Best tires for the Oldsmobile Alero
Top picks across four categories for the Oldsmobile Alero, anchored to the current-generation OEM size 215/60R15. 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 Oldsmobile Alero owners.
Pirelli
P6000
Reinforced sidewall all-season compound; balanced ride, grip, and tread life for everyday driving.
Bridgestone
Ecopia EP422 plus 215/60R15
Touring-tuned all-season compound; balanced ride, grip, and tread life for everyday driving.
Continental
ContiProContact 215/60R15
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.
Uniroyal
Tiger paw touring A/S
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 oldsmobile alero 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1999–2003 | 215/60R15 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2004 | 205/65R15 | Year-specific fitment → |
How we ranked these tires for the oldsmobile alero
We started with the latest model-year's OEM tire size; 215/60R15; 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 oldsmobile alero
Top issue category: Tread / Belt
Reported across: 2004 – 2004 (1 year)
What owners described
Blowout or sudden deflation is the most common description, in 11% of these reports. Percentages are shares of the 27 reports covering every model year of the Oldsmobile Alero 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 | 11% | 20% | 0.6× |
| Tread or belt separation | 7% | 13% | 0.6× |
| Sidewall failure | 7% | 15% | 0.5× |
| Cracking or dry rot | 7% | 9% | 0.8× |
| Loss of control, rollover or collision | 7% | 8% | 0.9× |
| Pressure-monitoring (TPMS) fault | 4% | 2% | 1.5× |
Mileage at failure
5 of these reports state an odometer reading. The middle report is at 25,000 miles, with 8 in 10 falling between 6,000 and 100,000 miles.
In owners' own words
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA about Oldsmobile Alero. Reports are published by NHTSA as filed and are lightly cleaned here only to remove intake codes.
WHILE DRIVING ON I-295 NORTH NEAR HAMILTON TWP, NJ AT AROUND 6:45PM AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 65 MPH, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT COMPLETELY. THERE WAS A 2-INCH SQUARE HOLE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIRE. CONDITIONS WERE NORMAL AND THE DRIVING SURFACE WAS DRY. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO PEP BOYS, BEVERLY NJ WHERE I PURCHASED ALL FOUR STARFIRE TIRES (RS-C 2.0 225/50/R16) ON 12/27/2015. EACH TIRE HAS THE ROAD HAZARD WARRANTY.
THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE. THE TIRE PRESSURE WILL NOT SUSTAIN. THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT STAYS ON, AND THE CONSUMER HAD TO ADD AIR DAILY. THE DEALER REFUSED TO COOPERATE. *AK THE LEFT FRONT DOOR BODY SIDE WAS FALLING, THE SOLDER JOINTS IN THE HAZARD WARNING FLASHER SWITCH MAY CRACK, THE COOLANT LIGHT HAD COME ON, THERE WAS AN ERRATIC SOUND WHEN THE IGNITION WAS FIRST TURNED ON, THE DRIVER WINDOW HAD A WATER LEAK, THE LEFT POWER WINDOW WON'T SEAL, THE REGULATOR WAS BROKEN, AND THE KEY WOULD GET STUCK IN THE IGNITION INTERMITTENTLY DUE TO BINDING CYLINDER LOCK. SC
THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 OLDSMOBILE ALERO. THE VEHICLE HAS GOODYEAR AMERICAN EAGLE, SIZE P225/50R16 (NA) TIRES. THE SIDEWALLS OF THE TIRES ARE CRACKING. BETWEEN THE SIDE AND UPPER TREAD OF THE TIRES, THE CRACKS ARE EXTENDING AND CAUSING MASSIVE TREAD SEPARATION. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE PLACE OF PURCHASE (WAL-MART) AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEFECT AND/OR RETURNS FOR DEFECTS. WAL-MART REFERRED HIM TO GOODYEAR; HOWEVER, THEY WERE CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAYS. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000 AND THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. UPDATED 03-04-08
TIRES- I HAVE HAD MY 2002 OLDS-ALERO FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS NOW,I HAVE REPLACE AND REPAIRED THE TIRES ABOUT AS MUCH TIME AS I OWNED IT LITERALLY!!!!!!!! I AM TIRED OF SPENDING MONEY ON TIRES I HAVE REPLACE SENSORS AND EVERYTHING THIS IS NOT MY FAULT AND I SHOULD NOTTT HAVE TO KEEP COMING OUT OF POCKET WITH MONEY TO FIX A PROBLEM I NOW KNOW IS A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM, AFTER LEARNING AND READING ON THIS SITE ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEMS IM HAVING WITH MY CAR. I HAVE TO KEEP PUTTING AIR IN MY TIRE, FEARING A BLOWOUT ON THE INTERSTATE WHICH I USED TOO TRAVEL TO WORK EVERY DAY CAN SOMEONE REFER ME TO ASSISTANCE??
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 Oldsmobile Alero →
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