MICHELIN LTX M/S2 TIRES Complaints

MICHELIN TIRES DRY ROTTING AND CRACKING 4 YEARS OLD, SIMILAR TIRES RELLED BY MICHELIN BUT NOT MINE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-250 EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN TIRES, TIRE LINE: LTX/AT, (NA) TIRE SIZE: LT275/65/R20, AND DOT NUMBER: B70T003X3011. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT COULD FEEL SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE TIRES, WHICH BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT BOTH REAR TIRES EXHIBITED TREAD SEPARATION. THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS REPLACED. MOST RECENT THE FAILURE RECURRED HOWEVER, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE ABD TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000.

SIDE WALL DEFECT IN TIRE CAUSE TIRE FAILURE & ACCIDENT . FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLOW OUT CAUSE VEHICLE TO PULL HARD RIGHT HITTING CAR IN FAR RIGHT TURN LANE . VEHICLE TIRE BLEW CAUSING IT TO SIDESWIPE NEXT TO IT. HOLE IN SIDEWALL DISCOVERED AFTER ACCIDENT .

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN LTX M/S2 TIRES, SIZE: P225/75/R16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT AND THE THREAD SEPARATED FROM THE BELT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE TIRE WAS NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-350 SD EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN LTX M/S2 TIRES, SIZE: LT275/70R18 (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE SIDEWALL AND THE STEEL BELT OF THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE SEPARATED. THE TIRES WERE NOT INSPECTED OR REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

THREE WEEK NEW (JUNE 11,2015) MICHELIN LTX A/T 2 ALL SEASON 265/6517 112S PURCHASED AND INSTALLED BY COSTCO, BLEW OUT DRIVERS SIDE REAR( JULY, 6, 2015) AT 70 MPH WITH AN OAT OF 78 DEGREES. ENTIRE SID WALL DISINTEGRATED. TIRE WAS PROPERLY FILLED WITH NITROGEN TO THE MANUFACTURES RECOMMENDED PRESSURE AND HAD APPROXIMATELY 1500 MILES ON THE TIRE) 2009 TACOMA CLUB CAB TRUCK 4 X 4 WITH TWO LIGHT WEIGHT PASSENGERS AND NO CARGO. NOTE: THIS SAME MODEL TIRE WAS RECALLED BY MICHELIN LAST SUMMER (2014) DUE TO A SIDEWALL DEFECT THAT CAUSED UNKNOWN SIDEWALL BLOW OUTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-350 SD EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN LTX MS II TIRES SIZE LT235/85 R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE SIDEWALLS WERE CRACKED. THE TIRES WERE TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 131,956 AND THE DOT WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN LTX II TIRES, SIZE: 275-55 R20. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SIDEWALL WAS CRACKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THE FAILURE WAS CONFIRMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE, VIN AND DOT NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TIRE RECALL NOTICE ISSUES. *SMD THE REPAIR SHOP THEY COULD ONLY REPLACE THE RECALLED TIRES WITH B.F. GOODRICH TIRES. THE CONSUMER STATED HE PREFERRED TO KEEP MICHELIN ON HIS VEHICLE. *JB

MICHELIN TIRES CRACKING IN THE TREADS ON ALL TIRES. MICHELIN NOT FOLLOWING THEIR PUBLISHED WARRANTY IN PRO-RATING FOR ADJUSTMENT. TIRES WITH 58 TO 67% TREAD LEFT AND MICHELIN RELUCTANTLY AGREED TO A 35% ADJUSTMENT. DEALER AND CUSTOMER WERE TOLD "IF THE CRACK CANNOT BE SPREAD OPEN AND SEE LINING, IT IS A COSMETIC CRACK". *TR