MICHELIN XRV TIRES Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 65-70 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, AND IT FLIPPED OVER SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLOWOUT. 255/80R22.5XRV.*AK TIRES WERE PROPERLY INFLATED AT 120 PSI DURING THE TIME OF INCIDENT. RECALL ISSUED BY VEHICLE'S MANUFACTURER REGARDING FRONT TIRES. *LA

THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER TO HAVE THE TIRE RECALL 04V037000 PERFORMED. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THEY WILL SEND THE REPLACEMENT TIRE TO A DEALERSHIP IN THEIR STATE. IT HAS BEEN 3 MONTHS AND THE DEALERSHIP HASN'T RECEIVED THE REPLACEMENT TIRES AND THE MANUFACTURER IS NOT RETURNING THE CONSUMER'S CALLS. *JB THE CONSUMER FINALLY RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THE DEALER WOULD CONTACT HIM TO SET UP A DATE TO REPLACE THE TIRES. THE CONSUMER HASN'T RECEIVED THAT CALL YET. *NM

FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING. *PH THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT OF THE EXPENSES INCURRED. WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEWOUT, THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING. DUE TO THE WEIGHT IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE LARGER TIERS WERE REQUIRED. THE TIRES SHOULD BE 275 70 R22.5 XZA'S AND SHOULD BE REPLACED BY THE NEWMAR CORP. (DUTCHSTAR S#64170) *SC THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER IN THE MAIL REGARDING THE ISSUE. RECALL #04V7037000. *JB (NEWMAR DUTCHSTAR)

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 02V278000 CONCERNING BRAKE ASSEMBLY FAILURE. CONSUMER HAS HAD THE RECALL NOTICE SINCE 10-11-03, AND REPAIRS WERE NOT DONE. *AK.

WHILE DRIVING ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS TIRES BLEW OUT. MICHELIN TIRES WERE MADE TO HOLD THE CAPACITY OF A MOTOR HOME, AND SHOULD NOT HAVE BLOWN OUT. THE MOTOR HOME WAS NOT OVERLOADED, AND HAD THE PROPER TIRE PRESSURE. *AK THE TIRES FAILED WITH AN EXPLOSIVE FORCE AND CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. MICHELIN REFUSED TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. (THE NEWMAR CORP. RECALLED THESE TIRES DUE TO THE DEFECT) THE TIRES BLEW ON BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE. *SC

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH THE REAR RIGHT INSIDE TIRE BLEW UP. ONE MONTH LATER THE LEFT REAR OUTSIDE TIRE BLEW UP. MICHELIN, XRV, SIZE 235/80R22.5. *AK

ON OCTOBER 10, 2003 CONSUMER NOTICED A BULGE ON THE SIDEWALL OF THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. ON FEBRUARY 23, 2004 THE RIGHT REAR INNER DUAL TIRE BLEW OUT, AND SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH. THERE WAS SOME EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE REAR FENDER. *AK

I HAVE MICHELIN XRV 255 80 22.5 TIRES. I HAVE 20K MILES ON THE COACH. I AM METICULOUS ABOUT CHECKING AND MAINTAINING PROPER AIR PRESSURE AND THE COACH IS NOT OVERWEIGHT. *AK A CURB SIDE INSIDE TIRE BLEW AT 17K MILES (A ZIPPER TEAR ON THE INSIDE SIDEWALL). I WAS TOLD I DON'T MAINTAIN PRESSURE AND THAT PARTICULAR TIRE ALWAYS IS THE ONE TO BLOW....OR I HIT SOMETHING. AT 19K MILES THE INSIDE TIRE ON THE STREET SIDE BLEW IN GEORGIA DOING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE INSIDE FENDER WELL (A ZIPPER TEAR ON INSIDE SIDEWALL). AGAIN, I WAS TOLD I AM OVERLOADING THE COACH AND NOT MAINTAINING TIRE PRESSURE. PLUS, THE INSIDE DUAL TIRES DON'T GET ENOUGH AIR AND RUN HOT CAUSING THEM TO WEAR OUT FASTER. I HAVE WEIGHED THE COACH AND I AM UNDER 17K POUNDS ON THE REAR AXLE AND THE TIRES ARE RATED TO 19.2K POUNDS ON THE REAR AXLE. ON THE RETURN TRIP TO PA WE STOPPED FOR DINNER AND NOTICED THAT AN OUTSIDE REAR DUAL HAD '3' BUBBLES ON THE OUTSIDE SIDEWALL INDICATING THAT BANDS HAD BROKEN. I AM NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE THE COACH, FOR FEAR THAT ANOTHER BLOW OUT (PARTICULARLY ON A STEER TIRE) MAY CAUSE ME TO CRASH. I HAVE DONE A SEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND NHTSA AND IT APPEARS THE MICHELIN XRV TIRE SHOULD BE RECALLED/REPLACED BECAUSE THERE ARE PRETTY MANY PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS MYSELF. I HAVE ALSO DISCOVERED THAT NEWMAR IS REPLACING THE XRV WITH XZA1 TIRES FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. FURTHER, MY LATEST REPLACEMENT MICHELIN TIRE WITH A DOT DATE OF 0204 HAS A DIFFERENT MAXIMUM AIR PRESSURE RECOMMENDATION (110 FROM 105) AND AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE WEIGHT CARRYING CAPACITY OF THE TIRE WHICH WOULD INDICATE TO ME THAT THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES/PROBLEMS REGARDING THIS TIRE. DO A SEARCH OF THE MICHELIN XRV ON THE INTERNET, READ THE THREADS YOU FIND AND TELL ME HONESTLY THAT THERE IS NOT A PROBLEM WITH THIS TIRE. DO A SEARCH OF THE GOODYEAR G670....DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'LL FIND, THAT IT IS A GREAT REPLACEMENT FOR THE MICHELIN XRV (AND MORE HORROR STORIES RELATED TO THE XRV).

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE FRONT LEFT TIRE BLEW OUT. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO THE REAR RIGHT INSIDE TIRE. ON BOTH TIRES THE SIDEWALL RUPTURED, CAUSING THE BLOW OUT. *AK *JB

WE WERE STUCK IN TRAFFIC DURING THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY AND WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY WHEN WE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THOUHT SOMEONE HAD RAN INTO THE BACK OF US. AFTER INSPECTION, WE HAD HAD A BLOWOUT ON THE LEFT INSIDE REAR TIRE. IT HAD BLOWN OUT ON THE TOP SIDE TEARING THE DUCT WORK TO THE FURNACE UP. WE ALSO NOTICED ON THE OTHER, THE REAR RIGHT OUTSIDE TIRE HAD A BUBBLE ON IT. BOTH WERE ON THE SIDWALLS. AFTER PURCHASING A USED TIRE TO GET US HOME THE OTHER TIRE BLOW OUT WHILE SITTING AT THE HOUSE THE NEXT DAY. I HAVE MADE SEVERAL CALLS TO THE MANUFACTURE AND EVEN SENT THE TIRES TO THEM. THEY SAID IT WAS A ZIPPER RIP AND WAS NOT COVERED. THE TIRES ONLY HAD 16,000 MILES ON THEM AND WERE ONLY A YEAR AND A HALF OLD. THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS MAINTAINED CORRECTLY AND WE HAD THE COACH WEIGHED AND IT WAS NOT OVER LOADED AND HAS NEVER BEEN OVERLOADED. THIS SEEMS TO BE THE EXCUSE THEY US FOR EVERYONE INSTEAD OF EXCEPTING THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT.