Best tires for the Mazda Navajo
Top picks across four categories for the Mazda Navajo, anchored to the current-generation OEM size 225/70R15. 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 Mazda Navajo owners.
Bridgestone
Dueler H/T D684 II 225/70R15
Touring-tuned all-season compound; balanced ride, grip, and tread life for everyday driving.
Continental
CrossContact LX 225/70R15
Touring-tuned all-season compound; balanced ride, grip, and tread life for everyday driving.
Goodyear
Wrangler SR a
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.
Falken
Sincera SN250 A/S
Lowest sticker price in this size that still meets the OEM load index. Trade-off is shorter warranty vs premium options.
General
Grabber A/T X
Lowest sticker price in this size that still meets the OEM load index. Trade-off is shorter warranty vs premium options.
Toyo
Extensa A/S II
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 mazda navajo 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1991–1995 | 235/75R15 | Year-specific fitment → |
How we ranked these tires for the mazda navajo
We started with the latest model-year's OEM tire size; 225/70R15; 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 mazda navajo
Top issue category: Tires (General)
Most reported: Tires (General) (14) · Tread / Belt (7) · Spare Tire (1)
Reported across: 1991 – 1994 (4 years)
What owners described
Loss of control, rollover or collision appears in 29% of these reports; about 3.4× as often as across all tire complaints. Percentages are shares of the 14 reports covering every model year of the Mazda Navajo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loss of control, rollover or collision | 29% | 8% | 3.4× |
| Blowout or sudden deflation | 21% | 20% | 1.1× |
| Cracking or dry rot | 14% | 9% | 1.5× |
In owners' own words
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA about Mazda Navajo. Reports are published by NHTSA as filed and are lightly cleaned here only to remove intake codes.
CONSUMER FELT A VIBRATION IN FRONT END OF VEHICLE BUT BEFORE HE COULD SLOW DOWN THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, HIT THE MEDIAN AND ROLLED OVER 3 TIMES. THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE APPEARS TO HAVE SEPARATED, THE OTHERS WENT FLAT ON IMPACT(FIRESTONE ATX P235/75R15). NLM
PEOO 020;CONSUMER WERE INSPECTING TIRES AND NOTICED THAT FRONT REAR TIRES HAD CRACKS ALL AROUND THE TIRES TIRES ARE THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS #AT P23575R15. #DOT W2. *AK THE FRONT TWO TIRE HAD CRACKS ALL AROUND THE WHOLE TIRES. TIRE DEALERS RECOMMENDED THAT THEY BE REPLACED.
HEADING SOUTH ON I-95 OUTSIDE SAVANNAH, GA, TIRE EXPLODED CAUSING TREAD TO PEEL AND FLY OFF PUTTING CAR IN DANGEROUS SITUATION AND DANGER TO OTHER CARS. WE WERE ABLE TO BRAKE AND WEAVE TO AVOID IMPACT AND OVERTURNING BEFORE COMING TO A STOP OFF HIGHWAY. IN ADDITION TO A LOST TIRE, THE EXPLOSIONAND RUBBER PEELING IN THE AREA OF THE GAS TANK RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE MUFFLER AND UNDERSIDE OF CAR. WE REPLACED TIRE, ($101.74) HAD THE MUFFLER REPAIRED (UNDER WARRANTY). DAMAGE REMAINS TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CAR. THE ESTIMATE TO REPAIR IS $703.84. PLEASE ADVISE IF YOU WISH TO VIEW DAMAGE.
THE SPARE TIRE THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE IS NOT OF THE SAME CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL AS THE ORIGINAL TIRES. THE CONSUMER HAD TROUBLE INSTALLING SPARE TIRE. THE SPARE TIRE IS MOUNTED ON A STEEL WHEEL AND THE ORIGINA TIRES ARE MOUNTED ON ALUMINUM WHEELS, WHILE INSTALLING SPARE TIRE AND TIGHTENING THE LUG NUTS THE LOCKING HUB UNIT BEGAN TO CRACK.
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 Mazda Navajo →
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Last verified 2026-10-07.