I searched with no success...

I need to replace just 1 tire. I have the original Goodyear Eagle RS-As on there now. Looking at Tirerack they have different variations of the Goodyear Eagle RS-A and the one for the Maxima is more expensive than the general Goodyear Eagle RS-A . Funny, but I guess the manufacturer "brands" the tires in their own way. My question is, has anyone experienced any squirly handling when going with the standard Goodyear Eagle RS-A and not the Maxima specific Goodyear Eagle RS-A ?

Thanks for any help!

 

Are you looking at the site correctly? I find it hard to believe that the Maxima would have a special tire outside of their general RS-A line.

 

Probably just a different speed rating.

 

I second the different speed ratings. They came in different ratings for different types of loads. Be sure to look for the correct tire size for your car as well, the Maxima came with 18s or 19s from the factory and Tire Rack may have listed both. There is also a newer variation of the RS-A, you'll see it denoted as RS-A2 so that may be the reason as well.

 

I remembered the price thing as reversed, so rechecked tirerack.com and found the RS-A tire shown as OEM for the 2009-2014 Maxima costs $146 each, 4 for $584, while the RS-A tire NOT shown as OEM for the 2009-2014 Maxima costs $231 each, 4 for $924.

These two RS-A tires were exactly alike in size, tread pattern, load rating, speed rating, temperature rating, treadwear rating, etc, etc. The only difference was that the cheaper version (OEM for the Maxima) was made in the U.S., while the more expensive version was made in Japan.

Both tires had exactly the same customer rating in every single category down to the decimal point, which tells us both tires were lumped into the same box for customer rating purposes. This makes sense, as very few folks trying to rate their tires on tire rack would know which of these two tires they actually had on their car.

Knowing nothing for sure, I suspect the version made in Japan might be a better tire, otherwise, there would be no reason for it to exist at the much higher price.

 

As stated above, The difference is the country of origin...