PirelliP600
Pirelli P600; UTQG, warranty, prices, and OEM vehicle fitments.
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NHTSA-reported issues for pirelli P600
Top issue category: Sidewall
Most reported: Sidewall (5) · Tires (General) (3)
What owners described
Sidewall failure appears in 50% of these reports; about 3.4× as often as across all tire complaints. Percentages are shares of the 8 reports filed against the Pirelli P600 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sidewall failure | 50% | 15% | 3.4× |
| Bubble or bulge in the tire | 25% | 6% | 4.2× |
| Cracking or dry rot | 25% | 9% | 2.7× |
| Blowout or sudden deflation | 13% | 20% | 0.6× |
| Premature or uneven wear | 13% | 1% | 9.6× |
Mileage at failure
7 of these reports state an odometer reading. The middle report is at 15,000 miles, with 8 in 10 falling between 3,000 and 20,000 miles.
In owners' own words
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA about Pirelli P600. Reports are published by NHTSA as filed and are lightly cleaned here only to remove intake codes.
THIS IS THE THIRD TIRE I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE SINCE GETTING THE CAR, ONE HAD A BUBBLE AND THE OTHER TWO HAD A SIDEWALL BLOWOUT WILL DRIVING THE CAR. AUDI HAS SENT THEIR CUSTOMERS A LETTER STATING THAT IF CERTAIN CONDITION ARE MET THEY WILL PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT.
ALL 4 TIRES DEVELOPED SERIOUS SIDEWALL CRACKS SOMETIME BEFORE BEING REPLACED AT 17000 MILES. CAR DEALER TOOK THEM TO PIRELI TIRE DEALER WHO WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING SINCE TREAD WAS WARN TO 4/32. THIS WAS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. TRIES WORE OUT THEN FAILED MUCH TOO SOON ALTHOUGH I HAD ALL RECOMMENDED DEALER SERVICE. I HAVE DIGITAL PICTURES AND SAVED ONE TIRE. NLM
I OWN/DRIVE A 2002 A4 AUDI QUATRO WITH PIRELLI TIRES P6 215/55R16 93H. WITHIN THE PAST 15 MONTHS, I HAVE HAD THREE TIRES DEVELOP SIDEWALL BUBBLES THAT HAVE RUPTURED AND SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSED THE TIRE TO GO FLAT. THE TIRES ALL HAD TO BE REPLACED, AS THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO BE REPAIRED. I HAVE CONTACTED AUDI AND PIRELLI, BUT THEY ASSURE ME IT IS NOT THE TIRE, BUT THE POOR CONDITION OF THE ROADWAYS (POTHOLES, ETC.) THERE ARE ONLY 30K MILES ON MY CAR, WHICH IS NOT NEARLY ENOUGH MILEAGE TO WARRANT WARE TO THE POINT OF DEVELOPING SUCH DRASTIC TIRE PROBLEMS. ASIDE FROM THE REPEATED INCURRED MONETARY COSTS FOR REPLACING TIRES, THERE IS NOW A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY COST INVOLVED IF THE TIRES RUPTURES WHILE I AM DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT AN ACCELERATED SPEED.
TIRE FAILURE; PIRELLI P6000 TIRES 255/40/17/ZR; FOUR FAILURES IN 3 YEARS; THE INSIDE WALL SPLITS CAUSING A FLAT; IN THE LATEST, THE INSIDE WALL IS SO SEVERELY CRACKED, THAT THE RUBBER IS PULLING AWAY FROM THE TIRE; TIRES ARE 10 MONTHS OLD, LESS THAN 15,000 MILES; MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM.
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.
Specs
| Brand | Pirelli |
|---|---|
| Model | P600 |
| Season | N/A |
| Type | N/A |
| UTQG treadwear | N/A |
| UTQG traction | N/A |
| UTQG temperature | N/A |
| Mileage warranty | N/A |
| Noise (dB) | N/A |
| Introduced | N/A |
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Pirelli P600: what the numbers tell you
Manufacturer treadwear data for the P600 is not publicly listed. This is common for OEM-only or track-day tires that don't carry a US treadwear warranty. No mileage warranty is published for this tire, which is typical for performance summer and track-day rubber where the manufacturer doesn't make wear-life claims.
Cabin noise data for this tire is not published by the manufacturer. As a general tire built for the passenger segment, the P600 is positioned against direct rivals within the same category. Comparing it to a tire in a different category (e.g. summer vs all-season) makes the spec sheet misleading because the design targets are not the same.
The Pirelli P600 has been part of Pirelli's catalog since its introduction, and remains a current-production model.
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Last verified 2026-10-07.