As the name states, Goodyear Assurance All-Season is a Goodyear’s all-season tire. Assurance All-Season can be used on family sedans and minivans. Worth reminding, it doesn’t conform with SUVs, crossovers, and sport utility vehicles. Even so, its price level takes its place at the bottom of the line, its performance kinda matches its price. Let’s dig into it and see its pros and cons!
| Goodyear Assurance All-Season | |
|---|---|
| Best for | Dry and squishy regions, if you’re looking for an affordable all-season tire |
| Test Report | vs Altimax RT43 & Champion Fuel Fighter |
| Snow Traction/Handling Video | Go to Video |
| Category | Passenger All-Season |
| Vehicle | Sedans, coupes, minivans |
| Weight | 15 – 30 lbs |
| Made In | USA |
| Warranty | 65,000 Miles |
| Available Sizes (Rim) | 14”, 15”, 16”, 17”, 18”, 19”, 20” |
| Labels | M+S |
As a former Bridgestone engineer, from my standpoint, Goodyear Assurance All-Season has decent traction on wet and dry grounds. This tire provides reliable handling for non-aggressive drivers. It doesn’t last as long as premium touring tires. Yet, Goodyear Assurance All-Season is superior among its competitors. Goodyear also offers 65,000 miles treadwear warranty which can enlighten you about its working life. However, this tire isn’t a good selection for winter driving. Moreover, it’s neither quiet nor vocal. Yet, it’s acceptable for this price level.
All-Season Tires Cheat Sheet
My team & I have analyzed 100 different tires and generated this ‘Quick Answer Sheet‘ for those who don’t wanna spend too much time during tire selection.
Before we start, here are the incredibly helpful articles I highly recommend to take a look at;
- How to keep tire noise down:
https://www.tirerack.com/upgrade-garage/why-do-tire-tread-patterns-make-noise - Fuel-Efficiency:
https://www.tirerack.com/landing/fuel_efficiency - Traction/Stability control for AWD/4WD (All-Season tires specific)
https://www.tirerack.com/upgrade-garage/traction-stability-4ws-awd
Depending on your needs, the below article might help;
Table of Contents
Dry Performance
Dry performance is where most all-season tires are being successful. However, this equation is valid for touring tires. Since the Goodyear Assurance All-Season is a passenger all-season tire, its targeted performance metrics are lower than touring tires.
Unlike touring tires, passenger tires have relatively frail internal structures that might cause handling issues from time to time. Therefore, I’ll particularly evaluate this characteristic. The other evaluation criteria will be dry traction. Even though the effect of internal structure doesn’t make a huge impact in that case, when it’s combined with a badly optimized compound, it might become a big issue on all-season passenger tires.
Dry Traction
All right, I know most of you read the bad reviews about this tire. Yet, I can confidently say that most of these comments are because of the wrong tire selection. If you’ll use passenger tires on the SUV or CUV, you’ll most probably experience spinning or handling issues. That’s the base of these low ratings.
Return to the subject, Goodyear Assurance All-Season has decent dry traction capability. Due to its relatively soft compound and well-notched rubber, this tire can handle dry tarmac with ease. Since it’s an all-season tire, its building features are exceedingly cover dry traction needs.
Handling
Handling is mostly related to the internal structure and sidewall durability. Well, this point is where budget-friendly tires fail.
Let’s evaluate its internal structure. Touring tires are generally built with single-ply polyester casing. In our case, Goodyear Assurance All-Season doesn’t have this extra element. So, this feature makes it hard to keep its shape at high velocity. Hence, it causes a lack of cornering stability.
However, its symmetrical pattern and in my point of view, a well-designed tread pattern decrease the steering response time of Assurance All-Season. For this reason, this tire has a decent response time.
As a result, if you’re an aggressive driver or high speed lover, I don’t recommend this tire. However, if you’re a regular inner-city driver, Goodyear Assurance All-Season will provide you with everything you need regarding handling.
Wet Performance
Wet performance should be evaluated under two different categories. Wet traction which is highly related to starting,stopping and accelerating. And secondly, hydroplaning resistance which is your life saver at high velocity.
Wet Traction
Goodyear Assurance All-Season is a decent pick regarding wet traction. Two reasons lie behind this claim.
First of all, this tire has a fluffy all-season compound. Even though this feature isn’t good for some other sections, it’s highly efficient for wet traction.
Secondly, highly notched-rubber. These notches are also called sipes. The main duty of these sipes is to exceed biting edges. The amount of biting edges generally aligns with the tires’ traction ability. Moreover, Goodyear Assurance All-Season’s sipes are going full-depth which is very important for the continuousness of wet traction.
Hydroplaning Resistance
Hydroplaning resistance is basically the water evacuation capability of the tires. If the tire holds too much water inside of the tread at high speeds, it might lose contact with the ground which we call hydroplaning. So, to avoid this situation, the tread should throw the water out.
In that case, circumferential grooves and open shoulders do most of the job. Well, Goodyear Assurance All-Season provides both of them. While circumferential grooves evacuate most water inside the tread, open shoulder blocks clean the table and finish the job.
Goodyear Assurance All-Season has decent hydroplaning resistance. It’s a good choice for pouring rain.
Winter Performance
Contrary to popular belief, all-season tires are built to perform for 3-seasons + light snow. In fact, a compound of all-season tires can properly perform above 7 Celcius degrees. So, expecting a perfect performance in winter is a bit utopic. Therefore, I’m going to limit this section only to light snow assessment.
