Hankook ventus S1 noble 2 tire failures: what 72 owner reports say

Every complaint filed with NHTSA against the Hankook Ventus S1 Noble 2, read and classified: which failures owners actually describe, how that mix compares with all tire complaints on file, and at what mileage the tire let go.

By Mark Bishop · Last verified 2026-10-07

The evidence base

72Written owner reports

1Reported crashes

1Reported injuries

Crash, injury and death figures are the counts owners themselves reported to NHTSA when filing.

What owners described

Cracking or dry rot appears in 29% of these reports; about 3.1× as often as across all tire complaints. Percentages are shares of the 72 reports filed against the Hankook Ventus S1 Noble 2 across every vehicle it was fitted to 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
Cracking or dry rot	29%	9%	3.1×
Sidewall failure	18%	15%	1.2×
Tread or belt separation	8%	13%	0.6×
Blowout or sudden deflation	8%	20%	0.4×
Pressure-monitoring (TPMS) fault	7%	2%	2.9×
Bubble or bulge in the tire	4%	6%	0.7×

Mileage at failure

58 of these reports state an odometer reading. The middle report is at 17,500 miles, with 8 in 10 falling between 9,000 and 40,000 miles.

In owners' own words

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA about Hankook Ventus S1 Noble 2. Reports are published by NHTSA as filed and are lightly cleaned here only to remove intake codes.

ON JUNE 3, 2017, I HAD A WARNING LITE FOR LOW AIR PRESSURE EMIT ON MY DASHBOARD. I PULLED OVER TO THE NEXT SERVICE STATION AND APPLIED AIR TO MY TIRE. ONLY UNTIL THEN DID I NOTICE THE SEVERE CRACKING AND ROTTING OF THESE TIRES THESE TIRES HANKOOK VENTOUS S1 WERE PURCHASED ON APRIL 1, 2016 AND HAVE LESS THAN 10K MILES ON THEM. IN FACT, AFTER FURTHER REVIEW THE DRY ROT AND CRACKING IS EXPERIENCED ON ALL 4 TIRES CAUSING SEVERE SEPARATION OF THE TREAD FROM THE TIRE ITSELF.

NHTSA complaint 1383064

HANKOOK VENTUS S1 NOBEL 2 SIZE 255/50R20 DOT 5MNC 1A H 1216 THESE TIRES HAVE 12,200 MILES ON THEM AND CAME OEM ON 2017 FORD EXPLORER. THE TIRE TREAD IS PEELING AND SHREDDING. PREMATURE WEAR. PLEASE INVESTIGATE AS OTHERS ARE REPORTING THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM ON THE SAME VEHICLE.

NHTSA complaint 1418011

HANKOOK TIRES, VENTUS S1 NOBLE 2 SPLITTING OUTSIDE SIDEWALL, CAUSED TO DEPRESSURE TIRE, WHICH CAUSED TO CRACK TIRE ON THE INNER SIDEWALL SUBSEQUENTLY LED TO MANUFACTURER CLAIM BLAME ON MY VEHICLE. THE TIRE MODEL IS UNDER A RECALL, BUT IN DIFFERENT SIZE, BUT IDENTICAL WALLS, MANUFACTURING PROCESS. MY VEHICLE'S TIRE SIZE 235/40/R18. RECALLED: VENTUS S1 NOBLE2 '245/45R18 96W', '245/40R19 94W', '275/35R19 96W PROPER TIRE PRESSURE WAS MAINTAINED AND CHECKED WEEKLY FOR 3YEARS, SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED.

NHTSA complaint 1486985

ALL 4 HANOOK TIRES DOT # 5MNC 1A H (0216) 255/50/R20 TREADS HAVE BEEN CHIPPING RESULTING IN UNSAFE CONDITIONS AND EXCESSIVE WEAR. TIRES COMPLETELY WORN OUT AT 23,000 MILES. MANUFACTURER IS AWARE IF THIS RESULTING FROM NEW COMPOUNDS (MATERIALS) USED IN MANUFACTURING. HIGH SPEED BLOWOUTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FOR THIS PARTICULAR TIRE YET NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS TIRE DESPITE ITS DEFECTS AND SAFETY CONCERNS. I FIRST NOTICE IT ON TWO FRONT TIRES JUST PRIOR VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR ANNUAL SERVICE MAY 2017.

NHTSA complaint 1491909

How to read this

Complaints are voluntarily submitted to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation and are not verified by NHTSA. They are owner-reported problems, not proven defects, and volume tracks how many of a tire were sold as much as how often it failed. What is comparable is the mix: which problems owners describe here versus across every tire complaint on file. That comparison, the mileage distribution and the mode rankings on this page are our analysis of the public record.

Related analysis

Cracking or dry rot; 3.1× the corpus rate here; see which other tires over-index
Pressure-monitoring (TPMS) fault; 2.9× the corpus rate here; see which other tires over-index
Hankook Dynapro AS; 72 reports
Hankook Optimo H725A; 34 reports

All Hankook tire failure analysis

FAQ

What goes wrong with Hankook Ventus S1 Noble 2 tires?

Across 72 written complaints, the most common description is cracking or dry rot, in 29% of reports; about 3.1× as often as across all tire complaints. A single report can describe more than one problem.

Is the Hankook Ventus S1 Noble 2 recalled?

Complaints are not recalls. A complaint is a voluntary, unverified owner report; a recall is an official campaign requiring a free remedy. Check the current recall status by DOT date code at the NHTSA recall lookup; that is the only authoritative answer for your specific tire.

At what mileage do Hankook Ventus S1 Noble 2 tires fail?

Of the owners who stated an odometer reading, the middle report is at 17,500 miles, with 8 in 10 between 9,000 and 40,000 miles. These are failures, not typical tire life; nobody files a complaint about a tire that wore out normally.

Have Hankook Ventus S1 Noble 2 failures caused crashes?

Owners reported 1 crashes and 1 injuries when filing. NHTSA publishes these as reported and does not verify them.

Sources

Last verified 2026-10-07 against the sources below.

NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation; owner complaints dataset (unverified owner reports, US federal government work, public domain).
NHTSA Recalls database, nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Corpus baselines computed over 58,390 complaint narratives longer than 200 characters.