Falken  ZIEX ZE001 A/S

First, I'm the type of person who doesn't keep OE tires on my car. In fact, I cannot remember the last time I kept OE tires on a new car; they're normally gone in the first 1,000 miles of ownership. I am actually quite impressed by this tires. Mazda's are known for poor insulation and having more road noise than one would like. These tires actually do a great job staying quiet and do an awesome job at absorbing road noise, harshness, and vibration. Dry traction isn't bad at all for the 310ft-lbs of torque the 2.5Turbo has - it'll break them loose, but nothing excessive. Wet traction is quite pleasant as well. I have not experienced any significant hydroplaning that otherwise made me feel unsafe. I have no tried these in snow as I have winter tires for the New England parts.

I will say I've been quite pleased with these tires - shocking for as brutal ratings as I typically give tires. I'm not overly spirited in my driving. But for someone who enjoys and smooth and quite ride, these tires have been great for me. I would actually consider buying these again as shocking as that is for me to say. Treadwear seems fair for a softer tire - I'm confident I could get these to 30k miles safely after having already put 13k on them.

Driving around town and on the highway is silky smooth. Steering wheel has zero vibration, and chassis rides smooth. I should clarify I have all 4 tires roadforce balanced as I do with all of my tires.

Got these for my summer set of tires. They are decent on dry/wet highway. I have blizzaks for winter cause all-seasons are downright dangerous in the ice and snow IMO. So these will make a nice summer tire.

OEM tire on my wife's Forester. When we first got the car, I was skeptical as to how these tires would perform. Here we are, 19000 miles later and I'm pleased. Highway performance is smooth and quiet. I don't ever push this car to it's limits so I cannot speak to this tire's cornering or traction limits. Also, we swap out for winter/ice tires so I can't speak to snow or ice performance either. I'll keep these on until the tread wears out or they become noisy. So far so good!

27k miles on my Mazda6 and still going strong, 6/32" tread left. Rotated them twice before, every 10k miles or so. Very quiet and comfortable ride. Used them all year around in Southeastern Ontario, no issues if properly adapting the car's speed to the road conditions. Didn't drive them much in deep snow so I can't comment on that but good on dry, wet, slush and light snow. Very decent OEM tires from Mazda.

I can’t talk about wear because I only have about 4000 miles on them. I will switch to snow tires soon because all season tires can’t compare to dedicated snow tires. I’ve actually raced both cars and motorcycles but all I can say is that at street legal speeds these tires seem fine for grip in wet or dry conditions. I’m a quick driver, but I don’t push things on public streets.

So why am I writing this review? One of my primary reasons for buying this tire was because it had such a high rating on road noise. They are really, really quiet. The original stock tires were annoying loud, the Bridgestones for my second set were worse. These are terrific, great ride quality, not mushy, but not harsh and they are really quiet

Stock tires that came on 2021 Subaru Crosstrek. Every other low end A/S tire I have used in my 30 years of driving, and 15 vehicles, performed better. They have a surprising amount of road noise for a road tire, more than the Grabber AT2's I ran on my 2000 Forester. Wet traction is bad, these hydroplane easily, and snow is downright scary. Gravel roads after rain feel like driving on oiled marbles. Mud of any kind is out of the question. These were a terrible choice by Subaru, even when fully considering the actual use these cars will see.

Complete junk in the rain, the car feels like you are driving on ice with the slightest amount of moisture. It is pretty poor at 8700 miles I am replacing them because they feel unsafe. I love my Mazda 6 but these being the OEM tires are a letdown.

Worst tires I have ever seen. Any snow and your stuck. Would think factory tires would be a little better.

I'm not a tire snob. I'm driving a minivan that lacks the ability to really push the tires anyway. However, at 36k miles, these tires are at 3/32" tread, after being meticulously maintained, aligned before purchase and at 20k mile visit, balance checked every 5k miles. 80% of our miles are straight-ahead highway miles.
When it rains, they get slippy, and lose traction quicker than my Honda Accord's Michelins with my VERY aggressive driving style. Whenever I see water on the road, I slow down, because we've felt the van lose traction even with barely visible puddles. We don't get much snow in NC, but on our one mountain trip - yikes. Our old Honda Odyssey with Goodyear Grand Touring All-Season drove up and down the snowy and icy mountains of WV, these tires could barely hold the road with a dusting.
Cornering is a slight bright spot, it handles well on the long, but fast Raleigh area exit ramps, roundabouts, and sharp turns. But our friends that have replaced their lousy stock tires from Toyota with good tires report a completely different (and much better) driving experience.

Had stock on my 2019 Subaru Ascent. Hopefully this review may help someone else.

Tires completely wore out under 40k miles. If thats good or not, I am not sure, but seemed kind of fast to me.

Most disappointing was light snow lack of performance. I was very excited to drive my big bad all wheel drive subaru in the snow. First snowfall with about an inch on the ground, i was sliding all over the place with these tires when they were new.

Replaced with Pirelli tires and noticed a substantial improvement in handling and traction.

Personally, i would not recommend Falken tires based on my experience.

Original equipment tires poor traction in wet or snow conditions. Treadwear is way to fast considering that they have now grip in wet conditions. Subaru should not put these on their vehicles.

Terrible tread wear. The tires were always properly inflated and after only 20k miles they are already worn out. The comfort of these things is equivalent to riding on blown out tires. Every bump is felt. These came stock on the brand new vehicle. Handling in any precipitation is also very mediocre. These are advertised to last up to 60k and were probably in need of replacement at 15k. Terrible product.