Regarding light snow,
Goodyear Assurance All-Season has a decent light-snow performance. Light snow performance is similar to wet traction. The only other thing to put into consideration is self cleaning capability. While its sipes increase the biting edges and improve the traction, at the same time, its sectional center ribs help it to keep the pattern clean.
Regarding icy grounds and deep snow,
Goodyear Assurance All-Season isn’t capable to handle either of them. Its compound tends to freeze. Hence, it’s losing its grip ability below 7 Celcius degrees (at or below 40º F). Stay away from this tire in severe winter conditions.
Comfort and Road Noise
Comfort and road noise are related to each other. However, while a smooth ride states wheeling without vibration and avoiding the firm feeling on the bumps; road noise is part of comfort but not completely related to the same technical features.
In our case, neither of them is the expertise of Goodyear Assurance All-Season.
Riding comfort is mostly related to an internal structure and the rest is handled by a tread pattern. So, the lack of polyester casing will definitely decrease your riding comfort. Moreover, when you combine this feature with sectional center ribs and highly robust shoulders to increase traction, there is no way you can get a cozy tire.
On the other hand, road noise reduction is kinda similar but mostly related to tread patterns. Goodyear prefers an aggressive pattern design for this tire. Well, that’s the baseline of its decent traction capability. However, this feature has a huge impact on road noise and makes this tire highly vocal on the road.
Goodyear Assurance All-Season is a neither cozy nor quiet tire. Yet, I think that’s what you can get maximum for decent traction on this price level.
Fuel Efficiency
Tires have an impact on fuel consumption. Even though the effect is changing by around 4-7%, if you’re an Uber or taxi driver, that means a lot.
Fuel efficiency is directly related to rolling resistance. Rolling resistance is the energy that your vehicle needs to send to your tires to maintain movement at a consistent speed over a surface. This feature is affected by a couple of things.
- Tread Pattern: Think about off-road tires. These tires consume way much more fuel than passenger tires. So, aggressive design(generally lug-type) always consumes more fuel. Since passenger tires have a delicate design, the tread pattern isn’t one of our evaluation criteria.
- Weight: When weight is higher, tires need more energy to move. So, weight decreases fuel efficiency. Goodyear Assurance All-Season is a lightweight tire.
- Compound: Harder compounds can rotate more easily on the surface. In our case, Assurance All-Season fails.
I can’t say this tire will decrease your MPG. Yet, it’ll not hurt your budget. Let’s say it has an average fuel consumption.
Tread Life
The life span of this tire is tricky. Due to its fluffy compound, it can wear quickly during aggressive driving.
However, Goodyear Assurance All-Season doesn’t tend to wear unevenly. Hence, its tread lasts longer than most dirt-cheap tires.
If you fulfill the conditions, I can confidently say that you’ll get at least average tread life(50,000-70,000miles).
Note: I don’t recommend this tire for sports vehicles, CUVs and SUVs.
Getting maximum wear life from a tire is related to you as well as your tire,
If you’d like to learn how to get maximum tread life:
Warranty
Goodyear offer 65,000 miles wear life warranty for Assurance All-Season. However, this offer is valid for 6 years.
Warranty Document: https://www.tirerack.com/images/pdf/warranty/GY0419.pdf
Sizes
| 14” | 15” | 16” | 17” | 18” | 19” | 20” |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 185/65R14 | 175/65R15 | 185/55R16 | 205/50R17 | 225/45R18 | 225/55R19 | 245/50R20 |
| 185/70R14 | 185/60R15 | 195/50R16 | 215/45R17 | 225/55R18 | 235/55R19 | 255/50R20 |
| 195/70R14 | 185/65R15 | 195/55R16 | 215/50R17 | 225/60R18 | 245/55R19 | |
| 195/60R15 | 205/50R16 | 215/55R17 | 235/45R18 | |||
| 195/65R15 | 205/55R16 | 215/60R17 | 235/50R18 | |||
| 205/60R15 | 205/60R16 | 215/65R17 | 235/55R18 | |||
| 205/65R15 | 205/65R16 | 225/45R17 | 235/60R18 | |||
| 205/70R15 | 215/55R16 | 225/50R17 | 235/65R18 | |||
| 205/75R15 | 215/60R16 | 225/55R17 | 245/45R18 | |||
| 215/65R15 | 215/65R16 | 225/60R17 | 245/60R18 | |||
| 215/70R15 | 215/70R16 | 225/65R17 | ||||
| 215/75R15 | 225/55R16 | 235/55R17 | ||||
| 225/60R16 | 235/60R17 | |||||
| 225/65R16 | 235/65R17 | |||||
| 225/70R16 | ||||||
| 235/60R16 | ||||||
| 235/65R16 | ||||||
| 235/70R16 |
Conclusion
Goodyear Assurance All-Season is a reliable all-season tire. The below table will help you regarding what you expect or not from this tire.
| Goodyear Assurance All-Season | |
|---|---|
| Best for | Dry and squishy regions, if you’re looking for an affordable all-season tire |
| Test Report | vs Altimax RT43 & Champion Fuel Fighter |
| Snow Traction/Handling Video | Go to Video |
| Category | Passenger All-Season |
| Vehicle | Sedans, coupes, minivans |
| Weight | 15 – 30 lbs |
| Made In | USA |
| Warranty | 65,000 Miles |
| Available Sizes (Rim) | 14”, 15”, 16”, 17”, 18”, 19”, 20” |
| Labels | M+S |
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