2023 - Bridgestone Ecopia tires

jjoste1954 · 2025-10-04T15:34:37-0400

Subaru just told us the Bridgestone Ecopia tires that came from the factory need replacing. They have "excessive wear." Our Forester has only 29,900 miles on it, and we do NOT drive it aggressively. These must be horrible tires. Anyone else out there have bad experience with Ecopias?

supasta · 2025-10-04T15:40:05-0400

Welcome to the forum.

Here are some helpful threads that discuss the exact situation you have found yourself in:

https://www.subaruforester.org/threads/2022-premium-bridgestone-ecopias-are-at-24k-miles-and-already-need-to-be-replaced.857944/

https://www.subaruforester.org/threads/2019-tires-worn-out-with-less-than-22-000-miles-anyone-else-experienced-this.821921/

https://www.subaruforester.org/threads/2019-terrible-tire-wear.816106/

jjoste1954 · 2025-10-04T19:32:40-0400

Thank you! Well, clearly there's a pattern. Apparently, Bridgestones are garbage. For years I bought only Michelins, but for the past few decades I've trusted Les Schwab Tires. If you live on or near the West Coast, they offer good tires at a great value. When they say their tires go 60k or 70k, they do indeed. I'll take my Forester to Les Schwab -- no reason to pay inflated dealer prices for tires and alignment.

trailangel · 2025-10-04T17:30:13-0400

Mine came with Bridgestone tires, not the Ecopia, and they were worn out at 30k miles. Replace with Conti Contac off an Outback... went 60K miles on those before replacing.

Shilo · 2025-10-04T17:44:50-0400

Yours lasted 2x as long as mine did and it was the same with a previous new car I had that came with Bridgestone's. Don't let them put on the same tyres, I now stay away from Bridgestone's completely. Currently have GT Radial ht152 on which have been really good.

FozzyX3 · 2025-10-04T17:53:46-0400

Price no object - Michelin CrossClimate 2

Best bang for the buck - General Altimax RT45

Want to spend a bit more but not CC2 kind of money - Continental CrossContact LX25

I can personally vouch for #1 and #3. Both great tires. You'll lose a little bit of gas mileage with the CC2s but if you live where it snows it's worth it. Bottom line is almost any name brand all-season tire will outlast and outperform the OEM Ecopias on the base and Premium and especially the garbage OEM Falkens on the higher trim SKs with 18" wheels.

Wangle · 2025-10-09T12:46:39-0400

We have CC 2’s on two of our Subaru’s. We monitor MPG closely. We have noticed no detrimental effect on gas mileage. Over a four-year period, possibly a 1/10 drop in MPG. LOVE the tires!
What most people don’t realize is that tires on a new car are most often different than replacement tires. Look at the tread wear rating. The tires on my 2020 had a tread rating of 300. Tread depth started at 8/32’s instead of the typical 10 or 11/32, and tread wear ratings of 540 to 720. Nearly 30,000 miles is not too bad for original tires. And don’t hate on the brand! They are providing tires that the manufacturer wants for optimal performance when new.

slvrwrx02 · 2025-10-05T00:46:56-0400

If I were in your shoes, those tires should have a 5 yr/65K treadwear rating on them, and if they are not wearing as expected, I would be making use of that warranty. My mom had a set of tires wear abnormally fast on her Pontiac G6 (OEM tires). It was something like 75% of the tread gone after 15k. Had to email the tire company back and forth a few times to get them warrantied..

OuchDamn · 2025-10-05T01:29:02-0400

slvrwrx02 said:
I would be making use of that warranty.

I mean you could, but then you'd just be getting another crappy set of bridgestones, unless you could credit that money towards a different tire, that may be worth the trouble

SJM-FT · 2025-10-06T06:29:35-0400

Yes, I had to replace my tires at 27,000-ish miles. The OEMs were Falkins. I replaced them with Defender2s. I have never had tires wear that early.

2023 - Bridgestone Ecopia tires

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