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Continental ContiCrossContact LX Owner Reviews

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What owners say summarised from 20 reviews

Tread life is the most frequent concern for the Continental ContiCrossContact LX, with seven complaints against two favourable accounts among twenty owners. Dry grip is more consistently liked, with five positive mentions and no criticism, while wet grip divides opinion with four complaints and three favourable accounts. Noise, uneven wear and wet handling each draw three criticisms, around one in seven owners. Mid-life and end-of-life experiences range from long service to early replacement, so there is no uniform durability outcome. The 57.4% average reflects seven positive reviews, eight neutral and five below 40%, with substantial differences between drivers.

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Owner ratings averaged from 24 ratings

  • Owner score 62%
  • Dry Grip 79%
  • Comfort 67%
  • Road Feedback 66%
  • Wet Grip 65%
  • Handling 62%
  • Ice Grip 62%
  • Wear 57%
  • Snow Grip 54%

Continental ContiCrossContact LX Reviews - Page 2

Score spread across 19 written reviews
80%
Member
These Continental Cross Contact LX on my CRV were the original OEM tyre fitted. I have fitted another two pairs since I bought the vehicle new. First front pair lasted 23,000 miles, then fitted four new all round at 50,000 miles. The Continentals wear quicker than the Michelins on my previous CRV I owned, but give far more grip in the wet and the dry. In snow they are reasonably good, although not up to the standard of a full winter tyre. They are relatively quiet, give reasonable feedback and I will certainly be buying them again when the need arises.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 10
  • Wet Grip 8
  • Road Feedback 7
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 6
  • Comfort 8
  • Buy again 9
  • Snow Grip 8
  • Ice Grip 8
Helpful 973
70%
Member
Good in all aspects. Perhaps it has coincided that I punctured more than with other tires. A little weak in compound and sidewalls.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 7
  • Wet Grip 7
  • Road Feedback 7
  • Handling 7
  • Wear 7
  • Comfort 7
  • Buy again 7
Helpful 746
Member
  • Mercedes Benz
  • 225/50 R19
  • 30 miles
  • Mostly Town
  • Average
I have had the factory installed Continental Cross Contact Sport tires on my 2013 Mercedes ML 350. This is the second ML 350 I have owned. In total I have had 5 sidewall failures on the Continental tires. I have used both Micheline and Pirelli tires as replacement tires on these vehicles and never had a problem.
Granted I take my vehicle on gravel roads to a fishing club I belong to but I have been going there for over 30 years as have 40 other members and I have never had a problem with any other vehicle or tire combination. No other member has ever had a sidewall failure. Both Mercedes and Continental refuse to take this issue seriously. I can only imagine that the Continental tires are poorly constructed or they are inadequate for this vehicle.

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83%
Member
Very good tire. Manages hot asphalt on the highway and mountain slush impressively well. Not too expensive. Looks good too.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 8
  • Road Feedback 9
  • Handling 10
  • Wear 6
  • Comfort 7
  • Buy again 9
Helpful 513
74%
Member

no problems at all in all respects. i deal in tyres and can get whatever i want but i thought id try these out.
got over 60.000kms out of a set(although i do swap them back to front, keep an eye on pressures and balancing)
bought another set as they seem to be good alrounders for this car.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 7
  • Wet Grip 7
  • Road Feedback 7
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 8
  • Comfort 8
  • Buy again 7
Helpful 475
89%
Member
  • Honda CRV
  • 225/65 R17 T
  • 40,000 miles
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Easy Going
This is the second set of tyres from new, & a change of pattern from the originally fitted tyres which wore out at 15k miles. I bought these on a deal, and I am changing one pair after 25k miles. I have been pleased overall with these tyres but I am a little fed up with the tendency of Continental tyres wearing unevenly, this is the fourth set of continentals on all model cars I have owned.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 10
  • Wet Grip 9
  • Road Feedback 9
  • Handling 9
  • Wear 9
  • Comfort 8
  • Buy again 8
Helpful 535
33%
Member
These tyres are very noisy at speed and offer very little grip in wet conditions, cant imagine what they will be like when the snow arrives, can't wait to change them for good old general grabbers, I would NOT recommend or buy these tyres, the only reason they are on the car is that they were on it when I bought it
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 6
  • Wet Grip 3
  • Road Feedback 3
  • Handling 4
  • Wear 4
  • Comfort 2
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 467
69%
Member
Dry grip is excellent and when pushed, the slip angles aren't so scary that you find yourself pointing in the direction you came from. +'ve and -'ve acceleration were good.

Wet grip was reasonable. Not as good as I hoped around corners but having said that, they gave you plenty of feedback and did nothing unexpected. Braking was ok but it was possible to wake the traction control system up if you accelerated from traffic lights with too much enthusiasm.
Aquaplaning in standing water wasn't a problem in the first 6 months, but as the tread reduced I found myself avoiding puddles.

Cold weather/snow. Until the rubber warmed a little, I found these tyres would not give good grip on asphalt. The first five miles would need to be driven with caution (I guess this is true of many tyres) I was hoping these would do better for the shorter trips in cold weather)

Yes, I do high mileage. Mostly on A-roads and Motorways. These tyres are now down to 2mm tread depth after less than a year. I was hoping for maybe two years out of them.

I probably won't buy them again. I'm going to try Michelin Latitude Cross.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 6
  • Road Feedback 9
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 4
  • Comfort 9
  • Buy again 4
Helpful 541
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