Highway / All-Season · #39 of 50
Firestone Destination LE3 on a Toyota Tacoma.
Firestone Destination LE3 scored for Tacoma use: 6.4/10 blended, strongest on quiet, settled highway manners (9/10), weakest on mud clearing (1/10), in 9 Tacoma sizes.
The short answer
The Firestone Destination LE3 is a mid-priced highway all-season that blends to 6.4/10 across the seven all-round axes in our Tacoma tire research set, ranking #39 of 50 overall.
- Strongest axes: road comfort 9/10, efficiency 9/10.
- Weakest axis: mud 1/10.
- M+S rated; 4th of 4 highway all-seasons in the set.
- Listed in 9 Tacoma sizes on 16-inch, 17-inch, and 18-inch wheels.
- The Firestone Destination LE3's row rests on 3 cited sources: dealer recommendation, retailer recommendation, and manufacturer product.
Scores here are an editorial synthesis of published manufacturer specifications, tire-industry write-ups, retailer fitment data, and Tacoma-owner reports — Taco Tires runs no instrumented testing of its own. How we score tires.
Our verdict on the Firestone Destination LE3
The Firestone Destination LE3 reads as a pavement-first highway all-season in this dataset: quiet, settled highway manners tops its profile at 9/10 with rolling efficiency at 9/10, for a 6.4/10 blend across the seven all-round axes. That shape is a specialist's: mud clearing bottoms out at 1/10 and visual aggression sits at 2/10 — an 8-point gap the headline number never sees, since neither axis feeds it, and the dataset flags it when trail capability is the priority. It stops at the M+S marking rather than the 3PMSF symbol; as a mid-priced option it sits at #39 of 50 overall and 4th of 4 highway all-seasons, is catalogued in 9 Tacoma sizes on 16- through 18-inch wheels, and rests on 3 cited sources. Its lead use cases are quiet daily driving and wet roads, one place behind the Toyo Open Country H/T II in our ranking.
The ten-axis score profile
Every model in the research set is rated 0-10 on the same ten axes. For the Firestone Destination LE3 the profile runs from 9/10 on road comfort down to 1/10 on mud; the 6.4/10 headline figure is the average of the seven axes marked below as feeding the blend.
Blended score
6.4/10
- Category
- Highway / All-Season
- In category
- #4 of 4
- Snow rating
- M+S rated
- Price tier
- mid-priced
- Tacoma sizes
- 9
- Cited sources
- 3
| Axis | What it covers | Score | In blend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Road comfort | pavement ride quality and noise | 9/10 | Yes |
| Wet grip | traction on wet pavement | 8/10 | Yes |
| Snow | packed snow and winter road traction | 5/10 | Yes |
| Trail | dirt, gravel, and rock trail traction | 2/10 | Yes |
| Mud | deep mud traction and self-cleaning | 1/10 | No |
| Durability | puncture and sidewall resistance | 5/10 | Yes |
| Tread life | expected mileage before replacement | 8/10 | Yes |
| Efficiency | weight and rolling resistance | 9/10 | No |
| Looks | how aggressive the tread and sidewall read | 2/10 | No |
| Value | what the tire delivers per dollar | 8/10 | Yes |
7 of the ten axes feed the blended number (road comfort, wet grip, snow, trail, durability, tread life, and value); mud, efficiency, and looks are shown for the Firestone Destination LE3 but sit outside it, which is why a mud or looks score can run well above or below the headline.
Who the Firestone Destination LE3 is for
Best for
The research dataset tags the Firestone Destination LE3 for the uses below; the number after each one is the axis in its own profile that backs the tag.
- Quiet daily driving — road comfort 9/10.
- Wet roads — wet grip 8/10.
- Value per dollar — value 8/10.
- Watching fuel economy — efficiency 9/10.
Avoid if
The same dataset flags where the Firestone Destination LE3 is the wrong pick, again with the axis behind each call.
- Trail capability is the priority — trail 2/10.
- An aggressive look is the priority — looks 2/10.
- A 3PMSF severe-snow rating is required — snow 5/10.
Tacoma sizes the Firestone Destination LE3 comes in
The catalog behind this dataset records the Firestone Destination LE3 in 9 sizes that fit common Tacoma wheel diameters, spanning 16-inch, 17-inch, and 18-inch wheels. Of those, 9 have a Tacoma fitment page on this site, linked below.
Those 9 entries are the dataset's own availability list for the Firestone Destination LE3, not a live retailer feed — a model with a thin catalog gets a short list here rather than a padded one. What actually clears on your truck still depends on wheel width, offset, and how much trimming you will accept, so check the size against your generation before you buy.
Sources behind the Firestone Destination LE3's scores
The Firestone Destination LE3's row rests on 3 of the 83 cited documents behind this research set — dealer recommendation, retailer recommendation, and manufacturer product. Each is listed with the date it was read.
Firestone Destination LE3 on a Tacoma: common questions
In our editorial synthesis the Firestone Destination LE3 blends to 6.4/10 across the seven all-round axes, which places it 4th of 4 highway all-seasons and #39 of 50 in the whole research set. Its case rests on quiet, settled highway manners (9/10) and rolling efficiency (9/10), so it suits quiet daily driving, wet roads, and value per dollar.
The research catalog records the Firestone Destination LE3 as offered in 9 sizes that fit common Tacoma wheel diameters: 245/75R16, 265/70R16, 265/75R16, 245/70R17, 265/65R17, 265/70R17, 265/60R18, 265/65R18, and 265/70R18. That is the dataset's own availability list rather than a live retailer feed, so confirm the exact size and load range with the seller before ordering.
The Firestone Destination LE3 carries the M+S marking but not the 3PMSF severe-snow symbol, and our synthesis scores its snow axis at 5/10. If your state or your commute requires a severe-snow-rated tire, this is not the row to pick.
The weakest marks in the Firestone Destination LE3's profile are mud clearing at 1/10 and visual aggression at 2/10. The dataset flags it as the wrong choice when trail capability is the priority and an aggressive look is the priority. Those judgements come from the 3 cited sources listed on this page, not from anything measured here.