Falken FK451 looks discontinued: no new owner reviews or road tests in five years and no current EU tyre label.

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Falken FK451 vs Firestone All Season — Compared

Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews (comfort 40/60). Based on 0 + 1 road tests and 10 + 43 owner reviews. How we score

All Season leads, 73–69 Narrow edge

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Falken FK451
Tire AFalken

FK451

Summer

± 8Provisional

Tests – · none yet Owners 68 · 10 reviews

Firestone All Season
Tire BFirestone

All Season

All Season Touring tires

± 9

Tests – · 1 test Owners 74 · 43 reviews

Category by category

Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.

  1. 67

    Dry

    All Season +7
    74
    Why this score
    SourceFK451All Season
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 67 (est.)≈ 72 (est.)
    Reviews found online6677

    FK451: 60% × 67.1 (est.) + 40% × 65.9 = 67

    All Season: 60% × 71.6 (est.) + 40% × 76.9 = 74

    No road tests of dry for FK451. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.41).

    No road tests of dry for All Season. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.41).

  2. 71

    Wet

    All Season +5
    76
    Why this score
    SourceFK451All Season
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 71 (est.)≈ 75 (est.)
    Reviews found online7178

    FK451: 60% × 71 (est.) + 40% × 71.2 = 71

    All Season: 60% × 74.9 (est.) + 40% × 78.4 = 76

    No road tests of wet for FK451. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).

    No road tests of wet for All Season. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).

  3. –

    Snow

    No comparison
    69
    Why this score
    SourceFK451All Season
    Professional tests (TWG score)–≈ 70 (est.)
    Reviews found online–68

    All Season: 60% × 69.7 (est.) + 40% × 67.9 = 69

    No road tests of snow for All Season. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.32).

  4. 67

    Comfort

    All Season +3
    70
    Why this score
    SourceFK451All Season
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 68 (est.)≈ 69 (est.)
    Reviews found online6771

    FK451: 40% × 68.3 (est.) + 60% × 66.6 = 67

    All Season: 40% × 69.2 (est.) + 60% × 71.3 = 70

    No road tests of comfort for FK451. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).

    No road tests of comfort for All Season. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).

  5. –

    Noise

    No comparison
    68
    Why this score
    SourceFK451All Season
    Professional tests (TWG score)–≈ 66 (est.)
    Reviews found online–71

    All Season: 60% × 66.3 (est.) + 40% × 70.5 = 68

    No road tests of noise for All Season. The test half is the tested tires’ average (66): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests.

  6. 68

    Treadwear

    All Season +1
    69
    Why this score
    SourceFK451All Season
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 67 (est.)67
    Reviews found online6972

    FK451: 60% × 67.4 (est.) + 40% × 68.9 = 68

    All Season: 60% × 67.1 + 40% × 72.1 = 69

    No road tests of treadwear for FK451. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).

  7. 66

    Handling (owners)

    No comparison
    –
    Why this score
    SourceFK451All Season
    Reviews found online66–
Scores at a glance
Falken FK451 vs Firestone All Season: scores by category (0–100)
CategoryFalken FK451Firestone All Season
Relative Score 69 73
Dry 67 74
Wet 71 76
Snow – 69
Comfort 67 70
Noise – 68
Treadwear 68 69
Handling (owners) 66 –

Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.

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Recomputed
Headline score
± 8

FK451

± 9

All Season

Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.

Pros, cons & observations

Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.

Tire A FK451

Pros

  • Exceptional price-to-performance ratio
  • Strong wet and dry traction
  • Excellent tread life and durability

Cons

  • Potential for rubber cracking between treads over long-term storage or extended age
  • Some users report a slightly less 'alive' or communicative steering feel compared to premium performance tires
  • Availability concerns as it is an older model often superseded by newer iterations
All owner themes in the FK451 review

Tire B All Season

Not enough owner reviews yet to extract themes.

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Falken FK451 B · Firestone All Season
CategorySummerAll Season Touring tires
Vehicle typePassenger Car / CrossoverPassenger Car / Crossover
Sizes available—62
Rim diameters—14″ – 20″
Tread depth—10/32″
UTQG280 AA A560 A B
Treadwear warranty—65,000 mi
Sidewall—Blackwall
Max pressure—44 psi

Which one should you actually buy?

Falken FK451

Firestone All Season

Narrow edge: Firestone All Season — better dry, wet and comfort. It leads or ties in every category we score. Falken FK451 rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 10 reviews), so read this result as provisional.

Pick tire B You want the most grip on dry roads

Firestone All Season scores 74 vs 67 on dry.

Pick tire B Your priority is wet-weather safety

Firestone All Season scores 76 vs 71 on wet.

Pick tire B You want the most comfortable ride

Firestone All Season scores 70 vs 67 on comfort.

Tire A · Falken FK451
Tire B · Firestone All Season

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FK451 or All Season?

Which is better in the wet, FK451 or All Season?

Firestone All Season, 76 vs 71 on our wet score.

Which grips better on dry roads, FK451 or All Season?

Firestone All Season, 74 vs 67 on our dry score.

Which is more comfortable, FK451 or All Season?

Firestone All Season, 70 vs 67 on our comfort score.

Which lasts longer, FK451 or All Season?

Neither, by our numbers: 68 vs 69 on the treadwear score, within 3 points.

How do we compare tires?

Every category score blends two independent signals. 60% comes from professional tire tests (braking distances, lap times, noise measurements), each result compared with every other tire in the same test and newer tests counting more. 40% comes from owner reviews found online, adjusted for how generously each site rates. Both use one scale: the average tested tire gets 70, the best 100. When a tire has only one of the two, the missing half is estimated from the other and the score stays closer to average; with no road test and fewer than five owner reviews it gets no score yet.

Handling is the exception: road tests measure it inside the dry and wet scores, so its own row comes from owner ratings only and starts as less important.

Community buzz from Reddit and forums is shown for context only — it never changes the score. Full methodology