MICHELIN TIRES Complaints

TIRE TREADS SEPARATED FROM TIRE WHILE DRIVING. TIRE SIZE P225/60R16. *AK *SC

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 OWN 8 MX4 MICHELIN TIRES I ROTATE AND USE 4 IN THE WINTER AND FOUR IN THE SUMMER. WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH I EXPERIENCED A CATASTROPHIC BLOW-OUT ON MY FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE IM A PROFESSIONAL DRIVER AND HAVE LOGGED OVER 1.5 MILLION MILES IN COMMERCIAL AND PERSONAL VEHICLES AND I UTILIZE THE SMITH SYSTEM .THE ROAD WAS CLEAR WITH LITTLE TRAFFIC AND NO ROAD HAZARDS PRESENT. TWO WEEKS LATER ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH. ANOTHER MASSIVE BLOW-OUT LEFT REAR BOTH TIMES LARGE HOLES IN THE SIDEWALLS ONE TIER MANUFACTURED IN 2000 THE OTHER IN 1999 MILES ON BOTH TIRES 17K TIERS INSPECTED AND CONFIRMED BLOWOUT ORIGINATED FROM THE INSIDE .SIMILAR OCCURRENCES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. MY REMAINING SIX TIRES HAVE BEEN INSPECTED FOR SIDE WALL DAMAGE OR UNUSUAL WEAR AND NONE FOUND VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED AND NO DEFECTS FOUND.*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.

PROBLEMS WITH MICHELIN TIRE EQUIPMENT ON 1998 HONDA CIVIC. *MR DURING THE PAST NINE MONTHS, THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED 6 FLAT TIRES. TWO FLATS HAVE OCCURRED WHILE COMMUTING ON A DANGEROUS HIGHWAY. THE PROBLEM BEGAN WHEN THE CONSUMER PURCHASED A FULL SET OF MICHELIN TIRES. THE COMMON FACTOR OF THE FLATS, STEMMED FROM A CRACKED VALVE STEM, WITH THE CRACK ALWAYS LOCATED NEAR THE BASE OF THE STEM ON THE WHEEL AXLE SIDE. THE VALVE STEMS MAY BE TOO LONG FOR THE RIMS. *SC *JB

FAULTY NO BENT OR SCRATCHED ON RIM. SHOULD BE REIMBURSE FOR TIRE. *BF THE VEHICLE TIRE HAD A RIP IN THE INSIDE WALL. THE CONSUMER WANTED TO BE REIMBURSED. *TC

I HAVE A 2000 COACHMEN MOTORHOME WHICH CAME WITH MICHELIN XRV TIRES ON IT. SPECIFICALLY 235/80R 22.5. I HAVE HAD ONE TIRE BLOW OUT WHILE DRIVING AND ANOTHER TIE WAS DISCOVERED TO HAVE WHAT APPEARED TO BE A "WIDE PLY GAP" ON THE SIDEWALL SO I REMOVED IT. ON THE FIRST TIRE, WHICH BLEW OUT, I CALLED MICHELIN AND THEY WERE IMMEDIATELY DEFENSIVE. EVEN THOUGH I WAS NICE THE LADY DIDN'T LIKE MY PERSISTENCE AND HUNG UP ON ME. THE MICHELIN CALL CENTER TOLD ME THAT 70% OF MOTORHOMES ARE OVERLOADED AND THAT MINE WAS PROBABLY OVERLOADED ALSO. SHE REFERRED ME TO A DEALER IN SALT LAKE CITY. I WENT TO A DEALER WHO HAD THE MICHELIN REP LOOK AT IT. HE SAID IT WAS THE RESULT OF AN IMPACT BUT HE GAVE ME A $100 CREDIT. IN AUGUST I FOUND A BUBBLE ON ANOTHER TIRE AND TOOK IT TO A GOODYEAR DEALER WHO SAID IT LOOKED LIKE A WIDE PLY GAP AND REFERRED ME TO A MICHELIN DEALER IN THE AREA. THAT DEALER LOOKED AT IT AND SAID HE SEE THIS FREQUENTLY AND ADVISED ME TO GET THESE TIRE OFF MY RV ASAP. I COULD NOT REPLACE IT AS HE HAD QUIT STOCKING THE TIRES BECAUSE THEY WERE SO BAD. I CALLED MICHELIN AND GOT THE SAME 70% OVERLOADED STORY A FEW MONTHS LATER AND WAS REFERRED TO A LOCAL DEALER. THIS TIRE HAD NOT BLOWN OUT SO I KNEW I WOULD GET THE TIRE REPLACED AS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT. WITH NO INDICATION OF ANY IMPACT ON THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE THE NEW MICHELIN DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS A RESULT OF IMPACT. I OBJECTED AND HE GOT HOSTILE. AS HE HELPED ME PUT THE TIRE BACK IN THE RV HE SMASHED HIS FINGER SEVERELY: ). THAT WHAT HE GETS FOR LYING! I TALKED TO A MOTORHOME DEALER AND HE TOLD ME OF THE PROBLEMS IN THE INDUSTRY WITH MICHELIN XRV TIRES SO, I WANT THEM ALL REPLACED. *JB

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

DODGE DAKOTA HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS AT LOW MILES, NOTICE SCRUNCH SOUND IN FRONT SUSPENSION. *BF THE CONSUMER NOTICED A SLIGHT WOBBLE AS HE DROVE THE VEHICLE. PLY SEPARATION WAS THE CAUSE OF THE WOBBLE IN THE TIRE FAILURE.