Best tires for the Nissan Quest
Top picks across four categories for the Nissan Quest, anchored to the current-generation OEM size 225/65R16. 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.
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 Nissan Quest 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 Nissan Quest owners.
Cooper
Cs5 grand touring
Reinforced sidewall all-season compound; balanced ride, grip, and tread life for everyday driving.
Falken
Sincera SN201 A/S
Reinforced sidewall 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.
Continental
TrueContact tour
Lowest sticker price in this size that still meets the OEM load index. Trade-off is shorter warranty vs premium options.
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.
Michelin
Defender 2
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Bridgestone
Blizzak WS90
71 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.
Michelin
X-Ice snow
71 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.
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 Nissan Quest 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 Nissan Quest drivers in cold or snowy regions.
Side-by-side
Pick the trade-off that matches your driving
| All-season Michelin Defender 2 | Best budget Continental TrueContact Tour | Best winter Bridgestone Blizzak WS90 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| UTQG treadwear | 800 | 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 nissan quest 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1993–1998 | 205/75R15 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 1999–2003 | 225/60R16 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2004–2009 | 225/65R16 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2011–2017 | 225/65R16 | Year-specific fitment → |
How we ranked these tires for the nissan quest
We started with the latest model-year's OEM tire size; 225/65R16; 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 nissan quest
Top issue category: Tires (General)
Most reported: Tires (General) (57) · Tread / Belt (21) · TPMS (10) · Sidewall (3) · Valve (2)
Reported across: 1993 – 2013 (17 years)
What owners described
Loss of control, rollover or collision appears in 17% of these reports; about 2.0× as often as across all tire complaints. Percentages are shares of the 72 reports covering every model year of the Nissan Quest 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 | 17% | 8% | 2.0× |
| Blowout or sudden deflation | 11% | 20% | 0.6× |
| Tread or belt separation | 8% | 13% | 0.6× |
| Pressure-monitoring (TPMS) fault | 6% | 2% | 2.3× |
| Sidewall failure | 4% | 15% | 0.3× |
| Bubble or bulge in the tire | 1% | 6% | 0.2× |
Mileage at failure
52 of these reports state an odometer reading. The middle report is at 21,000 miles, with 8 in 10 falling between 7,500 and 63,000 miles.
In owners' own words
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA about Nissan Quest. Reports are published by NHTSA as filed and are lightly cleaned here only to remove intake codes.
THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN QUEST. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT SECOND BEFORE THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE ABS AND THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.
I PUT NEW GOODYEAR ASSURANCE FUEL MAX ON MY 2008 NISSAN QUEST ON 04/27/2012. SINCE THAT TIME I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS BLOW OUTS AND SLOW LEAKS. I HAVE REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES WITH THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL AND HAVE HAD NUMEROUS REPAIRS. I JUST REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES WITH MICHELIN BRAND AS I COULD NOT GET 10,000 MILES WITH OUT A BLOWOUT ON THE GOODYEARS. ALL TIRE FAILURES WERE DUE TO SMALL SPLITS IN THE TREAD OR SIDE WALL.
AFTER VEHICLE REACHES 17,00 MILES STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT BEGAN TO SHAKE GIVING THE VEHICLE A ROUGH RIDE.*AK THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING BENT REAR AXLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NEVER BEEN IN ACCIDENT SO THE BENT AXLE SHOULD BE MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE TIRES ARE WORN PREMATURELY, BUT THE DEALER REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENTS CLAIMING AT 17000 MILES IT IS A NORMAL WEAR.
FIRESTONE TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION CAUSING TREAD TO BREAK THE WINDSHIELD OF THE VEHICLE FROM BEHIND, THE LOOSE TREAD ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE AREA UNDERNEATH TIRE OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, CONSUMER IS NOW EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONING AND IS REQUESTING FIRESTONE TO PAY FOR DAMAGES. *SLC
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 Nissan Quest →
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Last verified 2026-10-07.