Most owners rate the Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 highly, with the bulk of feedback praising its dependable wet and dry grip (mentioned by over half of reviewers) and an easy, confidence-inspiring feel for year-round use. Around a third of owners also highlight strong snow traction for an all-season tyre, alongside generally low road noise and good ride comfort. A small minority report vibration/balancing issues, while roughly one in six mention steering feel is a bit soft or less direct than sportier or summer-focused alternatives; aquaplaning feedback is more mixed.
What owners mention most counted across 69 reviews
Truly remarkable how well an allseason tire can perform in polish southern winter (more mountainy one :D), while still being very competent in wet and dry.
Dry performance is mostly noticeable in colder weather below 10C, above 15 when trying to drive dynamically u can feel it doesnt really like that but still performs quite well and provides quite bit of fun. Overall great pick for my use case (2 tire setup october-march allseason tire, april-setpember summer one).
I've now done around 16.000 km / 10.000 miles across all possible conditions, from hot summer to a very snowy winter and can say that it is a fantastic product for normal daily driving. My impressions:
- In summer it feels like a comfort oriented touring tyre, which is absolutely fine for an all-season. The grip it there if you push it, it will flex a lot, but it will hold traction very well,
- In the wet it's very impressive, even in cold. The comparison to my previous Michelin Cross Climate 2 is like night and day,
- In snow it fells like an OK/average winter tire, which I think is very good for an all-season. I did try it in all kinds of snow, ice and mud, even on a completely white road in the mountains and didn't any problems with setting off, stopping or turning.
You have to keep in mind that this is not a sports tire, it will not give you any sporty feel, but it's not designed to do so. However, for normal, daily driving, it's very, very good, the first one in my life I could really call an all-season, because it's performing well in all conditions. The previous generation of all-season tires (like the Cross Climate 2 I had) always had a weak spot, but this one doesn't really have one. I am yet to measure the wear, but an eyeball test tells me it's not bad.
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93%
Member
Initial Impressions
225/50 R17
1,000 miles
My Pirellis performed just fine in all conditions, it's, in my opinion one of the few good 4season tires worth buying.
Despite the little mileage, I drove my car in all sorts of roads, city, highway, in all sorts of conditions, ranging from dry to soaking wet, deep snow and thick road ice.
The tires feel absolutely excellent in dry and wet conditions. I usually drive regularly, but even when I got a little spirited both in dry or wet, the tires were able to take the abuse and never lost traction (really surprised me how much better these are in the wet compared to the old set of budget tires I had!) (I couldn't remember the name of those.)
My opinion for the tires performance in snowy and icy conditions is mostly positive, there are a few things to keep in mind however.
in snow, while the tires behaved as expected, I had a couple moments of wheel spin (but those were mostly from spirited driving, otherwise, if you are careful with the brakes, turning and acceleration, they behave fine.)
Notable moment was when I didn't have a snow shovel and there was about 7 inches of snow my rims were buried in, turned DSTC off and sent it, and the car came barrelling out of the snow trap with little issues.
I was surprised by it's performance on ice. Really, really good feedback on when the wheels start losing grip in turns. Otherwise, if you plan on driving at regular speeds in ice, refer to the point above and won't have any issues.
Overall, I would buy it again, It's excellent for regular and spirited driving in dry or rain.
And doesn't let you down in snow and ice (although don't try to drive your car like an F1 car in those conditions with these tires.)
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Very good tyre in all conditions, quiet which is very important to me, very good grip in wet & snow, I didn't push it to limit on dry though. One thing which bothers me is the stiffness of the sidewall/tyre, car is significantly harder with them, bumping much more than previous summer tyre (Michelin Primacy 3). Other than that I'm very satisfied with this tyre, also wear doesn't seem to be an issue, I'm using them 2nd winter and 1 summer between them (around 12k miles/20k kms) and I guess they will last at least the same amount of miles, if not more.
