Brand guide
The name on the first practical pneumatic tire, and today a Goodyear-run brand in North America. Best known here for the Signature touring line and the Winter Maxx winter family.
Dunlop traces back to 1888, when John Boyd Dunlop's pneumatic tire made the modern bicycle — and then the modern car — possible. The brand has been split by geography for decades: in North America, Dunlop passenger and light-truck tires are made, sold and warranted by Goodyear, while in Japan and Europe the Dunlop name belongs to Sumitomo Rubber Industries. If you have read a Dunlop review from the UK or Japan, it is not describing the same product line you can buy here.
In our shop Dunlop shows up mostly two ways: as original equipment on a lot of Japanese and German cars, and as the Winter Maxx family, which is a genuinely good ice tire at a price below the top-tier names. The Signature touring line is the quiet, long-wearing everyday option — 105,000 km on the Signature II is the highest figure Goodyear publishes for a Dunlop in Canada.
Because Goodyear runs Dunlop in North America, Dunlop tires bought in Canada sit under Goodyear's warranty machinery: the same Highway Auto & Light Truck Replacement Limited Warranty for defects, a published Dunlop tread life table, and a 45-day satisfaction guarantee (shorter than Goodyear-brand's own 60-day program). Same as Goodyear: no road-hazard coverage.
On eligible Dunlop tires — Signature II, Winter Maxx 2 and Winter Maxx SJ8 — you have 45 days to exchange them for a different set of Dunlop, Goodyear, Cooper, Kelly or Mastercraft tires. Return to the store that sold them with the original sales receipt. Mounting and balancing are included, valve stems are extra, and you pay or receive the price difference. Replacement tires are not re-covered.
Free replacement — including mounting and balancing — for a defect found within the first 2/32" of usable tread or 12 months of purchase, whichever comes first. After that, prorated on tread used for up to six years from the purchase date. Prorated claims are subject to mounting, balancing, taxes and levies.
Up to six years or the published kilometres, whichever comes first, prorated by the distance you did not get. The tire has to be worn evenly to 2/32", rotated on the prescribed pattern, and presented with the original invoice.
Two different things, often confused: a treadwear (mileage) warranty is not the defect warranty, and it is not a promise the tire will last that far. It means that if the tread wears out evenly before the listed distance (with rotation records in order), the manufacturer credits the unused percentage toward a replacement — you still pay the rest. Manufacturing defects are covered separately by the defect warranty above, which has its own free-replacement window and total term.
| Product line | Treadwear warranty | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Signature II | 105,000 km | Highest Dunlop figure in Canada |
| Grandtrek AT20 | 95,000 km | SUV all-terrain |
| Rover H/T | 95,000 km (P-metric) · 75,000 km (LT) | Light-truck highway |
| Signature CS | 95,000 km | Crossover touring |
| SP Sport Signature | 95,000 km (H and V) | Same figure both speed ratings |
| Signature HP | 75,000 km | High-performance touring |
| Winter Maxx (winter) | Not listed | Winter lines have no treadwear figure; the 45-day guarantee still applies |
First thing to know: the warranty belongs to the manufacturer, not the store. Tires bought from us can be claimed at any authorized dealer of that brand anywhere in the country — if you move away, or something goes wrong on a road trip, you do not have to drive back to Markham for us to handle it. (Two notes: the satisfaction trial exchange is the exception, which the manufacturers require you to do at the original place of purchase; and warehouse chains such as Costco and Canadian Tire generally only process claims on tires they sold themselves, so call ahead — that is their store policy, not the warranty.)
No. In North America Dunlop passenger tires are Goodyear's; in Japan and Europe the brand belongs to Sumitomo Rubber Industries. Different factories, different product lines, different warranties — so overseas reviews may not describe what you are buying here.
They are separate programs run by the same company — Goodyear-brand tires get 60 days, Dunlop and Kelly get 45. All of them let you exchange across the Goodyear family of brands.
No — no winter line appears on the Canadian tread-life table. Winter Maxx 2 and SJ8 do carry the 45-day satisfaction guarantee and the standard defect warranty.
Terms above are transcribed from the manufacturer's official Canadian documents (verified 2026-08). Manufacturers can revise terms; their current official documents govern:
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