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Kumho Solus KH15 Owner Reviews

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Across 24 owner ratings the Kumho Solus KH15 averages 72%. Owners rate Comfort highest at 8 out of 10 and Handling lowest at 6. 12 of those reviews come from owners past 10,000 miles. 74% of owners score it 70% or better.

Owner ratings averaged from 24 ratings

  • Owner score 72%
  • Comfort 80%
  • Dry Grip 76%
  • Wear 75%
  • Road Feedback 71%
  • Wet Grip 69%
  • Handling 60%

Kumho Solus KH15 Reviews - Page 2

Score spread across 23 written reviews
71%
Member
  • Opel Vectra B
  • 195/60 R15 H
  • 30,000 miles
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Easy Going
I think this tyre is a total average but very good for the money I paid for it (320 euros).
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 7
  • Road Feedback 7
  • Handling 6
  • Wear 9
  • Comfort 8
  • Buy again 5
Helpful 556
80%
Member
I bought these tyres after the original ones colapsed alltogheter.I bought these very cheap also around 25Euro/tyre.I strongly recommend these type for cheap cars.Very good confort.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 7
  • Wet Grip 5
  • Road Feedback 8
  • Handling 7
  • Wear 9
  • Comfort 10
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 535
76%
Member
Had these fitted by a local garage had seen the kumho Solus KH17 get a best buy in Which magazine but they didn't have those in stock so I settled on these. Have driven with them on a 1.6 Focus Zetec. Not the most light footed of drivers and tyres grip well under hard acceleration and braking. Wet weather performance and general performance increases as the tyre block height wears down. Have also used these during the heavy snow and they provided good grip for both traction and breaking. Not a tyre designed for a performance saloon but a very competant and cost effective tyre for a family saloon. Have also used the KH17 which appears to be a very similar performance to the KH15 in the wet and dry.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 8
  • Road Feedback 8
  • Handling 6
  • Wear 8
  • Comfort 8
  • Buy again 7
Helpful 582

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71%
Member
  • Peugeot 306
  • 175/65 R14 T
  • 16,000 miles
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Spirited
Had a limited budget at the time and went for these as they were the best i could aford. In the dry i found them to be very gripy as well in the wet and also shifted water well on wet roads thought didnt take much to understear with a hevy diesel engin above them. Very comtuble rode with them and were just as heppy flying atound countory roads as well as crusing up the motorways please with the millage i got from them and only had to replace them as a bush went on the surspenshion scrubbing them out :(... would buy agene if i was on that budget thought ware tyes are concered i like to get the best i can AFFORD there are better then these but for a budget / mid range tyer they are exceptinal compared to may outher tyes i have trided. only complant with them is on my car i had to run them at a higher preshure than recormended as they would ware on he sholders due to the side wall on them being quite soft.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 7
  • Road Feedback 5
  • Handling 5
  • Wear 8
  • Comfort 9
  • Buy again 8
Helpful 411
54%
Member
pay the extra get kumho ecstas- much better, these slide around too much and can't handle any form of acceleration on wet surfaces. On the plus they are quieter then ecstas and due to the tread design they do cut through standing water better - I will be paying a little extra and going back to ecstas next time
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 5
  • Wet Grip 4
  • Road Feedback 6
  • Handling 7
  • Wear 7
  • Comfort 7
  • Buy again 2
Helpful 461
74%
Geoff777 Contributor
I have had 3 pairs of these tires and feel them to be a very safe buy. They give lots of feedback and I know wet or dry exactly how much more grip is available. Best of all is the feel though - they have a nice solid straight ahead feel on the road. I have also used the similar tread pattern Pireli P6 (not the 4 seasons reviewed here) which actually grip a little better - but feel a lot worse - they feel over inflated and light without that nice solid straight ahead feel - but really grip well despite this. So I feel more comfortable with the Kumho's, ButI would like a little better grip in the wet - they become better in the dry and worse in the wet with wear. I don't know for sure what I will buy next time around - on the front I won't get more than 15,000 miles out of these - I might try the Ecsta KU31's next
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 7
  • Road Feedback 9
  • Handling 9
  • Wear 5
  • Comfort 9
  • Buy again 5
Helpful 448
86%
Member
  • Kia Motors
  • 165/60 R14 N
  • 11,000 miles
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Average
front tyres are looking good at 11000 miles and should be ok for the same again. grip seems fine but i am not a fast driver.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 8
  • Wear 9
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 495
98%
Member
Have replaced the set of 4 original Goodyear tyres on my 2004 54 reg Civic that were found to be noisy and hard and wore out after less than 16,000 miles with a set of the Kumho tyres. The change was immediate! Very quiet and smooth with no 'vibration' feedback through the steering as before. Very good in the recent bad rains - gives full confidence, and have so far shown a slight improvement in fuel consumption. I have not yet undertaken a long motorway run, but on roads I have to use (Scottish Borders) they have been brilliant. Too early to report on wear, but I would certainly recommend them and would not hesitate to buy again.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 10
  • Wet Grip 10
  • Comfort 10
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 448
80%
Member
Only an idiot would put these on a Porshe! Absolutely fine on a 7 seater and half the price of the OEM Primacy which is nothing special.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 8
  • Road Feedback 8
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 8
  • Comfort 8
  • Buy again 8
Helpful 504
30%
Anonymous
  • Porsche 944
  • 215/60 R15 V
  • 750 miles
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Spirited
I put a set of these onto my 944S on the recommendation of the team at my local (not a national chain) tyre supplier; they told me that one of their team was a grass-roots racer and that he was delighted about these tyres.

I trusted their opinion and bought 4...

Disasterous! My car suddenly had understeer, where before it was beautifully neutral. There was no warning about the rear end breaking away and precious little feel when trying to get it back again. The performance in the wet was even worse and made my car frankly terrifying.

I've been driving for 20 years & have never experienced tyres affecting the performance of a car like these Kumho's did - I was shocked to say the least.

I approached the shop that had recommended them and after much discussion they agreed to upgrade to a better tyre, charging me only for the diffeence in price. I would like to say that this was great service but they whinged continuously and tried to make me feel like a bad person for not thinking the Kumho's were wondeful - to cap it all they didn't balance the wheels properly and I had to pay to get it rectified elsewhere - I'm not going to 'name and shame' because that's not fair, but suffice to say they've lost a customer for life...

I've just read that the all weather version of this tyre the KH16 has just become OE on all new Ford Focuses - all I can say is good luck because these things stink...

I wouldn't use these tyres again...
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 3
  • Wet Grip 3
  • Road Feedback 2
  • Handling 1
  • Comfort 8
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 412
72%
Member
Grip well at hard braking.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 8
  • Road Feedback 7
  • Handling 6
  • Comfort 7
  • Buy again 7
Helpful 509
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