I have the same tires on mine and have almost 10,000 miles on them and the past couple weeks I have been noticing how noisy they are getting already.

 

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My tires are noisy but i think it's because I'm so close to them.They do however thump like cords have separated and I'll be taking it to a dealer!

 

Yea, mine transmit ALOT of road noise into the cabin and they've done it since day one. I've never been a fan of Good-for-a-Year tires anyway so I'll probably replace them once they stop gripping the road (which should be in another 8k miles or so). My wifes GMC Sonoma had the Wrangler RT/S's on it and they were terrible in the rain and snow. I put Firestone Destination LE's on it 6 month's ago, and it's worlds different in ride and grip. Best tires I ever had were on my Saturn SL2, I put Bridgestone RE910's on it and they were amazing tires dry, rain or snow they held the road, were quiet and after 60k miles still gripped like new. They've stopped making them of course.

 

Same problem in Europe. Here we get continental-loud-as-hell-tires. Just hoping they wear out soon...

 

I have the much less aggressive-treaded stock 17" Firestones and they're noisy as well. I've concluded that it's not so much the tires, but more so that the Pat's cabin is not very well insulated, along with its use of thinner sheet metal and window glass, which is not altogether surprising, given its entry-level vehicle status. My parents' 02' Grand Caravan (an admittedly much heavier vehicle) is library-quiet compared to the Pat....alas, I still heart my Patty - warts and all! :blah:

 

I am starting to hear the Conti tyres on mine as well plus they wear like hell.

 

I also have Continental. Noisy as a 747 engine....
There are anti-noise technology tires out in the market (goodyear and Michelin I guess)

 

Hi everyone,

I have the 4X2 "limited" package with the 17" upgrade wheels and Firestone Affinity M&S tires and have lots of road noise in the cabin.

It appears that the road surface has a lot to do with highway cabin noise. I noticed on a recent highway trip that the travel portion of the highway that has been worn away was very noisey, but was much more quiet on less worn portions.

Also, I believe that the Pat chassis by design transmits lots of road noise into the cabin.

Barry

 

I can't hear the tires over the racket of the CVT in my wifes Riot

 

Re: Noisy tires. I have the AT 21565R17 as well, and they are noisy!Where I live(in Quebec) we must use, by law,winter tires! I don't think that they will be worse than present ones.

Sheldon

 

prob be better than oem.

 

the stock firestone firehawks on my compass' 18s where noisy from day 1. these are by far some of the worse tires i have ever had. they chirp under normal driving. though i would have to say that my normal driving is a bit more performance oriented then most.

 

The 17" Wrangler SRA has an agressive tread. By it's design, I expect that it's going to be a noisier tire than a Michelin Harmony or Goodyear Infinity - both passenger car tires. As for road noise, this is the most economical Jeep in the lineup. There is only going to be so much insulation at this price point. With 4 x 4, the Wrangler SRA tires provide great traction in winter driving, and I've been pleased with performance on wet pavement in rain.

 

The 17" Wrangler SRA has an agressive tread.

Are you serious? Aggressive compared to what a drag radial. I'll give you they're surprisingly good in the snow but pretty much fail at every other road surface and are completely worthless on loose gravel. Also they wear terrible even with scheduled rotations and weekly pressure checks mine will be worn out before 30K miles far short of the 50K mile warranty.

I agree though they are abnormally loud the Mastercraft Courser AT's on my truck are quieter.

I'll be stepping up to the 235/65/17 size so I can run something that truly is an aggressive tread.

 

With the BA stereo at 25, I don't hear any noise. I also don't here anything else, but the road noise is gone.

Actually, the road noise for me is not that bad. And yes I would have to agree, the crummier the road the loader the noise. Also concrete roads are def worse than asphalt. Gravel, love gravel as I feel like I am off roading.

 

On the topic of tires, I have noticed that there is a lot of road noise in the Patriot. I thought (hoped) that it was the stock 16" Goodyears rumbling on the oil/gravel (cold mix) highways here. Once you get on real asphalt (hotmix) or concrete it quietens considerably. It could be a design issue, but I hope not.

Another tire question -->the Mastercraft Courser AT's<--

What kind of luck are you having with these? I can't keep a set on the back of my wifes truck. They are OK if you don't haul heavy with them. The belts just keep separating. It always seems to happen when we are a long ways from home and hauling the big trailer loaded with show cattle and equipment. I have ended up putting the original equipment Michelins back on. Those things wear like steel, but you better not take her truck into the pasture with them (stuck city).

 

Are you going over the load rating of the tires? I can't really comment as the Dakota doesn't see that much weight on a regular basis, maybe a ton at most and only for ~20 miles or so.

 

A unit body car, without subframes to mount the suspension bits to, will transmit more road noise/vibration directly through the structure and into the cabin. This can be mitigated to a noticeable degree with additional sound deadening, especially under the driver's seat and forward and on the inner surface of the doors. But, it will never be as noise isolated as a subframe or body on frame constructed car. That said, my Goodyear SR-A's have gotten noticeably noisier at 10k, without the tires displaying any out-of-alignment wear conditions. Time for some Michelin's...

 

No, I am well within their Load Range E rating. OK, maybe I am near the top of their rating, but I do keep them aired up to maximum (take that, Obama!) and check them thoroughly before each trip. I think that it is the Texas heat and a moderately aggressive tread that may tend to dissipate heat poorly. I do treat my tires well, but I also work them pretty hard too, except for the Patriot of course. It is just a ride. A ride with hard elbow rests and loud tires.

 

http://www.goodyeartires.com/goodyeartireselector/results_tire.jsp?mrktarea=Light+Truck

This link says it all. Quiet, off-road traction is conflicting. The wife's Goodyears are better than my Conti-craps.

The P-Metrics I had on my Grands were the bomb in snow and on dry, I would not leave home without them, on or off-road. And we use to cruise to VT for skiing which was a 350 mile death march sometimes.

I agree that the uni-body transmits noise/vibration from the suspension strut mounts. Nature of the beast!

If you think CVT noise is loud, I remember test-driving the first Saturns, exhaust manifold racket was very pronounced.