Slides a lot when braking on wet ground or during acceleration
Best Tyres for the Tesla Model 3 LR
Tesla Model 3 LR drivers have left 34 tyre reviews on Tyre Reviews, covering 584,330 miles of real world driving. Every tyre they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.
- 34owner reviews
- 584,330 milescovered on them
- 26different tyres rated
- 73%average tyre score
The quick answer
| Season | Owners' pick | Owner rating | Our category test |
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| Summer | Michelin e.Primacy 8.2 | 60% from 4 reviews | Best Summer Tyres |
| All Season | Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 9.6 | 87% from 3 reviews | Goodyear Vector All Season 4 Best All Season Tyres |
Highest weighted owner score from Tesla Model 3 LR drivers. Full rankings and the evidence behind them below.
The best rated tyres for the Tesla Model 3 LR
Rated only by drivers of this car. Each tyre needs at least 3 reviews from the Tesla Model 3 LR to be ranked; the order weights a tyre's score by how many reviews back it, so one glowing review cannot top a table.
Summer tyres
The highest rated tyre in the Summer category for the Tesla Model 3 LR is the Michelin e.Primacy - 60% from 4 owner reviews across 85,234 miles.
| # | Tyre | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed | TR Score |
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60% | 4 | 85,234 miles | 8.2 |
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All Season tyres
The highest rated tyre in the All Season category for the Tesla Model 3 LR is the Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 - 87% from 3 owner reviews across 80,346 miles.
| # | Tyre | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed | TR Score |
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87% | 3 | 80,346 miles | 9.6 |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best All Season Tyres → Test winner: Goodyear Vector All Season 4
TR Score is the tyre's overall Tyre Reviews rating out of 10, built from independent test results and every owner review of that tyre - not just the reviews from this car. The owner rating column is this car only.
The best rated tyres that fit the Tesla Model 3 LR
The rankings above can only speak for tyres a Tesla Model 3 LR driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tyres we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 235/45 R18, 235/40 R19, 225/45 R18 and 225/45 R17 - whether or not anyone here has fitted them yet. They are ranked on the TR Score, which is built from independent test results and every owner review of that tyre.
Summer tyres
Our highest rated tyre in the Summer category, in this car's sizes, is the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6, at 9.7 out of 10.
| # | Tyre | TR Score | Made in | Tesla Model 3 LR reviews |
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9.7 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.7 | 235/40 R19, 225/45 R18 | Be the first → |
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.5 | 235/45 R18, 225/45 R18, 225/45 R17 | 1 |
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.4 | All your sizes | 2 |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tyres →
All Season tyres
Our highest rated tyre in the All Season category, in this car's sizes, is the Hankook iON FlexClimate, at 9.8 out of 10.
| # | Tyre | TR Score | Made in | Tesla Model 3 LR reviews |
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9.8 | 235/45 R18, 235/40 R19 | 1 |
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9.6 | All your sizes | 3 |
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.5 | 235/45 R18, 225/45 R18, 225/45 R17 | Be the first → |
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9.5 | 225/45 R17 | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best All Season Tyres → Test winner: Goodyear Vector All Season 4
Winter tyres
No Tesla Model 3 LR driver has reviewed a tyre in the Winter category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Pirelli P Zero Winter 2 is our highest rated, at 9.8 out of 10.
| # | Tyre | TR Score | Made in | Tesla Model 3 LR reviews |
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9.8 | 235/45 R18, 235/40 R19 | Be the first → |
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9.6 | 235/45 R18, 235/40 R19, 225/45 R18 | Be the first → |
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.5 | 235/45 R18, 235/40 R19, 225/45 R18 | Be the first → |
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9.5 | 235/45 R18, 225/45 R17 | Be the first → |
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Winter Tyres → Test winner: Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3
Fitment comes from each tyre's manufactured size list, and the sizes are the ones drivers reported when they reviewed. Check the size, load index and speed rating on your own doorplate before buying - a size a previous owner ran is not always the size your car left the factory on.
Every tyre reviewed on the Tesla Model 3 LR
The complete record, including discontinued tyres and tyres with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 21 tyres have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.
| Tyre | Season | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed |
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| Michelin e.Primacy | Summer | 60% | 4 | 85,234 miles |
| Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 | All Season | 87% | 3 | 80,346 miles |
| Michelin Pilot Sport 5 | Summer | 83% | 2 | 56,000 miles |
| Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 Replaced by Hankook Ventus Evo | Summer | 79% | 2 | 77,500 miles |
| Hankook iON Evo | Summer | 71% | 2 | 30,000 miles |
Tyre sizes Tesla Model 3 LR drivers run
The sizes fitted in the reviews on this page. Each one links to the top rated tyres in that size, across every car.
What Tesla Model 3 LR drivers say
The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.
Bought these with low noise, efficiency and longevity in mind. Must say I am not disappointed. Silent, long lasting tires, easily another 20000 miles in it and efficient as well. Good for the occasional spirited driving although in the wet I would have liked just a little bit more lateral grip. Good rim protection as well. Can't compare to other tires on this car yet.
