MICHELIN TIRES Complaints

WHEN ACCELERATING ONLY ON WET SURFACES TIRES SLIPPED AND SLID. DEALER STATED THAT IT WAS NORMAL, AND JUST TO STOP AND APPLY THE GAS AGAIN. *AK

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

STEERING FEELS LIKE THE POWER STEERING UNIT IS NOT UP TO SPEED OR THE 4 WD IS ENGAGED DURING LOW SPEED TURNS LIKE IN SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOTS OR TIGHT TURNS ON OFF RAMPS. *JB

POOR GENERAL PERFORMANCE OF THE TIRE, WET WEATHER AND WINTER CONDITIONS, POOR BRAKING, POOR ACCELLERATION, EXCESSIVE TREAD WEAR FOR A 400 RATED TIRE. SIGNIFICANTLY CONCERNED ABOUT TIRES ABILITY TO DISPLACE WATER AND BRAKE UNDER SLIPPERY CONDITIONS, WATER OR ICE.*AK

TIRE SYSTEM IS UNSAFE ON MY 2003 MERCEDES BENZ C230 COMPRESSOR. TIRES POP WHEN HITTING CURBS BECAUSE OF 17" RIMS AT ONLY 2 MPH AND TIRE WEAR IS ONLY 15K PER TIRE. REPLACED TWO TIRES WHILE TRAVELING ONLY MINIMAL SPEED. TIRES HAVE ONLY 10K MILES. *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT ON THE INSIDE SIDEWALL. THE VEHICLE SWERVED TO THE RIGHT, ACROSS A MEDIAN AND INTO 2 LANES OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC (MICHELIN MNRHT, P225/60T16, DOT # 09575883). *NM *TC

AROUND APRIL 2004 CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT TIRE PROBLEMS. HE TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THEY TOOK BOTH FRONT WHEELS OFF AND PUT THEM IN THE BACK. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM. HOWEVER, WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH REAR LEFT TIRE BLEW OFF. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF INJURY. CONSUMER TOOL VEHICLE TO DEALER TO GET TIRES SERVICED. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY DID NO LONGER HAVE THIS VEHICLE'S SPECIFIC TIRES, THEY WERE DISCONTINUED. *AK

PURCHASED THE TIRES ON APRIL 24,2004 FROM SEARS. I HAD MY FIANCE TAKE MY VEHICLE BACK TO SEARS APPROXIMATELY A MONTH OR MONTH AND A HALF AGO AND REPORTED TO THEM THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES AND ALL THEY DID WAS ROTATE ALL 4 TIRES FOR ME. THEN TONIGHT 12/4/04 WE WERE DRIVING HOME FROM OUTTING WITH MY CHILDREN AND DRIVING 55M.P.H. AND HAD TO PULL OF THE HIGHWAY FOR A FLAT TIRE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE TIRE YOU COULD SEE WHERE IT LOOKS TO BE THE BEADING SEPERATED. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THE TIRE AND THE VEHICLE WITH THE OTHER 3 TIRES BACK TO SEARS TOMORROW, 12/05/04 AND SEE WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES. TIRES ARE MANUFACTURED BY MICHELIN AND ARE ROAD HANDLER 215/65S16. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER WAS FLAGGED DOWN BY ANOTHER MOTORIST ON THE HIGHWAY AND WAS INFORMED THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE PASSENGER 'S SIDE TIRE. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER. THE PASSENGER 'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. MICHELIN, ENERGY MXV4 PLUS, 235/6517 RADIAL XE, DOT AP87W3XX2003. THE DRIVER CALLED FOR ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE , AND VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK *SC