabin noise | 68 dB | 71 dB |
| Season class | all-season | winter |
| Type | touring | passenger |
OEM tire sizes by year
What size does the lincoln continental 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1961–1969 | 225/80R15 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 1970–1977 | 225/75R15 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 1978–1980 | 205/75R15 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 1982–1983 | 205/75R15 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 1984–1987 | 215/70R15 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 1988–1994 | 205/70R15 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 1995–2002 | 225/60R16 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2017–2018 | 255/45R19 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2019–2020 | 235/50R18 | Year-specific fitment → |
How we ranked these tires for the lincoln continental
We started with the latest model-year's OEM tire size; 255/45R19; 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 lincoln continental
Top issue category: Tires (General)
Most reported: Tires (General) (25) · Tread / Belt (13) · Sidewall (3) · Spare Tire (1) · Bead (1)
Reported across: 1977 – 2019 (18 years)
What owners described
Blowout or sudden deflation is the most common description, in 21% of these reports. Percentages are shares of the 19 reports covering every model year of the Lincoln Continental 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blowout or sudden deflation | 21% | 20% | 1.0× |
| Sidewall failure | 21% | 15% | 1.4× |
| Tread or belt separation | 11% | 13% | 0.8× |
| Loss of control, rollover or collision | 11% | 8% | 1.3× |
| Bubble or bulge in the tire | 5% | 6% | 0.9× |
| Cracking or dry rot | 5% | 9% | 0.6× |
Mileage at failure
13 of these reports state an odometer reading. The middle report is at 32,000 miles, with 8 in 10 falling between 10,000 and 68,701 miles.
In owners' own words
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA about Lincoln Continental. Reports are published by NHTSA as filed and are lightly cleaned here only to remove intake codes.
2 SETS OF FRONT TIRES HAVE WORN OUT AT 17000MI & 32000MI & 3RD SET IS SHOWING WEAR AT37600MI. WEAR WAS TO STEEL BELTS WERE TREAD MEETS INSIDE SIDEWALL. CAN NOT SEE UNLESS ON LIFT. WENT TO 2 GARAGES AND BOTH CONFIRM ALIGNMENT OK. CAR DEALER SAID THIS IS "NORMAL" AND YOU HAVE TO WATCH IT.THE COST OF REPLACING TIRES IS NOT MAJOR CONCERN. VEHICLE IS USED AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS MOST OF TIME AND IF I SHOULD FAIL TO NOTICE THE WEAR WHICH I CAN'T READILY SEE, A SERIOUS ACCIDENT COULD OCCUR. I DON'T THINK 15000 MI. SHOULD BE CONSIDERED NORMAL. I WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE A COPY OF YOUR SERVICE BULLETIN NOS. BC1021297230 & BC3422972301.
PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 55MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. TWO FRONT TIRES' TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE RIMS. MICHELIN TIRES. THERE WAS A TECHNICAL BULLETIN FOR THE LINCOLN VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WASN'T AWARE OF THE THIS PROBLEM.
CONSUMER HAD FOUND BIG BUBBLES ON SIDE OF TIRES. FIRST, ON RIGHT REAR TIRE, AND CURRENTLY WAS HAPPENING ON OTHER TIRES. CONSUMER DID NOT KNOW WHY IT WAS HAPPENING. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK CONSUMER REPLACED TWO VOGUE TIRES WITHIN 4 TO 5 WEEKS AND FEELS THE OTHER TWO TIRES MAY FAIL, THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING COMPENSATION FOR ALL FOUR TIRES, VOGUE TIRES, P255 60R16. NLM
WHILE DRIVING AT 50-55 MPH, FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT. THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO RIM AND PAINT ON VEHICLE. 225/75R15. REPLACEMENT UNIROYAL TIGER PAWS TIRES LESS THEN 10 MILES MOUNTED ON A LINCOLN, CONTINENTAL, DOT ANHHJDUU2001. *AK
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.
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Last verified 2026-10-07.