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I have not experienced this on my car. The picture of your left tire looks like an impact failure based on the scuff on the rim. I keep the inflation pressures at 42 psi all around. Remember I have the original summer tires still installed.
2024 AMG EQE SUV , 2021 E63S Wagon - gone, 2018 E63S Sedan - gone
Originally Posted by stealth.pilot
yes mine came with All Seasons. My guess is the summer tires are installed on cars with the AMG dynamic plus package.
All 2024 AMG EQEX4 came with summer tires except those with the 22" wheels. Those came with all seasons unless the Dynamics package was also installed (like mine) then the tires reverted to summer ones.
I have not experienced this on my car. The picture of your left tire looks like an impact failure based on the scuff on the rim. I keep the inflation pressures at 42 psi all around. Remember I have the original summer tires still installed.
When I went on tire rack their tire wizard seems to not have the summer tires as an option. Only the Michelin all seasons and one Continental tire are HL rated. The other tires in this size are XL rated which the wizard doesn’t recommend.
In case it's of any interest...
My EQE SUV 500 (not AMG) was delivered from the factory with Continental EcoContact 6Q MO 235/55 R19 XL Summer Tires.
I've been happy with them thus far, but only have about 8,000 km on them, so can't comment about rate of wear yet. I find them to be very quiet.
My point in mentioning this here is that apparently, somebody at the factory thought delivering XL's with the EQE SUV was ok.
Very heavy vehicle, low profile tires and potholes don't go together. As others have indicated, that's external damage from a pothole. Not covered under any warranty, unless you have road hazard coverage. Tire Rack and many other tire places now include road hazard coverage for free. It's fairly common with heavy vehicles these days. Yes, your tires should have HL load range. It's a new load range above XL for tires strong enough for these heavy vehicles, created especially for EVs. An XL tire will be even more likely to end up like this. Avoid potholes in the future or fit some offroad tires .
Last edited by superswiss; Feb 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM.
2024 AMG EQE SUV , 2021 E63S Wagon - gone, 2018 E63S Sedan - gone
Originally Posted by stealth.pilot
When I went on tire rack their tire wizard seems to not have the summer tires as an option. Only the Michelin all seasons and one Continental tire are HL rated. The other tires in this size are XL rated which the wizard doesn’t recommend.
Are your tires HL rated? Do they still make them?
My tires are HL rated. However, I will be replacing them in May with the all season variant. I don't think Michelin makes the HL summer anymore. It's not in the Michelin catalog.
My tires are HL rated. However, I will be replacing them in May with the all season variant. I don't think Michelin makes the HL summer anymore. It's not in the Michelin catalog.
Interesting. I wonder why they got rid of it? Also I wonder if the 0-60 time in the catalog should go up for the 2025 cars if they don’t have the summer tire.
As stated, this is something that comes from impact... but imo its impact and a **** tire. The way I had this warranteed a long time ago with some Michelins on an Audi was to ask why the tire had a bubble but the rim was still in balance and not dented. This was to state that the tire pressure was fine but the tire could not handle the job. The left tire is an example of that. Sure we that can always blame the driver, but if you been driving for decades and its only happened on one set, its likely a poor product. Yes we like to increase pressures to avoid this, but the tire should work at recommended pressures or its the wrong tire for the job. Fortunately when I had the issue, it was when Michelin had tons of issues with bubbles in tires so they just gave me a new set of a different brand. Ive never bought a set from this brand since and really like tires that have more rim protection for these low profile options. Ive never had a bubble since, with tons of potholes and even recently cracked a rim on a square hole at high speed with no issue to the tire.
I agree with you on the tire. I drove my EQS580 for 2 years with 21" wheels and never had an issue. And those were Pirelli Runflat tires. I don't recall hitting a major pothole. My sense is this is the result of day to day potholes. I looked more closely and there are two separate bubbles on the right front, and one on the left.
That said since my car is a 2 year lease and the rear tires are fine, I'm just going to replace the fronts with new tires which include 2 year road hazard, and buy road hazard certificates from discount tire for the 2 rear tires.
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Originally Posted by stealth.pilot
I agree with you on the tire. I drove my EQS580 for 2 years with 21" wheels and never had an issue. And those were Pirelli Runflat tires. I don't recall hitting a major pothole. My sense is this is the result of day to day potholes. I looked more closely and there are two separate bubbles on the right front, and one on the left.
That said, since my car is a 2 year lease and the rear tires are fine, I'm just going to replace the fronts with new tires, including 2 year road hazard, and buy road hazard certificates from discount tire for the 2 rear tires.
Sometimes, I wonder what planet the marketing people for MBUSA are on. There's no reason to have performance tires on a 5800-pound SUV, and for 2024, there was no option to change them to all-season. IMO you can use the XL tires on the vehicle. The loading difference is 660 lbs.
