MICHELIN XRV TIRES Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT FROM THE INSIDE. CONSUMER PULLED OFF TO HAVE THE TIRE CHANGED AND THE HYDRAULIC JACK BROKE. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIRE TO BLOW OUT.*AK *TC

THE PASSENGER REAR INSIDE DUAL TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH. THE INSIDE SIDEWALL WAS COMPLETELY BLOWN OUT. CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED, AND THE TIRE REPLACED.*AK THE CONSUMER CALLED AND STATED THERE WAS A SECOND BLOWOUT, ON DECEMBER 27TH, WHICH WAS THE DRIVER REAR TIRE. DOT B6B5BVJX409 MICHELIN XRV. 22.5 .

ON 9/28, I HAD SIDEWALL BLOW OUT ON MOTOR HOME.XRV235/80R22.5 AND ON 10/29 1200 MILES LATER HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN CAUSING DAMAGE OF 705 DOLLARS TO FIERGLASS FENDER. BOTH TIRES CARRIED MAN PRESSURE ACCORDING TO SIDEWALL OF 100PSI. I TALKED TO A MICH REP AND SHE SOUNDED UP BEAT ABOUT TAKING CARE OF SOME OF THE COST. SHE HAD SAID THE MAX PRESSURE SHOULD BE 10 LBS HIGHER , BUT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THIS . THE TIRES WERE 31/2 YRS OLD WITH 38K MILES/ AFTER AN INSPECTION, SOMEONE CALLED ME AND NE SAID NO HELP AND REALLY WON'T LISTEN TO ME. *AK

DISCOVERED CRACKS ON SIDEWALLS OF THREE (3) MICHELIN XRV 235/80/22.5 TIRES ON MY YEAR 2000 CLASS A MOTORHOME WITH 28,000 MILES. THE TIRES WERE MANUFACTURED IN 1999 AND ARE 5 YEARS OLD AND MICHELIN TIRE CO SAID THE WARRANTY FOR DEFECTS IN WORKMANSHIP IS FOR 5 YEARS. DON'T HOW LONG THE CRACKS HAVE BEEN THERE AND I AM AFRAID FOR BLOWOUTS. MICHELIN SHOULD MAKE IT GOOD AND REPLACE THE BAD TIRES. MAYBE THERE ARE MORE BAD ONES LIKE THE INSIDE OF THE DUALS?*AK

I HAVE A 2001 BOUNDER DIESEL MOTORHOME WITH MICHELIN XRV 255/80R22.5 TIRES. WITHIN A SIX MONTH PERIOD FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER 2004, FOUR OF THE ORIGINAL SIX TIRES ON THE MOTORHOME HAD BLOWOUTS BETWEEN 27,000 AND 33,000 MILES. ALL FOUR BLOWOUTS WERE SIDEWALL FAILURES CHARACTERIZED BY A "ZIPPER-RIP" ON THE SIDE OF THE TIRE. ALL BLOWOUTS WERE ON REAR TIRES OCCURRING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 55 AND 70 MPH. AIR PRESSURE IS CHECKED REGULARLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY. WEIGHT OF MOTORHOME IS WELL WITHIN TIRE SPECIFICATIONS (I HAD EACH CORNER OF THE MOTORHOME WEIGHED SEPARATELY). SINCE ALL TIRES HAD A SIMILAR TYPE OF BLOWOUT WITHIN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD, I'M QUESTIONING THE SAFETY AND SUITABILITY OF THE MICHELIN XRV TIRES FOR MOTORHOME USAGE. DOT NUMBERS OF TIRES THAT HAD BLOWOUTS NOT RECORDER BUT DOT NUMBERS OF THE REMAINING TWO ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TIRES ARE B6H6AK3X1700 AND B6H6AK3X2000.