I have just had to replace all 4 tyres. I’ve had them for 2 years and 2 winters and covered 22500 miles in them. Really impressed with wet grip and cold weather grip sub 7°C. Hardly had any snow so not really able to rate them, same for ice. Great in the dry warmer weather too. Later longer than the ePrimacy tyres I had on before, which I used in the summer until they were condemned. They are fitted to a Tesla model 3 AWD, so subject to a lot of torque. Due to the fitment, the tyre can get caught on a kerb when parking, and that is why I had to replace the tyres. I have been driving around 25,000 miles a year and having to park in all sorts of places, for work and many narrow roads, so despite being ultra careful, it is hard not to catch the wheels/tyres on the kerb occasionally. This what’s the cause of the replacement rather than wearing them out. They were down to around 3.5mm. I’ve driven these tyres at speeds up to 138mph without any issue at Millbrook proving ground, going around the oval at 100mph. Really happy with the tyres, I bought the same tyres again, as the CrossClimate Sport 3 is not available in my cars size and these are still better than the CrossClimate 3 in the wet and overall a very good tyre. Highly recommended.
235/40/R19
So far I absolutely love these tires. The turning feels incredibly direct. They cushion all sorts of bumps and dampen the suspension, so there's not a lot of movement afterwards. They're also really quiet. They're not magical but compared to the previous MXM4 they're at least a bit quieter on every surface and on some like longitudinally grooved concrete the difference is staggering. Dry grip is a big improvement, wet grip is a massive improvement, but the way the car shifts weight around corners is by far the biggest improvement. The old tires had delayed turning response and it felt like the car dove into every corner and then bobbled around like a bobblehead after, whereas these just rotate the car like you'd expect.
Efficiency is noticeably worse, but that's comparing new tires to worn ones and things may improve. It's not a massive hit in terms of actual consumption especially on the highway, but the tires just feel stickier than the MXM4s.
Haven't had much heavy rain yet but what I have driven through was a complete non-issue and it felt like I had nearly as much grip as in the dry. No snow yet either but I'm not expecting them to blow me away in the snow just to be better than the last ones.
I wasn't sure how I felt about the looks at first but I enjoy the little golf ball dimples on the sidewall and possibly because of how much I like driving on them they have really grown on me over time. They don't have a ton of rim protection but there is a little. So far they're by far my favorite tires I have driven on in a model 3.
I have had 2 sets of these tyres, driven the same amount. They are very noisy even with one of the sets having the acoustic foam.
One set is uneven, so the car bounces up and down at 40-50km/t. It was not a mounting fault.
Low noise,comfort and highly competitive in rolling resistance but not much of a confidence in corners..
The first thing I noticed, which has spoiled me a lot, Is how quiet and comfortable they are. They change the whole feel of the car. The previous tyres, with the same size, were the old Continental all season contact 1, which is not that bad, comfort wise, as per the reviews I've read, but the Kumho's are like magic carpet in comparison. They absorb even hard potholes with significantly less cabin noise and vibration, noticably more.
Driving on smooth asphalt, there is almost no noise from the tyres. Not sure if the foam inserts have anything to do with this, or the tread design, but they are really quiet.
Dry grip is phenomenal. I occasionally have to get home really fast from far away, so I push the car a lot, but I have never ever felt the need to slow down in a curve, even with the bad road conditions we have here in Bulgaria. The handle even dusty roads very well.
The sidewall is soft, which doesn't help with a sporty feel, but the tyres feel secure nonetheless, and I don't mind them being a little squishy, it actually makes it a bit more fun. There is no locked-in-the-center feel of the steering wheel, the steering feels great in all conditions.
Wet grip is also good, and safe. I haven't noticed anything concerning when cornering even with little puddles on the roads. Straight aquaplaning is really safe and secure. I've done it quite so many times, unintentionally, with speeds above 100kph in deeper water, the car feels stable. But maybe the weight of the car assists here.
Durability wise, I unfortunately have to drive on gravel roads daily, and not for a short distance, but thankfully the tires hold up. There are no tiny cuts or pieces falling off due to the gravel, as I've had with other tyres, specifically PS4.
The starting tread depth was around 7mm. The model 3 is mainly rear wheel drive. Today I measured them, the rears have around 5.5mm and the fronts around 6mm left after exactly 10 700km. For the price I paid for them, which is 116 euro per tyre for 235/45/18, they are a steal. I, as everyone else, wanted to get the PS5, but they cost almost 250 per tyre, for the same size. That tells you a lot.
Efficiency wise, the continental averaged 14.9 kwh/ 100km, for approximately 25 000km with all weather conditions, including a lot of ice and deep snow, for at least 2 months (5000km). The Kumho average 15.4kwh/ 100km for the past 10 700km, where at least 95% of the mileage was done on dry roads with temperatures above 10° C.
Same conditions, same temperature, same road, same distance, same speed going both ways, with the continental I was using around 12.5 kwh/100km on average, and around 14.5kwh/100km with the Kumho.
Of course, tyre wear is far lower with the iON tyres. However, the price difference between the Ventus and iON tyres was minimal (and both cost over $400 (AUD) per tyre in 2024) when I replaced the OEM (Ventus) tyres after 53,000Km on my 2021 Tesla Model 3 LR..
This leaves an interesting dilemma, do I buy hard wearing iON tyres or better handling Ventus tyres for the next replacement...or maybe Michelin (whose EV tyres were not available in Australia at replacement time 2 years ago).
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Where this data comes from
Every rating on this page was submitted by a driver through the review form on this site, naming the car, the tyre, the size and the distance covered. Reviews are checked by hand before publication, and the page rebuilds automatically as new ones arrive.
About the TR Score
The Tyre Reviews Score rates each tyre out of 10 using independent test results and the full body of owner reviews, so you can check a car-specific ranking against the wider evidence.
Who does the testing
Every test published as a Tyre Reviews test is run by Jonathan Benson, who has been testing tyres independently since 2007.

