regatta II tires

[murphsubaru]

I have Goodyear Regatta II tires on my Forester. I have had a lot of problems keeping these tires balanced and inflated. Also, I have had a problem with radial pull. The inflation problem is a result of bad rim seals.

These tires now have 50,000 miles. Anyone have regatta II tires????? Have you had many problems????

[hohieu]

I have 55K on mine and suffer from the same symptons. They have good deal of tread left but are also extremely noisy at this point -- will probably replace them soon.

[murphsubaru]

I have 55K on mine, and suffer from the same symptons. They a good deal of tread left but are also extremely noisy at this point -- will probably replace them soon.

 

My tires are so noisy that I thought I had bad wheel bearings.

[Sydfloyd44]

Been there... Done That... Never again!!!

 

Had so many problems with those tires after only about 6 months. Talked to the Good Year store where I bought them and as you would expect, my car was the problem.

 

Currently have Michelin Harmony (replaced the Michelin X-One). WOW. Day and night. About 1 1/2 years now and still excellent.

[shaggywerewolf]

Used to have Regatta IIs on my old Saturn. They were prone to leaking air, likely due to a bad seal as well. Radial pull.....pardon my ignorance, but can that exhibit itself as a drift to either the right or the left? A quick Google search seems to say yes. I always noticed that the Saturn wanted to go off to the right on flat stretches of road.

[murphsubaru]

Used to have Regatta IIs on my old Saturn. They were prone to leaking air, likely due to a bad seal as well. Radial pull.....pardon my ignorance, but can that exhibit itself as a drift to either the right or the left? A quick Google search seems to say yes. I always noticed that the Saturn wanted to go off to the right on flat stretches of road.

 

Yes, a vehicle that doesn't have brake problems, bad bearings , or bad alignment is pulling because of the tires. Radial pull can occur when one of the belts inside the tire slips.

[LosDiosDeVerde86]

never had a problem with them, and have never heard complaints like this in 2.5 years working at an independant GY.

 

but then again, the regatta 2's have been replaced by the comfortread

[Ranger83]

Been there... Done That... Never again!!!

 

Had so many problems with those tires after only about 6 months. Talked to the Good Year store where I bought them and as you would expect, my car was the problem.

 

Currently have Michelin Harmony (replaced the Michelin X-One). WOW. Day and night. About 1 1/2 years now and still excellent.

 

My '97 has Michelin Hydroedge with 63,000 miles on them and 7/32nd tread remaining.

 

Interesting thread as the dealer (who sold both) recommended the Hedge over the TripleTred, saying they'd had problems with concentricity and keeping them in balance....

[hohieu]

My tires are so noisy that I thought I had bad wheel bearings.

Funny you should say that -- when i first noticed the roar from these tires (about 30K miles ago), I actually had to pull out the jack at a rest stop on the highway to make sure it wasn't a bad wheel bearing. Early Foresters had issues with the the rear wheel bearings, which already had me paranoid and uneasy. 30K miles later, I realize that the tapered bearings installed the second time around (yes -- two rear wheel bearing jobs at the dealer in 59K miles) should be okay for some time.

 

Then I thought perhaps the wheels were out of balance and wasted another $50 to have all four done and even more money on an alignment because of radial pull -- never again with these troublemakers.