MICHELIN X TIRE TIRES Complaints

PASSENGER FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT AT AROUND 20,000 MILES ON ODOMETER; SECOND DRIVER SIDE TIRE FOUND TO HAVE BUBBLE ON INSIDE SIDEWALL AROUND 25,000 MILES ON ODOMETER; SECOND TIRE TAKEN TO MICHELIN DEALER WHOM STATED THAT TIRE APPEARED TO BE AFFECTED BY IMPACT AND NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY; TIRES HAVE ONLY BEEN IMPACTED BY NORMAL POTHOLES, ETC; TALKED TO SEVERAL FOLKS INCLUDING CHASSIS MANUFACTURER (FREIGHTLINER) AND FOUND THAT SIDEWALLS VERY THIN ON XRV TIRES AND FREQUENTLY EXPERIENCE BLOWOUTS; ALSO FOUND SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS ON INTERNET OF FOLKS EXPERIENCING BLOWOUTS AT SIMILAR MILEAGE; HAVE SINCE REPLACED TIRES WITH XVE SINCE THESE ARE MUCH THICKER SIDEWALLS AND HAVE LONGER WEAR.*JB

FRAME MOUNTS UNDER REAR WHEEL WELLS ON 2000 WINNEBAGO JOURNEY FAILED DUE TO FAULTY WELDING; NOTICED PROBLEM WHEN METAL IN WHEEL WELLS STARTED COLLAPSING; THESE WELDS JOIN THE CHASSIS TO FRAME OF RV; HAVE NO REAL INDICATION OF WHEN WELDS FAILED BUT HAS BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS; BECAUSE OF FAULTY WELDS, LOTS OF SHIFTING AND SAGGING IN BACK OF RV ALSO CAUSING POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD AND HAS FALLEN ON AIR LINES. *JB

3 SEPARATE MICHELIN TIRE SIDEWALL BLOWOUTS, THE MOST RECENT BEING SEPT 3. ALL INVOLVE 255/80R22.5 XRV TIRES. TIRE PRESSURES SET AT 105 PSI(COLD). 3 CERTIFIED SCALE WEIGHT TICKETS INDICATE RV WELL UNDER GROSS FRONT AND REAR. FAILED TIRE TREAD DEPTHS MEASURE IDENTICAL ACROSS TIRE (12/32). ALL FAILURES BETWEEN 31,000 AND 38,000 MILES. ONE FAILURE DAMAGED THE RV.*AK

BOTH FRONT TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, AND THE REAR TIRES DEVELOPED A BUBBLE IN THE SIDEWALL. *AK NEW TIRES WERE PURCHASED ON FOUR OCCASIONS. *SCC *JB

(2) SEPERATE BLOW OUTS.LEFT REAR INNER DUAL, AND THE RIGHT REAR OUTER DUAL TIRE. THE FIRST BLOW OUT WAS LAST NOVEMBER APPROX. 6,000 MILES TIRE,SECOND BLOW OUT WAS ON MAY 12, 2003 APPROX.9,000 MILES ON TIRE.TIRES ARE DATED 2000, ALSO MH. WAS NOT OVERWEIGHT AT ANY TIME. T IRE PRESSURE WAS 90LBS. FRONT,100LBS REARS. TIRE BRAND: MICHELIN XRV 235/80 22.5 RIMS IT APPEARS THESE TIRES DEFECTIVE AND UNSAFE. ALTHOUGH THE TIRES HAVE LOW MILAGE ON THEM I AM GOING TO REPLACE WITH ANOTHER BRAND. WE WERE LUCKY THE BLOW OUTS WERE NOT ON THE FRONT TIRES. I HAVE THE CERTIFIED SCALE WEIGHTS OF EACH AXLE AND TOTAL WIEGHT, I CAN FORWARD THEM TO YOU IF NEEDED .

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 61 MPH THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE HAD TREAD SEPERATION, THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. REPLACEMENT TIRES, 200 MILES, P215/70R15, MOUNTED ON A 1991 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. NLM

RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 60 MPH WITH DRIVER AND ONE PASSENGER IN A 1998, HOLIDAY, RAMBLER, ENDEAVOR, TIRE SIZE 235/80R22.5, DOT# UNAVAILABLE. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK

VEHICLE WAS CONSTANTLY VIBRATING. TOOK IT TO A TIRE CENTER. SERVICE TECHNICIAN FOUND A BUBBLE ON SIDEWALL, AND SAID IT COULD EVENTUALLY BLOWOUT.CONSUMER PURCHASED USED 1997, DODGE, CARAVAN WITH AFTERMARKET TIRES. TIRE MODEL IS A X4 SIZE P215/65R15.*AK

I BOUGHT A SET OF MICHELIN X-ONE TIRES IN JULY OF 1998. THEY HAD A MANUFACTURE DATE OF 1998 ON THEM. THREE WEEKS AGO ONE WENT FLAT SUDDENLY ON THE INTERSTATE. I CHANGED IT AND TOOK THE TIRE IN TO THE STORE THAT SOLD IT TO ME AND IT WAS REPLACED. THIS LAST WEEKEND I TOOK THE REMAINING TIRES OFF THE VEHICLE. THE SIDEWALL WAS PEELING OFF ONE (LIKE IT DID ON THE TIRE THAT WENT FLAT ON THE INTERSTATE) - THERE WAS A BUBBLE ON THE EXTERIOR SIDE WALL OF ANOTHER - AND THE LAST HAD A CRACKS AROUND THE TREAD AND SHOULDER JOINT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TIRE. (ACTUALLY, ALL 4 TIRES HAD THIS CRACK BETWEEN THE TREAD AND SIDEWALL ON BOTH SIDES.) THE CRACK WAS DEEP ENOUGH TO SHOW THE TIRE CARCASS SEVERAL PLACES. THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 5/32 INCH TREAD ON THE TIRES. THERE IS + OR - 1/32 INCH DEPTH CLOSER TO THE SIDEWALLS. MOST OF THE TIRE PATCH HAD A DEPTH OF 6/32 INCH. THE TIRES WERE 205-65-R-15 SIZE AND WERE INSTALLED ON A 1992 TOYOTA CAMRY STATION WAGON.*AK (TIRESIZE: 205/65R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 205/65R15 )

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THEN REPLACED WITH SPARE, AND FEW MILES LATER HAPPENED THE SAME, BUT ON LEFT FRONT TIRE. *AK