WHILE DRIVING 63 MPH RIGHT REAR INNER TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT ON A TIFFIN, ALLEGRO BUS 2000 RV WITH TWO ADULTS IN IT. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENTS, TIRE SIZE 255/80R22.5, DOT # B6H6AK3X0100. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. *AK THE CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES. *TC

LRT REQUEST INVESTIGATION INTO FAILURE OF 3 THE 6 TIRES ON 2000 HOLIDAY RAMBLER ENDEAVOR MOTOR HOME. *BF WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT. THE TWO REAR CURB SIDE TIRES FAILED IN APRIL OF 2004. THE CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER BUT NEITHER PARTY WOULD TAKEN AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FAILURE. THE CONSUMER REQUEST $2,100. FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF ALL 6 TIRES AND $1000. FOR ESTIMATED REPAIR OF DAMAGES TO THE CURB SIDE WHEEL WELL (DOT NUMBER OF THREE OF THE ORIGINAL TIRES INCLUDING ONE OF THE FAILED TIRES, DOT B6H6AK3X419, DOT B6H6AK3X429, DOT B6H6AK3X429). *NM

BLOW OUT OF MICHELIN XRV TIRE ON NEW MOTOR HOME. TIRE DATA: DOT B6H6 AK3 X 1803 255/80R22.5 10135 MILES ON TIRE TIRE WAS INFLATED TO 98 PSI , MOTOR HOME WAS LIGHTLY LOADED. TWO RUPTURES ON OUTSIDE SIDEWALL OF TIRE , ONE "Z" SHAPED, THE OTHER "L" SHAPED. THE HOLES ARE APPROXIMATELY 70 DEGREES APART ON EITHER SIDE OF THE LABEL MICHELIN. IN BOTH THE Z AND L SHAPED HOLES THE SMALLEST TEARS ARE CIRCUMFERENTIAL (~2" EACH) THE LONGEST PART OF THE HOLES ARE RADIAL (~ 4-5" LONG). BLOWOUT OCCURRED INSTANTANEOUSLY (SOUNDED LIKE GUN SHOT) IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON I-64 IN LOUISVILLE KY. WAS ABLE TO SAFELY STOP VEHICLE ON SHOULDER WITHOUT DAMAGING RIM OR ANY OTHER PART OF THE MOTOR HOME. MY ROAD SERVICE (COACH NET) LOCATED A TIRE COMPANY WHICH 3.5 HOURS AND $412 LATER CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. *NM

WHILE DRIVING MY 2001 BOUNDER DIESEL THROUGH CRESTLINE, OH, I STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE'S SIDEWALL BLEW OUT. NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE MOTORHOME. I CALLED A ROADSIDE SERVICE COMPANY AND HAD THE TIRE REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE. THE STEEL IN THE SIDEWALL AT THE BLOWOUT SIGHT WAS RUSTED AWAY. THE TIRE WAS A MICHELIN 255/80R22.5 XRV, DOT B6H6 AK3X2300 WITH 35,292 MILES ON IT. AFTER ARRIVING HOME FROM THE TRIP, I CALLED MICHELIN TO INQUIRE ABOUT WARRANTY COVERAGE. THEY REFERRED ME TO ONE OF SEVERAL DEALERS IN THE AREA. UPON INSPECTION OF THE TIRE, I WAS TOLD MICHELIN WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE FAILURE, AND THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON FAILURE FOR THIS TIRE. THE FAILURE WAS ATTRIBUTED TO EITHER UNDER INFLATION, OVER INFLATION OR OVERLOADING (TAKE YOUR CHOICE). THESE ARE NOT VALID ASSERTIONS AS THE TIRE PRESSURE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED WITHIN 5 POUNDS OF MICHELIN'S RECOMMENDED PRESSURES, NOR HAVE THEY BEEN OVERLOADED. I HAVE KEPT THE TIRE FOR INSPECTION BY ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED. THIS TIRE IS ADVERTISED AS BEING DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR RV USEAGE. AFTER NOTICING THE INORDINATE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS BOTH ON THREADS ON THE INTERNET AND ON YOUR SITE, IT IS OBVIOUS THEY UTTERLY FAILED IN ACCOUMPLISHING A SAFE DESIGN. THIS TIRE IS DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE HIGHWAYS FOR EVERYONE'S SAFETY. MICHELINS DENIAL OF POSSIBLE DEFECT PROBLEMS HAS CHANGED MY MIND ABOUT WHETHER I SHOULD SUPPORT THEIR CORPORATION BY BUYING ANY OF THEIR PRODUCTS IN THE FUTURE.*AK

STEEL BELT RUSTED AND AS A RESULT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH . *AK *NM