Toyo Open Country A20 

First, this review is being written in comparison with my second set of tires. A20s were original equipment on my 2012 Highlander, and I changed them at 51K - probably could have worn them out at 60K, but this was close enough. Replaced with top of the line Bridgestone e-tires. #1. The ride with the A20s was remarkable. Smooth, stable and sure. I was under the impression that these tires were NOT top of the line, but from a ride standpoint, they were better than the second set. #2 These tires were quiet throughout the life of the tire. #3 Braking, cornering were excellent - more a factor of the quality of the vehicle I think than the tires. #4 I have driven through tons of snow. Never been stuck, no complaints driving through 6 inches plus of slushy blizzard like conditions found in Chicago and Rochester NY. EXCELLENT handling in winter weather. Ice handling is never perfect, and these tires delivered the same handling as top of the line Bridgestone. My impression was that they were not as good a tire - on the stats side they probably were not, but now after almost 50K on a top of the line tire, I must say that I overall liked the ride and performance of the first set better. The A20s provided a remarkably smooth and quiet ride, and it was remarked on by many of my passengers. I have traveled the gravel/dirt roads in NE Iowa - the area called Little Switzerland - where the hills may be steep and sparsely graveled and the A20s performed as well as or better than the Ecopia. (They actually have a harder side wall and firmer ride but that's a different review.) One last note. My Ecopias have 6/32 left at 45K miles, and the dealer says I have about 60% life left, but the tires have gotten noisey - a humming that is almost unacceptable, which the A20s never did. So even though I paid more, I don't think that I will be able to get the full tread depth out of this set. (Slight cupping - rotated every 5K, aligned every year, both sets)

I own and operate a used and new tire liquidation and wholesale business so I've had the opportunity to try a wide spectrum of type, brand/model, and sizes of tires on various vehicles.

This review considers that the tire is a brand new all season road tire under normal driving style expected of an SUV. For example I'm not comparing it's capabilities to a winter tire or high-performance summer tire.

I get the impression from a lot of reviewers that folks expect the sun and the moon from an all season tire - I've personally have not found a tire that will give you this. All season tires are generally "jack of all trades but master of none". Again I've considered this in my review.

Finally, my vehicle is AWD so I've considered stopping and cornering in my evaluation of traction.

Snow performance is better than I expected. No loss of traction under normal driving conditions on packed snow, so very good here. In deep snow there is some slippage but I felt it was predictable so I still felt in control of the car.

Slush and ice is where this tire struggles, like most all-season tires. You will feel like you've lost the vehicle in these conditions. Snow tires will prevail here due to deeper tread depth and softer compound.

Dry and wet traction are fine for normal driving.

Ride quality and handling - well balanced, a bit harsh, with faint road noise. Sidewalls feel solid during cornering and lane changing, but that could also be due to the car's relatively stiff suspension.

Treadwear is rated lower than other all seasons (3xx vs. 4xx) but the trade-off could be better traction in the near term.

I expect my review to hold true until about the 70% mark (18-20000kms based on treadwear rating) where the tire will loose a lot of the critical smaller tread sipes and therefore a lot of its strengths (a better tire will have "deeper" sipes). Because of this I wouldn't buy this tire again, but in the mean time I'm happy with them.

Had since purchase car new in 2011 and have since put 38000 miles. Rotated under normal Toyota service-always dealer serviced. Great tires, but would love to have gotten closer to 50k vs 38k miles! No traction issues and very quiet on the road. I may also contribute the low noise level to the Highlander's quality. Seems to be one of the more expensive tires for some reason. I will probably buy the same for my 2nd set since I know they ride nice and being a traveling salesman, comfort is very important. Tires at 38000 miles are right at a 2 when 10 is new tread.

Original Equipment on my SUV. Fine in the dry weather- comfortable ride and quiet. In rain they are not forgiving. Tend to have a breaking point on exit ramps where it feels like you will loose it. Forget snow and ice. Spinning wheels trying to get up hills. Sliding at stop signs at slow speeds. My wife's VW SUV can make t up out hill while mine cannot- wheel spin.
Overall I do not feel confident on these tires in the rain and snow. Treadware is a little below average from my experience.

These came with the 2012 Highlander Limited - very quiet tires and provides a comfortable ride.
Not to be used in snow, off-road and definitely not ice. OK for highway and city use.
I don't have 15k miles on the speedometer and I am replacing them next week with Michellin Lattitude as these Toyos are already down to the wear mark! Most of my driving has been suburban with some highway and a little snow.
I had Michellin tires on my last two Acura's and I never had to change them before selling the cars. Toyo must use plasticine instead of rubber!

Wet traction is terrible! I don't trust them in rain. Awful traction in light snow. Forget it in heavy snow. AWD won't help traction. Worst OEM tires I have had.

Low noise, decent ride and adequate dry handling. Terrible in the wet period. Tread wear on side walls dismal. Don't recommend. I'm looking for new tires @30k as a result.

Nearly hydroplaned and wrecked in wet slush. Poor wear. Noisy. Horrible OEM tire.

This was the OEM tire that came with my Highlander. While they have been quiet and smooth-riding, their traction in all but absolutely dry conditions is awful. Pretty slippery in the rain, and in snow or ice, you are taking your life in your hands. I live in Colorado, and they are just nowhere near up to the job in winter driving conditions. On recent trips in snowy conditions, if there was the least little bit of ice present, it was all I could do to keep the car on track even with all-wheel drive. These tires are just awful in the snow. Also, the tread wear is poor. I have 5 tires and rotate them every 3,000 miles, and I doubt I'll get more than 25,000 out of these. Next tires will be either Bridgestone or Continental CrossContact models, which have great snow ratings from your surveys.

At its 35,000 mile check up in November 2013, my dealership's service manager told me that my vehicle would need new tires by the springtime. He said that he's had to replace these Open Countrys as early as 30,000 miles on some Highlanders. I was shocked! At the time, he told me it was probably good to wait since the dealership always has a spring tire sale. Good thing. It gave me some time to research what other Highlander owners were saying before I had him put another set of these OEM tires on it. The truth is these Toyos ride great (a super-soft ride) and are ultra-quiet (almost nonexistent road noise). But the snow traction is awful. Even in the slightest snowfalls, I slide through far too many intersections for my taste.

Tires came from teh Toyota dealer and wore out in a year. You take your life in your hands when driving in snow and ice. Worst tire I ever had.

This was an OEM tire on my highlander, Been driving for 33 years and I can say for sure this was the worst set of tires I have ever owned. 13000 miles from new and already tires are almost all worn out like racing slicks. parts of tire starting to show steel belts... will never buy again

These tires came with our 2016 Toyota Highlander and even thought they are decent tires they are almost bald at 26500 miles. They are ok in every category except tread life which is awful. I would not recommend them at all because of this.

I've lived up north with seasonal snow and these tires were "okay" in accumulations that were less than 5". Any more than that and I would have preferred to change the tires to something more aggressive. I then moved to FL and the wet traction is pretty good with these tires in speeds raging up to 70 mph on the highway. Not superior wet traction, but good overall. Only issue I have is the tread life since I only got 3.5 years out of these tires. The treadwear rating is 300 on the A20's and I think that they wore out pretty quickly. All in all, I'd definitely buy another set (for now living in southwest Florida), but would like to see if Toyo offered the Open Country Tires with a slightly higher treadwear rating to get a bit more mileage out of them.