Michelin CrossClimate 2 Reviews - Page 3

These 235/55R19 Michelin CC 2 tires were on a 2023 Nissan Rogue Platinum AWD from October 2025 until this September 2026 when the vehicle was sold. They were driven for a total of almost 5900 km, or 3666 miles. Let's put this in context: From June of 2023 until November 04 2025 I drove the vehicle with the OEM tires through all weather, including our long Edmonton Alberta winters. Never had a problem. Typically the worst road conditions are at the busy intersections where we get a lot of ice build up from spinning tires taking off from a light. The wife also had a 2023 Rogue Platinum AWD and I put Nokian WRG4 all weather tires on her car in October 2023. The theory was that if we got really bad winter weather or had to go somewhere where we might need great traction, we could take her vehicle. It was a good theory but turns out I never had to take her vehicle as I was quite comfortable with the traction of the OEM Dunlop Grand Trek PT21 tires. Last year she traded up to a 2025 Murano Platinum. Unfortunately she has 21 inch rims on that vehicle and I couldn't find all-weather tires in her size. That's why I then put the CC 2 tires on my Rogue. If the weather got bad, she could take the Rogue. Once again, the OEM tires served her well all through the winter. Focusing on the Michelin CC 2 tires, I thought they were marginally louder than the Dunlop tires on the highway but didn't notice any difference around town. Never noticed a difference in fuel economy, either. I'm more of a relaxed driver so I also never picked up on any appreciable handling difference between the Rogue OEM Dunlop tires and the CC 2. But I can say that we did have a real test at Christmas Eve. Edmonton caught a snow dump and it was still snowing when we went to my brother's for his annual open house. His house is on a street with a very steep hill so I was wondering how we would make out. Turns out we were just fine. Parallel parking was a bit tough as you couldn't tell where the sidewalk was because there was so much snow. I had to back up to get better aligned with the sidewalk. No issues with traction. I do believe that AWD helped. When I sold the tires, they had 5877 km or 3652 miles on them and still looked perfect with over 10 mm tread depth left. My verdict: I would buy certainly buy premium all-weather tires for an AWD vehicle for our tough northern Alberta winters, and the Michelin Cross Climate 2 would definitely be considered. For a FWD or RWD vehicle I would go to dedicated winter tires for that extra bit of traction for the 5 month winters we enjoy here. I've included pictures that I took for my ad when I sold the tires so you can see how well they held up.

From my experience, a CrossClimate 2 used year-round for 2–3 years can become utterly useless in serious winter conditions, despite looking perfectly healthy and having plenty of tread left. My suspicion is: compound hardens substantially with age, perhaps accelerated by months of summer UV exposure.

Tires: Michelin CrossClimate 2, 195/65 R15 95V.
Car: family minivan (MPV in European terms).
Location: Central Europe.

Unfortunately, I don’t remember the exact mileage where the tires started to be unusable in winter conditions, so I can’t provide much hard data. But the tires were 2–3 years old and still had plenty of tread left — significantly more than the 4 mm legal minimum here for winter tires.

After 2–3 years, in proper winter conditions (no mountains, just lowlands, but snow and some ice), they didn’t simply become “a bit worse”. They became genuinely dangerous. Braking performance was extremely poor and steering grip was so weak that I simply could not trust the car on snow or ice.

What I really don’t understand is why these tires receive so much praise, not only from technical magazines — where I can understand it, since they presumably test brand-new or relatively young tires, and those really are very good — but also from ordinary end users.

I’m done with them. I won’t buy CrossClimates again.

I can see how they might be useful for someone doing very high mileage and replacing them every two years, ideally before the winter season. But if the expectation is that a set of all-season tires should provide dependable winter performance for several years, my experience with CrossClimate 2 has been long-term failure, also even I had been very amazed after the first winter by the very good winter performance of thy tire.

Have used the cross climate range of tires for many years, across several family and work cars, the cross climate 2 have been excellent again. Excellent grip in the dry and wet. I don`t recall any stopping / aquaplaning issues. Not a good handling as a summer tire. Very little use in snow, but performed great when needed.

