Best tires for the Saturn LS
Top picks across four categories for the Saturn LS, anchored to the current-generation OEM size 195/65R15. 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 Saturn LS owners.
Goodyear
Assurance MaxLife
UTQG 820 with a 85,000-mile warranty; long-wear all-season compound built for the daily-driver mileage profile typical for Saturn LS 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 Saturn LS 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 Saturn LS 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.
Goodyear
Assurance MaxLife
820 UTQG with a 85,000-mile warranty works out to roughly 0.00¢ per 100 miles before install. Best price-per-mile in this size; no premium-brand markup.
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.
Continental
TrueContact tour
Lowest sticker price in this size that still meets the OEM load index. Trade-off is shorter warranty vs premium options.
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.
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.
Goodyear
Assurance MaxLife
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.
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.
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 Saturn LS 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 Saturn LS drivers in cold or snowy regions.
Side-by-side
Pick the trade-off that matches your driving
| All-season Bridgestone Turanza QuietTrack | Best budget Goodyear Assurance MaxLife | Best winter Bridgestone Blizzak WS90 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| UTQG treadwear | 800 | 820 | - |
| Mileage warranty | 80,000 mi | 85,000 mi | - |
| Cabin noise | 68 dB | 70 dB | 71 dB |
| Season class | all-season | all-season | winter |
| Type | touring | touring | passenger |
OEM tire sizes by year
What size does the saturn LS 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 195/65R15 | Year-specific fitment → |
How we ranked these tires for the saturn LS
We started with the latest model-year's OEM tire size; 195/65R15; 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 saturn LS
Top issue category: Tires (General)
Most reported: Tires (General) (16) · Tread / Belt (4) · Sidewall (1) · Valve (1)
Reported across: 2000 – 2000 (1 year)
What owners described
Blowout or sudden deflation is the most common description, in 15% of these reports. Percentages are shares of the 33 reports covering every model year of the Saturn LS 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 | 15% | 20% | 0.8× |
| Tread or belt separation | 6% | 13% | 0.5× |
| Sidewall failure | 6% | 15% | 0.4× |
| Loss of control, rollover or collision | 6% | 8% | 0.7× |
| Premature or uneven wear | 6% | 1% | 4.7× |
Mileage at failure
30 of these reports state an odometer reading. The middle report is at 18,612 miles, with 8 in 10 falling between 5,000 and 42,000 miles.
In owners' own words
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA about Saturn LS. Reports are published by NHTSA as filed and are lightly cleaned here only to remove intake codes.
THE CONTACT OWNS A KUMHO MOHAVE TIRE R/S 195/65/R15. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED AND THE STEEL BELT SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT DURING THE INCIDENT THE FRONT QUARTER PANEL AND FRONT BUMPER WAS DAMAGED ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE DOT INFORMATION WAS NOT LISTED ON THE TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT.
PE00020, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON THE 2000, SATURN, LS1, TIRE SIZE P195/65R15 AND DOT # W2C6. REAR DRIVER TIRES TREAD COMPLETELY CAME OFF, WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. FIRESTONE WAS NOT WILLING TO ASSIST CONSUMER. *AK THE RIM AND THE HUB CAP WERE DAMAGED DURING THE TIRE ACCIDENT.
HAVING BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE RECENT FIRESTONE RECALL, I FELT IT NECESSARY TO REPORT THIS TIRE BLOWOUT SINCE IT OCCURED ON A BRAND NEW CAR (W/ ONLY 12000 MILES) WITH A NEW SET OF FIRESTONE TIRES (THE ORIGINALS THAT CAME WITH THE CAR) I WAS GOING THE SPEED LIMIT WHEN THE TREAD COMPLETLY SEPARATED AS HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO OTHER FIRESTONE TIRES. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS A COINCIDENCE, SINCE THIS MODEL TIRE IS NOT THE ONE BEING RECALLED, BUT I WOULD LIKE SOME MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THIS POTENTIALLY SERIOUS PROBLEM, AND POSSIBLE TIRE REPLACEMENT.
CONSISTENT PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE ALIGNMENT CAUSES PREMATURE WEARING OF TIRES. *AK DEALER HAS REPLACED REAR TOE AND CAMBER, FRONT CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS, ADJUSTED RIGHT FRONT CAMBER, ADJUSTED REAR TOE ON BOTH SIDES, ADJUSTED FRONT TOE, PROBLEM COULD BE RELATED TO THE FIRESTONE TIRES, SIZE P205/65R15. *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 Saturn LS →
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Last verified 2026-10-07.