Best tires for the Toyota Pickup
Top picks across four categories for the Toyota Pickup, anchored to the current-generation OEM size 195/75R14. 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 ST
Touring-tuned all-season compound; balanced ride, grip, and tread life for everyday driving.
Ironman
RB 12 NWS
Touring-tuned all-season compound; balanced ride, grip, and tread life for everyday driving.
Kumho
Solus ta51a
Touring-tuned all-season compound; balanced ride, grip, and tread life for everyday driving.
Nexen
N priz AH5
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.
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.
Nexen
N priz AH5
Lowest sticker price in this size that still meets the OEM load index. Trade-off is shorter warranty vs premium options.
Ironman
RB 12 NWS
Lowest sticker price in this size that still meets the OEM load index. Trade-off is shorter warranty vs premium options.
Hankook
Kinergy ST
Lowest sticker price in this size that still meets the OEM load index. Trade-off is shorter warranty vs premium options.
Side-by-side
Pick the trade-off that matches your driving
| All-season Hankook Kinergy ST | Best budget Toyo Extensa A/S II |
|
|---|---|---|
| UTQG treadwear | - | 620 |
| Mileage warranty | - | - |
| Cabin noise | - | - |
| Season class | - | - |
| Type | - | - |
OEM tire sizes by year
What size does the toyota pickup 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1980–1995 | 195/75R14 | Year-specific fitment → |
How we ranked these tires for the toyota pickup
We started with the latest model-year's OEM tire size; 195/75R14; 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 toyota pickup
Top issue category: Tires (General)
Reported across: 1995 – 1995 (1 year)
What owners described
Tread or belt separation is the most common description, in 16% of these reports. Percentages are shares of the 32 reports covering every model year of the Toyota Pickup 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread or belt separation | 16% | 13% | 1.2× |
| Loss of control, rollover or collision | 16% | 8% | 1.9× |
| Blowout or sudden deflation | 13% | 20% | 0.6× |
| Bubble or bulge in the tire | 9% | 6% | 1.6× |
| Cracking or dry rot | 9% | 9% | 1.0× |
| Sidewall failure | 3% | 15% | 0.2× |
Mileage at failure
14 of these reports state an odometer reading. The middle report is at 33,991 miles, with 8 in 10 falling between 5,000 and 226,000 miles.
In owners' own words
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA about Toyota Pickup. Reports are published by NHTSA as filed and are lightly cleaned here only to remove intake codes.
THE CONTACT OWNS A 1986 TOYOTA LONG BED 1/2 TON, EQUIPPED WITH HANKOOK TIRE LINE RADIAL TIRES, SIZE, P215-75-R14. THE CONTACT STATED THAT TWO TIRES EXHIBITED BLISTERS AND BUBBLES. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE.
I WAS DRIVING SO ON 9A, JACKSONVILLE, FL, @62-65MPH, ON 7/21/00, 6:30 AM, FAIRLY HEAVY TRAFFIC, DAY WAS CLEAR, NOT RAINING OR WET, IT WAS DARK. SUDDENLY THE LEFT REAR OF MY TRUCK FELT "SOFT". I TURNED ON RI SIGNAL, SLOWED, DID NOT HIT BRAKES, BUT USED THE CLUTCH, MOVED FROM THE CENTER LANE OF THREE AT THE CREST OF THE DAMES POINT BRIDGE. THE TIRE SEPARATED THE TREAD, AND IT WRAPPED AROUND THE LEFT REAR AXLE. ONLY BECAUSE I HAD PROPER TRAINING IN DEFENSIVE DRIVING DID I KNOW HOW TO AVOID A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. MY TIRE DEALER, PAUL LEWIS, ARLINGTON RD @ UNIVERSITY BLVD HAS REMOVED ALL THE TIRES AND REPLACED THEM WITH ANOTHER MANUFACTURER'S TIRES. I FELT IT IMPORTANT TO REPORT THIS TO YOU FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES.
I HAVE NOT HAD A FAILURE YET, BUT THE CRACKS THAT ARE SHOWING UP ON ALL FOUR OF MY TIRES, DOWN AT THE BASE OF TREAD LUGS, IS VERY WORRY SOME. THE CRACKS HAVE BECOME MORE PRONOUCED OVER THE LAST 3 MONTHES. WHEN I TOOK THEM TO A FIRESTONE DEALER, THEY SAID THAT THIS MODEL WAS NOT UNDER RECALL, AND THE COULD PRO RATE A NEW SET FOR ME. IF IT HAD BEEN ONE TIRE I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT A FLUKE, ANY MANUFACTURER HAS. ALL FOUR TIRES DEVELOPING THE SAME PROBLEM SOUNDS MORE LIKE A REAL PROBLEM. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. DANIEL CARHART.
I HAVE 4 FIRESTONE FIREHAWK SS10 TIRES THEY WERE BOUGHT IN JULY OF 1997 THE HAVE APPROX 36.000 MILES ON THEM TEY APPEAR TO HAVE ABOUT HALF OF THERE TREAD LIFE LEFT THE TREAD WEAR IS EVEN ACCROSE THE TIRE YESTERDAY I NOTICED A 6 TO 8 INCH BUBBLE IN THE TREAD ON A REAR TIRE (NOT SIDE WALL) THE TIRE HAD NOT BLOWN YET, I REPLACED THE TIRE WITH THE SPARE. I CONTACTED FIRESTONE THEY JUST ASKED ME TO BRING IT IN AS IT WAS NOT A TIRE IN THE RECALL. I FEAR THE OTHER 3 TIRES WILL DEVELOPE THE SAME PROBLEMS SOON NEXT TIME I MIGHT NOT BE SO FORTUNATE AS TO SEE THE BUBBLE BEFORE THE TIRES BLOW OUT ON THE ROAD.
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.