Travelstar UN99 Review

A touring all-season tire the Travelstar UN99 is designed to deliver all-season grip with a focus on a smooth, quiet ride.

PROS

  • Quiet ride
  • Solid driving dynamics
  • Great price

CONS

  • Short tread life
  • Wet weather grip is just ok

Touring tires tend to be a bit light on performance in order to deliver in other areas. That’s only partially true here.

Making use of a variable pitch sequence tread design, the tire is able to cancel out more road noise and ensure a premium, quiet ride.

Driving dynamics don’t really take a hit there, as the tire makes use of a grippy tread compound as well as a few other features. For starters, the central tread rib features only a minimal amount of divisions, ensuring a planted highway ride and a quicker turn-in response. This tread section also means it flexes less under acceleration and braking, so the tire responds to your inputs with real results.

The shoulder tread blocks aren’t overly wide, but they are tied together by an inboard circumferential tread rib. Like on the inside of the tire this helps handle acceleration and braking stresses, while it also works to stabilize the tread blocks under cornering. As a result, handling is both quite good, and quite predictable.

The drawback here is the tread life with a 50,000 mile warranty, much lower than the norm for a touring tire. We expect around 60,000 to 65,000 miles even on budget options.

As for all season grip, it’s decent but also somewhat lacking. The four circumferential grooves help prevent hydroplaning, but overall wet traction isn’t as capable. Similarly, winter traction is minimal – as expected on a budget all-season tire.

Overall, the Travelstar UN99 delivers on its promise of being a quiet-riding all-season at a fantastic price. It does, however, give up some wet weather grip and tread life to achieve it.

Travelstar UN99 Price

Pricing for the Travelstar UN99 starts an extremely affordable $65 per tire for the smallest 13-inch sizes and goes up to around $150 for the largest 18-inch sizes.

Travelstar UN99 Warranty

The Travelstar UN99 is backed by a 50,000 mile tread life warranty.

Travelstar UN99 Sizes

13-inch sizes
175/70R13

14-inch sizes
175/65R14
185/65R14
185/70R14
195/70R14

15-inch sizes
195/55R15
185/60R15
195/60R15
205/60R15
185/65R15
195/65R15
205/65R15
205/70R15
215/70R15

16-inch sizes
225/50R16
205/55R16
225/55R16
205/60R16
215/60R16
225/60R16
205/65R16
215/65R16
235/65R16

17-inch sizes
215/50R17
225/55R17
215/60R17
225/60R17
215/65R17
225/65R17

18-inch sizes
225/60R18

What vehicles does the Travelstar UN99 fit on?

Below is a list of some of, but not all, the vehicles that the Travelstar UN99 fits on.

  • BMW X3 sDrive30i
  • Buick Envision
  • Chevrolet Equinox LT
  • Chevrolet Equinox Premier
  • Chrysler 300
  • Dodge Challenger
  • Dodge Charger
  • Dodge Magnum R/T
  • Ford Bronco Sport Big Bend
  • Ford Escape SE Plug-In Hybrid
  • Ford Escape SEL
  • Ford Escape SEL Plug-In Hybrid
  • Ford Mustang Mach-E California Route 1
  • Ford Taurus SE
  • Ford Taurus X Eddie Bauer
  • GMC Terrain Denali
  • Honda Accord Crosstour EX-L
  • Honda CR-V Touring
  • Honda Crosstour EX
  • Jeep Cherokee Altitude
  • Lexus NX
  • Lincoln Corsair
  • Nissan Rogue
  • Nissan Rogue Sport
  • Subaru Outback 2.5i Limited
  • Toyota RAV4 Hybrid Limited
  • Toyota Venza LE