Drivers report the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 delivers standout wet-weather grip and strong confidence in rain, with many also praising stable dry handling and generally good comfort when new. However, a substantial portion of reviews describe very short tread life and durability issues (rapid wear, uneven wear/cupping, and tread tearing/peeling), often leading to early replacement. Snow and ice performance is frequently criticized as below expectations for an all-season tyre, especially on inclines or compacted snow.
What owners mention most counted across 77 reviews
44.000 ca. km in 13 months: excellent performances on wet and dry, quite sufficient on winter conditions usefull to rich your destination in emergency.
But bad comfort: the more you ride the more noisy, Only the first 10.000 km have been normal, after a disaster. During the last 4000 km were a strange vibration too on front axle between 120/130 kph, impressive.
I just replaced them now with new Crossclimate plus Michelin, excellent comfort, wear, and better winter although minor (a litle bit) dry and wet performances
So far I am very pleased with having purchased the Bridgestone weather control A 005 tyres, they are a massive improvement to the comfort of ride, compared to the summer tyres (Goodyear Efficient grip SUV4x4) originally fitted to my vehicle, it was a real bone shaker before and all the family wanted me to get rid of the vehicle.
The tyres are of course softer than a summer tyre and make for an excellent ride and appear to be quieter than the Goodyear summer tyres previously fitted. The tyres have yet to be tried in cold weather below 7 degrees C - snow ice etc.
Being a softer tyre and more of a bulge at the base of the tyre one must take more care when parking against curbstones to avoid damage to the side walls.
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My normal ‘go to' all-season tyre is the Michelin Cross-Climate+, but it wasn't available in either my 18†summer wheel or 17†winter wheel sizes. Had a look around and the only options available in premium tyres were the Goodyear Vector 4 Season Gen 2, or these Bridgestones.
Reviews were favourable for both, with the Goodyears being better in the snow and the Bridgestones being better in the wet. As most of my driving will be cold & wet, the snow score was only useful for emergencies, so I went for the much cheaper Bridgestones.
Only had them on for 1000 miles, but I've stopped about every hundred to check the wheels are tightened up properly, and tyres have been fitted correctly, as the car bobs about all over the place on even smaller rut or road imperfection, and tramlines along motorway/dual carriageway ruts.
I guess this was never spotted on the tests as they tend to be done on circuits, but it's a huge omission for a normal use road tyre.
I hope these wear in a bit and get better, otherwise I'm putting the summer tyres back on (cheap Maxxis UHPs which weigh a ton, but don't tramline).
Fitted these to my C350 Brabus D6. They are terrifying on a higher powered car, granted 700nm takes some containing for any tyre but these are scarily easy to break away with very little effort in the dry or wet.
I cannot recommend them, they will be gone very soon.
Bought these to replace worn out Davanti DX640's and I have to say I'm underwhelmed so far. They feel much less assured when cornering and generally sloppy. They also tramline terribly. I find their poor handling characteristics a big surprise given Bridgestone is at the upper end of the market. Not tested on snow/ice yet. Wet grip seems fine, but not noticably better than the Davanti tyres they have replaced.
These tyres go hand in hand with the 8th gen Civic. Very precise road feedback and handling. Relatively comfortable with low rolling noise and almost no clunky sounds from potholes. There's no ice where I live, but there might be a couple of snowy days. Nothing much to say for winter conditions, but we seem to get along better than average. The rest of the year is rather cold and rainy, which these tyres handle brilliantly.
I'm guessing these are 1/3 worn by now, which is OK for the car and driving conditions.
Really, this is probably the best tyre I could buy for my car and the climate I live in. Loads better than the Uniroyal RS3 in every way and better in cold rain and snow than the Bridgestone ER300's it came with.
Very similar to Michelins CrossClimates I had before, but with stiffer profile that gives much better steering feel, ok in snow, wear seams ok after 10.000km
This is my first set of All Season tyres. Before I was using summer tyres (Dunlop) and Nokian winter tyres (can't remember on top of my head models). I am driving with WeatherControl tyres for almost 1 year now.
What I found is that Bridgestone A005 are incredibly comfortable compared to the Nokian as well as to Dunlop. Nokian were very noisy and handling was not always pleasant because too soft on side. Dunlop were simply terrible tyres even if handling in summer was a little bit better than the A005.
During summer A005 perform well on dry surfaces but the best you can get out of them is on wet. I was really impressed by the stability of the car and even by the sense of safety that you can get from the steering. During winter and wet condition I had same feeling.
On Snow unfortunately is not really the best tyres you can have. Of course compared to my previous Nokian we are far behind but I was expecting to have a bit more. I had issues a couple of times on soft snow and ice where was quite complicated to arrive up to the hills (I am quite experienced driver with almost 25 years of driving, living on mountains for almost 20 years).
If I will be asked to buy A005 again I will definitely go for them again but only on small-mid size car. For bigger cars I would look at Michelin CrossClimate/CrossClimate+ or the newest Verdestein Quatrac Pro.
Unbelievably grippy in cold rain in UK, very good tyre when there are puddles. Absorbs bumps and ruts in poor road surfaces (but keep them at lower pressure, not the higher fully laden pressure, for comfort) as they have XL sidewalls.
Only had snow once this winter, and happily went up a hill, (which is why people in UK switch to all seasons, to avoid getting stuck on rare snow days). So works in snow, brilliant when it rains, in my view a perfect solution.
Having tried these not sure why Bridgestone sells summer tyres in UK, as we don't get 40c summer temps, but often get winter mornings (and whole days) below +7c
These tyres are very good on wet and dry roads in terms of breaking, handling and cornering and perform quite well on snow and ice, which is what you need from an all season tyre... BUT their comfort is not acceptable for a premium tyre at that price. They hit hard on every bump and puddle. I don' t know if it' s the XL index that comes with the 215/60/16 size that makes them so hard, but they are by far the worst tyres I ever had in terms of comfort, so bad that I am thinking of seling them as used and fitting something else, although I know I am going to lose a lot of money.
