Owners rate the Hankook Ventus Prime 4 highly overall (average 80.7%), most often praising its strong dry grip and confident, predictable dry handling, backed up by a comfortable, generally quiet ride. Wet grip is also widely seen as secure for a touring tire, with many calling it reassuring in heavy rain, though a minority report some instability or weaker aquaplaning resistance. The main recurring drawback is longevity: wear and performance consistency split opinion, with around one in four owners mentioning tread life and around one in ten saying grip drops off noticeably as the tire wears, sometimes accompanied by increased noise.
What owners mention most counted across 82 reviews
I had these tires on my BMW F30 LCI 320iA xDrive (225/50R17 98W XL) and absolutely hated them. They had a strange “feature”: after about 10-15 minutes of highway driving, they began to produce a faint but clearly audible whining noise at a constant pitch. Once the tires warmed up, their characteristics seemed to change. At first, I suspected something was wrong with the car, perhaps the differential or bearings, but after having it checked, everything was fine. The noise disappeared completely once I switched to new summer tires. In general, they were also much louder than the advertised 69 dB rating would suggest.
I’m now running Michelin Primacy 5 tires, which are quiet and excellent in every respect.
The new Hankook tires have only been used for a week, but they already feel smooth and comfortable—soft, with minimal road noise and low vibration. The value for money is excellent
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I have this tire for 3 years. I'm driving 80% on motorways and 20% short distances. I made 55000 km. Now i have 3-4mm of tread and they are due to replace.
When new the grip in dry and wet were exellent. The only negative i had is that they were a bit noisy, especially on certain tarmac. After 2 seasons tread went down to 5mm, wet grip started to get worse and noise level increased even further. Now i have between 3-4 mm of tread left and in the wet grip is gone, dry grip is getting bad. Car is slipping a lot and is not safe to drive anymore. They are also now very noisy on the motorway. I was happy with them for the first two seasons, but a tire shouldn't lost grip at 5mm of tread. Never had this problem with pirelli and goodyear.
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Coming from Michelin Primacy, I have doubts when choosing Hankook VP4 (I've never tried Hankook before, this is my first time.). Surprisingly, it delivered exceptional performance with half the price of Michelin Primacy. The ride is quiet and smooth and absorbs the road vibrations pretty well. On wet condition, it performed better than Michelin Primacy as Michelin Primacy loses grip on wets and been aquaplaning a lot. The only reason I disliked about VP4 is the wear, it wears out pretty quickly (I am nearing 25,000kms). But with a competitive pricing and great performance, I can kinda accepts the wear issue. I would definitely recommend VP4. As of now, I would wait for VP5 in the hope that they would fix the wear issue while improving the performance of the tire.
My lease company replace OEM Michelins with these to the rear of my car after those lasted over 30k miles. Noticeable drop off in grip in comparison that it only worse in wet/damp conditions. Unless delicate with throttle easy to break traction from standstill or around low speed roundabouts. Lowered tire pressure to below that recommended by Tesla which slightly improved things. Just had to have them replaced as they had 2mm left after just 10k miles
Good grip initially but dropped off quickly as the tire wore down. Loses traction very easily when accelerating from a stop in the wet. Dry grip is good. Handling in the wet is good. They are stiff so comfort is sacrificed.
Great set of tires, got them for 100 per piece less than same sized continentals and they are exemplary in both dry and wet. They feel just at the right balance between comfort and sporty handling. Road noise is very low as well. Would definitely get them again or when prime5 is around . Great job hankook
One of the best tires I have in my life. Phenomenal dry grip while acceleration, no wheel spin is present. In dry they have no competition, in wet they are great. Silent and comfortable as well. My thoughts were I will try them and if it will be mistake they were at least cheap. But these tires were much better in every aspect than previous Continentals so Hankook is my prefered brand now. This is third season and I´m still impresed.
So, these are on a 2 liter VW Caddy Maxi Life. Bearing in mind that this is a car/van/car, and is quite tall. The tires handle well, seem to stop well and give good fuel consumption. Cannot comment on wear as all 4 tires currently have 7mm of tread. The price for them here in Ireland is competetive, so yes, i would buy again.
This tire (and the car 2020 sportage) literally saved my life while going at 80 mph and on a highway and felt asleep. Lucky me the passengers woke me up inches before the collision to the railings (it was going to hurt a lot). Corrected the car half-awake and the tires didnt even make a noise and the car was totally OK with that sharp correction. I drove them for like 30k miles and now going to replace them with the same ones.
Compared to my previous Ventus Prime 2's, the grip is excellent, however ride quality poor - is suitability for (heavy) electric cars caused Hankook to over stiffen the sidewalls? However this may explain the handling and road feedback.
3 seasons, 17k km per season ~ 52k km - down to 3.3mm (I tend to replace tires after 3 seasons / 50k km)
As other mentioned, the wet grip decreased by the end of the 3rd year but it was not dangerous in any way. Top brands might have more consistent grip through the years / km driven but you get what you payed for.
What I like is the predictive loss of grip in tight corners - I always know how close I am to the max speed the tire can handle without going into uncontrolled understeer.
Rather soft & weak sidewall - not paying attention while parking next to a high curb can be an issue for some.
Higher noise during the last season & cold weather - especially on rough road surface (the Balkans :) )
