MICHELIN MXV4 TIRES Complaints

FAILURE OF TIRE SIDEWALL - BLOWOUT AT 50 MPH - LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL! (TIRESIZE: 195/60/R15)

SUDDEN UNEXPECTED BLOWOUT OF RIGHT FRONT TIRE AT 70 MPH ON INTERSTATE 10 IN TEXAS. IMMEDIATE SYMPTOMS WERE DROP OF VEHICLE'S RIGHT FRONT, PULLING OF VEHICLE TOWARD THE RIGHT, AND LOUD NOISE. PULLED TO SHOULDER IMMEDIATELY AFTER ENSURING VEHICLE CONTROL, REDUCING SPEED, AND AVOIDING ADJACENT TRAFFIC. TREAD HAS COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM BOTH SIDEWALLS AFTER 3,000 MILES ON OEM EQUIPMENT. NO VISIBLE INDICATION OF PUNCTURE OR OTHER ROAD HAZARD. PROPER INFLATION OBSERVED BEFORE INCIDENT AND AFTER ON EACH REMAINING TIRE, INCLUDING FULL SIZED SPARE. DOT OF ALL TIRES IS M30D-ERKX-5000. IN POSSESSION OF TREAD AND BOTH SIDEWALLS AS OF 03/19/2001. CONTACTED CHRYSLER DEALER WHO REFERRED TO TIRE MANUFACTURER. CONTACTED TIRE MFG AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES WHO OFFERED TYPICAL RETAIL SHOP ANSWERS SUCH AS "IMPROPER MAINTENANCE" OR "YOU RAN OVER SOMETHING". PURCHASE DATE OF VEHICLE IS 01/31/2001 (APPROX 40 DAYS OF USE). I HAVE OTHER INFORMATION FROM THE TIRES INCLUDING PAPER BARCODE INFORMATION IF USEFUL.*AK (DOT NUMBER: 30DERKX500 TIRESIZE: 215/65 R16)

ORIGINAL SET OF TIRES WORN OUT 20,824 2ND SET AT 44,800 POSSIBLE MANUFACTURE DEFECT. *AK (TIRESIZE: P225-60-17)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225-60-17 )

THERE WAS A BLOWOUT ON REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE. TIRE SIZE P20565R15, DOT # B9P, ORIGINAL TIRE EQUIPMENTON 1998, HONDA, ACCORD. TIRE MILEAGE 23,700. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

COMPLETE SIDEWALL FAILURE OF A RELATIVELY NEW TIRE (ABOUT 3000 MILES OR LESS).*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P205/70R15 )

THE CLIPS ON THE INTERIOR PART OF THE SUN SHADE THAT PREVENTS BLINDING SUN FROM COMING TOUGH THE SUNROOF BENT. IT MAKES IT HARD TO OPEN OR CLOSE THE SHADE WHEN DRIVING WITHOUT GREAT FORCE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT VERY SAFE TO BE DOING WHEN DRIVING. THE PERSON THAT FIXED THE SUNROOF ALSO SAYED HE WISH'S THEY WOULD RECALL THE CLIP BECAUSE HE HAS FIXED MANY WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CLIPS JUST BEND AND JUMP OF THE TRACK THEY NEED TO SLIDE IN. WE THINK THE METAL USED FOR THE CLIPS NEED TO BE STRONGER OR REVISED.( DOT NUMBER: M3WC TIRE SIZE: 205/55R16 )

CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE THEN A "THUNK" AND THE CAR SEEMED TO FALL, CONSUMER NOTICED IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR THAT THE ENTIRE TREAD OF MICHELIN TIRE HAD COME OFF THE TIRE AND WAS ROLLING ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. NLM

CONSUMER FELT A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL BUT BY THE TIME THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THE LEFT REAR TIRE COMPLETLY SHREDDED/BLOWNOUT (MICHELIN MXV4 PLUS TIRE 205/65R15P). NLM

THIS TIRE'S SIDEWALL COMPLETELY FAILED, THE TREAD COMING OFF THE CAR INTACT. THE DEALER SAYS IT IS NORMAL DUE TO TIRE PRESSURE, ALTHOUGH THE TIRE PRESSURE SEEMED FINE. TIRE WAS PRORATED AT 50%.*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 185/65R15 )

WHILE DRIVING, THE MICHELIN MXV4 TIRE (P205 65 R15) FAILED, WITH ONLY 5600 MILES ON THE TIRE. *MJS