Effects of coating materials of steel cord, compounding ingredients, service history, and aging methods on the adhesion between steel cord and rubber compound were investigated for four different test tires, which were manufactured using the brass(Cu/Zn) coated steel cords, the ternary alloy(Cu/Zn/Ni) coated steel cords, and the compounding rubbers with different amounts of sulfur and cobalt salt respectively. The main effect and the mutual interaction of each factor were investigated by the analysis of variance for the test results. Initial adhesion was not affected by cure conditions. However, the adhesion after aging was found to be affected clearly. Analysis of adhesion after tire services or aging processes showed that good adhesion was obtained for the ternary alloy coated steel cords, and the degradation rate of adhesion was increased by the compound containing cobalt salt. Experimental data of adhesion for test tires were in accord with the results obtained using TCAT test method.