Firestone Winterhawk 3

The Firestone Winterhawk 3 is a Touring Winter tire designed to be fitted to Passenger Cars.

Tire review data from 8 tire reviews averaging 68% over 71,427 miles driven, and 24 tests with an average result of 14th.

Dry Grip 78%
Wet Grip 69%
Road Feedback 69%
Handling 68%
Wear 75%
Comfort 73%
Buy again 66%
Snow Grip 60%
Ice Grip 60%

First On MarketMay 2013
Wheel Size13 - 18"
Width155 - 245mm
Profile40 - 70
Rolling ResistanceC - E
Wet GripB - C
Noise (dB)71 - 72
Winter Rating3PMSF Rated

The Winterhawk 3 is ranked 67th of 98 Winter Touring tires.

This tire replaced the Firestone Winterhawk 2 EVO and this tire has been replaced by the Firestone Winterhawk 4.

Tests Included

24

Best Result

3rd

Worst Result

33rd

Average Result

14th

Latest Tire Test Results

2018 Auto Bild Winter Tire Test
19th of 22 tires
  • Low price, ok in snow.
  • Low grip and slow steering in the wet, long wet and dry braking, low comfort.
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2013 Tire Tests

SizeFuelWetNoise
14 inch
175/65 R14 86 T XLDC71
185/60 R14 82 TDC71
175/65 R14 82 TDC71
165/70 R14 81 TDC71
15 inch
195/65 R15 95 T XLDC72
195/55 R15 85 HDC72
195/65 R15 91 TDB72
195/65 R15 91 HDC72
185/65 R15 88 TDC71
16 inch
205/55 R16 91 TDC72
215/60 R16 99 H XLDC72
205/60 R16 92 HDB72
205/60 R16 96 H XLCB72
205/55 R16 94 H XLDC72
205/55 R16 91 HDC72
205/55 R16 94 V XLDC72
17 inch
225/50 R17 98 V XLDB72
225/50 R17 98 H XLDB72
225/45 R17 94 V XLDC71
225/45 R17 91 HDB71
225/50 R17 98 H XLCC72
225/50 R17 98 V XLCC72
205/50 R17 93 V XLDC72
18 inch
245/45 R18 100 V XLCC72
245/40 R18 97 V XLDC72
225/40 R18 92 V XLDC72
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Top 3 Firestone Winterhawk 3 Reviews

Given 100% while driving a BMW 530d Auto SE LCI (225/50 R17 H) on a combination of roads for 0 spirited miles
Excellent dry and wet grip, super quiet, super comfortable. I had previously Continental, and I must say that these tires are nozaj excellent and I dare say that even better.
Helpful 123 - tire reviewed on December 7, 2015
Given 48% while driving a Ford Focus MK3 (205/55 R16) on a combination of roads for 4,000 average miles
Got them as a used set of four. All same age - 2 years. The previous driver seemed to be an honest person. So nothing to say about that. I was used to having Uniroyals on my previous car. No comparison to them. In dry and wet conditions the tires are quite all right, but last winter luckily gave us a bit of slush and snow. The car behaved not good. Steering wasn't put through to the road. I'll buy a pair of new ones soon. It'll not be the Winterhawk 3 again.
Helpful 35 - tire reviewed on August 12, 2021
Given 78% while driving a Volkswagen T Cross (225/45 R17) on a combination of roads for 12,427 average miles
Good looking tire with reliable grip. I'm a sporty driver, although my car isn't sporty. The tires give me a good grip, maybe not the best, but i've never felt losing grip while driving. Also in the snow it's very good. I would buy these again!
Helpful 28 - tire reviewed on March 8, 2022
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Given 74% while driving a Renault Megane 2 sedan (195/65 R15 T) on mostly town for 25,000 average miles
Been driving them around 40 000km (4 winters and 1 summer) on 2 wheel FWD car (1.6 atmo engine, no turbo so no torque). They are a pretty average tire. Handles everything well, master of none. Never got to the max of the tire (I drive 10-20kmh above limit and I'm a steady driver, no sharp turns, heavy braking or hard acceleration ), never had a scary situation, but never also had "wow this tire rocks" moment. It never stuck in the snow, never had problems with aquaplaning or on ice.

I even had it as a summer tire this year and it still didn't wear (it is a better summer tire than Micheling Energy Saver). I'm currently on 5.5mm of thread which is outstanding. Not sure if its the tire or my suspension on the car, but bot tires (Energy Saver and WinterHawk 3) easily activated the ABS during braking. WinterHawk was little better in braking than the Energy Saver. For instance, on my other car (Skoda Fabia), you could brake harder and stop faster on less known tires (like the Barum Polaris or Bravuris 3HM). Skoda just digged in the asphalt or snow, while on my Megane ABS starts and the braking feeling is not so great. But this are two different cars, Megane is more comfortable than the Å koda but is also way more wallowy as the Å koda is much more direct in steering and grip.

I will replace them with premium All Season tires so will see if its the car or the tires.
Helpful 40 - tire reviewed on August 19, 2019
Given 23% while driving a Mercedes Benz E220Cdi (225/45 R17) on a combination of roads for 0 average miles
Hello, I have Mercdes Benz. I have driven on lot of tires, winter and summer. This is not my first snow or rain with this car. Firestone Winterhawk 3 is the worst tire I had opportunity to drive on. On dry roads are relative ok, on wet roads it is better to stay home. On the snow also, like you don't have tires. One season, around cca 10 000 km passed on these tire and it will go to rubish... Very expensive tires, and very bad tires. I would never buy Firestone again.
Helpful 33 - tire reviewed on February 26, 2018
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Given 69% while driving a Skoda Octavia (225/45 R17) on mostly motorways for 13,000 average miles
Nothing to impress. It is balanced and affordable tire. Performance on snow is Ok if you drive normally. Dry and wet handling are satisfactory.
Helpful 36 - tire reviewed on October 18, 2017
Given 71% while driving a Peugeot 107 (155/65 R14) on mostly town for 9,000 average miles
In my opinion Firestone Winterhawk 3 is at most an average performance tire. Maybe this should be correlated with my car tire size (155/65 R14)...
In dry conditions it is a fair tire, though it has a pronounced understeering tendency. The wet grip is acceptable if you don't need to brake suddenly :), and the snow/ice grip is poor.

Positive:
- Comfortable tires
- Low rolling resistance
- Low wear

Negative:
- Wet grip.
- Poor snow and ice grip.
- Understeering behaviour.

Next time I will not buy these tires again.
Helpful 38 - tire reviewed on January 12, 2017