275/35ZR22
104Y XL BSW
540 AA A 29.6" 10.9" 9-11" 9.5" 10/32" Extra Load 1984 lbs 50 psi 186 mph 30 lbs Black 703 HL275/35ZR22
107V XL BSW
540 AA A 29.6" 10.9" 9-11" 9.5" 9.5/32" Extra Load 2149 lbs 51 psi 149 mph 30 lbs Black 703
Summer tires are not necessarily performance tires since they come in various speed ratings. All season tires are a noisy, harsh riding choice unless needed for your driving conditions. At least now days one can get summer tires on a new car without having to dispose of the A/S tires at a significant loss. Kudos to MBUSA for finally getting some common sense and offering the no-cost option for either type of tire.
2024 AMG EQE SUV , 2021 E63S Wagon - gone, 2018 E63S Sedan - gone
Originally Posted by ua549
Summer tires are not necessarily performance tires since they come in various speed ratings. All season tires are a noisy, harsh riding choice unless needed for your driving conditions. At least now days one can get summer tires on a new car without having to dispose of the A/S tires at a significant loss. Kudos to MBUSA for finally getting some common sense and offering the no-cost option for either type of tire.
Your perspective is from a warm weather state. My experience with Michelin A/S tires is that they rode the same as the PS/4 tires that I replaced on previous cars, in some cases much better from a noise standpoint. Michelin does not recommend that you use the PS/4 tires below 32 degrees (the manual says 45 degrees) and certainly not in freezing conditions where the traction will become almost zero on frozen surfaces. Also, Michelin has stopped producing the HL tires for my SUV so I'm almost forced to go with the A/S tires.
Your perspective is from a warm weather state. My experience with Michelin A/S tires is that they rode the same as the PS/4 tires that I replaced on previous cars, in some cases much better from a noise standpoint. Michelin does not recommend that you use the PS/4 tires below 32 degrees (the manual says 45 degrees) and certainly not in freezing conditions where the traction will become almost zero on frozen surfaces. Also, Michelin has stopped producing the HL tires for my SUV so I'm almost forced to go with the A/S tires.
Agree. These all season tires are very impressive. Feel a lot like summer tires from a performance perspective and they are very smooth and quiet.
Agree. These all season tires are very impressive. Feel a lot like summer tires from a performance perspective and they are very smooth and quiet.
Perhaps from the inside of the car. On the outside, A/S tires running over smooth pavement put out a significant hum similar to mud/snow tires that one can hear 100 yards away.
I'm happy that MB now gives buyers a no-cost choice of tires - Summer, All Season, Run Flat & non-Run Flat.
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The softer/stickier compound on summer tires was spraying small pebbles on the side of my new car like a sandblaster. Don't have that problem with my new all seasons.
yes mine came with All Seasons. My guess is the summer tires are installed on cars with the AMG dynamic plus package.
Originally Posted by HBerman
All 2024 AMG EQEX4 came with summer tires except those with the 22" wheels. Those came with all seasons unless the Dynamics package was also installed (like mine) then the tires reverted to summer ones.
Weird... My car is on 21" wheels, does not have the Dynamics package and is on summer high performance tires. The tires themselves are Michelin Pilot Sport EVs and "Summer High Performance Tires" are listed on my window sticker on the options list.
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Originally Posted by QuadBenz
Weird... My car is on 21" wheels, does not have the Dynamics package and is on summer high performance tires. The tires themselves are Michelin Pilot Sport EVs and "Summer High Performance Tires" are listed on my window sticker on the options list.
Correct! All the 2024 AMG EQEX4 vehicles were shod with P/S 4 HL EV tires for all-wheel combinations EXCEPT the 22" wheels. Those were spec'd with A/S tires UNLESS you also had the AMG Dynamics option installed. Then they were changed to the P/S 4 HL EV summer tires because the possible top speed on the SUV moved above the 149 mph limit of the A/S tires. Unfortunately, Michelin was the only tire manufacturer making the HL summer tires and those are no longer in production! I wonder what tires are being equipped at the factory in 2025?
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Originally Posted by ua549
Perhaps from the inside of the car. On the outside, A/S tires running over smooth pavement put out a significant hum similar to mud/snow tires that one can hear 100 yards away.
I'm happy that MB now gives buyers a no-cost choice of tires - Summer, All Season, Run Flat & non-Run Flat.
Again, NOT for 2025 AMG EQEX4 vehicles. There is NO choice when ordering the car, period. Of course, you can negotiate with your delivering dealer to swap out the tires at delivery, but that will be a problem since Michelin has stopped producing the HL EV tires for the 22", I still see them in the catalog for the 21" wheel size.
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