Have just replaced two front tires after 45,000 miles of use, with cross climate 3. I expect to get 50,000 miles from the CC2 rears. To be fair, they haven`t been driven particularly hard, and there was plenty of dual carriageway / motorway driving. Wear rate did seem to increase over the last few months of summer 2026, but not surprising given the temperatures we`ve had.

The Cross Climates may cost a few pounds more than some other all season tires, but given the mileage they get, I think they are hard to beat for value.
I`m expecting good things from the CC3 tires and would be very reluctant to use any other tires now.

The Michelin CrossClimate is a good tire when new!! After one year of use and some wear (12,000 km, 2 mm worn), the best performance is also gone (WET ROAD CORNERS) and this tire loses grip in corners on wet roads, leading to a feeling of slipping, which is unpleasant for the driver and dangerous.
These tires were immediately removed and replaced with Conti AllSeason 2, and after a few mm of wear, this feeling remains similar to when they were new; on wet roads, they handle very well and provide a pleasant feeling.
Test: same wet conditions with wet roads, tested in the same corner and speed.
This Michelin is a good tire when new and dry!! Test it once in the wet in corners after a few thousand km, and you will think differently about purchasing it. Also, test the Conti then, both in corners on wet roads during evasive maneuvers.
The difference is significant.
P.S. Test the tires after a few thousand km when a few mm have already worn off; that will give a different result and perspective.

Skoda Octavia 205/55 R16 about 25,000km.

On dry roads, the tires grip the road well, acceleration, braking, quick changes of direction do everything without problems.
You know exactly what happens under the tires on dry roads.

On snow, like a good winter tire, while on ice it is difficult to drive, but all tires are like that on ice.

On wet roads, I have no confidence in the tires, I have the impression that they will slide off the road at any moment, although I drive without problems, but there is no feedback from the tires about what is happening on a wet road.
I had no problems on wet roads, but I don't like that feeling of insecurity.

The noise above 130km/h increases drastically, but that is because of the V profile of the tires, and in a better car, the tires would probably be less noisy.

So I drove 25,000km on all surfaces and I had no problems, not once with these tires.

Last month, I bought Michelin CrossClimate 2 tires in 245/45/R18 (XL) for my Jaguar, and they’ve been a total game changer.

My first impressions after about 1,000 miles are very positive. They’re excellent in cold weather, with strong braking performance and very good communication through the steering, which makes me feel much more confident. We recently had some snow, and they handled it without any issues at all.

In general, they’re comfortable, but if you hit a pothole, you definitely feel it — the impact is transmitted straight to your spine. In all other situations, though, I have no complaints.

Fuel consumption is similar to my summer tires. If there’s any increase at all, it’s most likely due to using the heated seats, not the tires themselves.

It’s too early to judge wear, as they’re still new, but so far I’m extremely happy with them.

Michelin CrossClimate 2 - Ford Mustang (390hp RWD) - European highways and alpine roads
I finally tried them because of all the hype around them... I am disappointed and would not buy them again especially for my Mustang

The good:
• Road feedback is almost on par with summer touring tires, stiff sidewall and feels nice through the steering wheel. I haven't noticed any noise or humming mentioned by others
• Dry grip is better than most 4s tires, only Bridgestone Turanza AS6 beats them in my experience so top-tier dry handling

The bad:
• Wet performance is awful, my Mustang spins tires up to 5th gear, even starting in 2nd gear is hard and 3rd spin crazy. Conti or Vreds stop spinning in 3rd in wet conditions, i though the Bridgestone were lacking in the wet but even those are much safer than the CC2
• Pricing is awful, these cost me 220€ per tire while Vredestein was 150€, Pirelli, Bridgestone and Continental were 180€ each
• Mileage is okay, CC2 barely endured 35tkmm while Vreds, Bridgestone and Conti last over 40tkm. Considering the high cost mentioned before gives not good value, much better than Pirelli which were cooked by 25tkm but at least those were cheaper

I can't express myself on snow because fresh soft snow feels good but compacted and icy slips, I almost got stuck multiple times on ice and grass but got over steep snowy slopes without issues. Very inconsistent results but I'm also driving a Mustang so it's not surprising. I'd say snow is good, ice is terrible