They have been a great tire for me so far I use them as a winter tire as I do around 35,000 miles per year and if I put winter Tyres on too early and drive hard in warmer temperatures I had a set only last 3500 miles where even in the warmer temperatures these seem to last very well compared I get about 15,000 miles out of the front and about 20 out of the rear
94%
Member
235/50 R19
1,000 miles
A Combination of Roads
Average
I'm back again to supplement my review from December 5th in winter conditions. Today the first snow fell here in Bulgaria. I am delighted with the winter qualities of these tires. Heavy, wet snow and mud. The car literally stuck to the road. Very precise handling and stable and predictable behavior in icy, wet corners. Bravo Pirelli
Premium price, sub-standard quality. My experience with Pirelli SF3:
I am extremely disappointed with my purchase of the Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 (235/50 R19 103 W XL). I installed them on a brand-new 2025 VW Tiguan, and the vibrations above 110 km/h make the car almost undriveable.
I’ve ruled out any vehicle issues by testing with my summer set (perfectly smooth), yet Pirelli rejected my warranty claim. I took the car for a Hunter Road Force Elite test, and the results are shocking: 125 N of Road Force on the tire (clearly marked in RED by the machine).
I had to replace one of the tires and pay for it. It did not help another Hunter test and other tires went off. I will have throu them away.
In the premium segment, a force of 125 N is a definitive manufacturing defect, not an 'acceptable variation.' It’s unacceptable that a customer has to pay for a professional diagnostic to prove a defect that Pirelli refuses to acknowledge. Is this the new 'Premium' standard?
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First impressions based on driving on dry and wet roads during a cool and rainy autumn. Excellent braking on wet asphalt. Very good braking on dry, cold asphalt. Improved the acceleration of the car compared to the factory Bridgestones. It hasn't snowed here in Bulgaria yet and I can't share direct impressions. The tires are quiet and comfortable. I settled on them thanks to your site. Thanks for the help!
I live in Baltic sea region. Winters are getting milder here and decided to move on from winter to all season tyres. So update came from hankook Winter i*cept iZ3 to Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF 3. Used Pirelli since end of summer on heats up to 30 degrees Celsius through rainy autumn and first snow and ice in winter. Although it is expensive tyre but is now exceeding expectations. Behaves perfectly on dry, especially braking, perfect on wet and most surprisingly very well on snow. It is weaker a bit on a mud and aquaplaning and ice, however it is what you pay what you get. On 15T miles there are no signs of wear on the tyre, tyre is very silent. Would reccomend definately and will buy again myself.
Got them on my 2018 Honda civic X 1.5. Tires are very good compared to my previous Hankook Kingery 4S2. They were very noisy and after 1 year started to decay on the side. The SF3 are very good in the dry and wet. Where I live I don-t get a lot of snow so I think its a better choice vs the Michelin cc3 who is a bit expensive.
I bought these tires to replace my dedicated winter tires on my Fiesta ST. I wanted to have a tire which can handle my spirited driving sessions in winter time, I did not have a really good expierence with dedicated winters in the past for that. Also in my location winter is mostly wet or dry between -5 and 10 °C. Snow became pretty rare in the last years. So I thoght a good all saison will perform better on most days.
I am pretty impressed with these Pirellis so far. Dry grip betwenn 10 and -5 °C feels excellent and you can really push them on some twisty roads. Also wet handling in cold wather feels relly good and allways safe. They sure feel a bit softer on turn in then my summers (GY AS6) but not too bad and that's to be expected compared to an UHP summer tire. I also did some highway driving on German Autobahn and pushed them to 220 Km/h+ and they were also perfectly stable at that speed.
Today I also had the rare occasion to test them in snow condition. And I have to say I am really impressed what a modern all saison can do. Felt perfectly safe and also predictable. I have driven many winter tires in the past that felt worse in snow than these. Espacially the snow braking felt really good and stable, you had to push the brake pedal quite a bit to trigger the ABS. When you go over the limit my car responds with a slight progressive understeer and remains controllable, no sudden snaps or sometthing.
Comfort and Noise levels are good but nothing special. Noise about the same than my AS6 summers, comfort a bit better. Fuel economy is also about the same than my summers can't tell a differnce so far.
The rim protection could be a bit thicker in my opinion.
So all in all I am satisfied with my decision to go for the Pirelli all saisons instead of dedicated winters. They suit my pocket rocket really well in the winter saison and let me have some fun in the cold saison when it is dry.
