MICHELIN TIRES Complaints

REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR TIRE FAILURE. *MR THE TREAD SEVERED THE BRAKE LINE. THERE WAS ALSO A VIBRATION WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS GOING 65 MPH. RECALL# 04V037000. *SC *JB

PROCEDING ALONG INTERSTATE HWY APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN TIRE BLOWS. NO OBSTRUCTION IN ROADWAY TO CAUSE TIRE FAILURE. SIDEWALL ON TIRE WAS SPLIT APROX. 8 INCHES IN LENGTH.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04V037000 CONCERNING TIRES: CONSUMER WAS WAITING SINCE FEBRUARY OF 2004 TO GET RECALL REPAIRS DONE. DEALER CONTINUED TO GIVE THE CONSUMER A RUN AROUND. MICHELIN, XZA, 275/70R 22.5. *AK THE SERVICE DEALER ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE PROBLEM, BUT THERE WAS NO SUCCESS. THE RV WAS BUILT ON A FREIGHTLINER CHASSIS EQUIPPED MICHELIN TIRES. *SC

MICHLIN 235-80-22.5 TIRE BLEW OUT (RIGHT INNER DUAL SIDE WALL).TRAVELING AT 60 MPH. JUST HAD MOTORHOME WEIGHED AT EACH CORNERAT RALLY IN TEXAS 2 DAYS BEFORE BLOWOUT AND IT WAS WITHIN WEIGHT AND TIRE PRESSURE LIMITS. 2000 DISCOVERY (36,000) MILES CAUSED $3100.00 DAMAGE TO BODY. 2 WEEKS LATER WHILE DOING MAINT. DISCOVERED MUNTIPLE BULGES IN BOTH FRONT TIRES. REPLACED THEM AND NOW AM REPLACING LEFT REAR DUALS FOR FEAR THEY WILL BLOW! THE DEALER TELLS ME THEY ARE ON BACK ORDER FROM MICHLIN AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN THEY CAN GET ANY. I THINK 6 TIRES AT 36,000 MILES IS A PROBLEM!! I HAVE PHOTOS OF BLOWN OUT TIRE AND DAMAGE. *AK

MICHELIN, XRV, SIZE 275/70 19.5. CONSUMER CLAIMED THAT THESE TIRES FITTED THE MOTOR HOME. WHEN DRIVING THE SIDEWALLS BLEW OUT AND EXPOSES THE BELTS WITHIN. THE WIRING INSIDE WERE RUSTED. THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS EXACT. *AK

I HAVE HAD TWO BLOWOUTS USING MICHELIN XRV TIRES ON A 2001 BOUNDER MOTORHOME. THE FIRST WAS AT 17000 MILES WHEN THE INSIDE LEFT DUAL TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT CAUSING DAMAGE TO A STORAGE COMPARTMENT. THE SECOND BLOWOUT WAS TO MY FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL COVER. THE FRONT BLOWOUT IS THE MOST WORRYSOME, I WAS BARELY ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND GET THE VEHICLE INTO THE FAR RIGHT LANE AND STOPPED. THIS IS MY 4TH MOTORHOME AND WITHOUT EXCEPTION KEEP MY TIRE PRESSURES CHECKED AND INFLATED PRIOR TO ANY USE. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS TYPE PROBLEM ON ANY OF MY VEHICLES....EVER.*AK

MICHELIN PILOT PERFORMANCE TIRE - P215-50RIT93B - DOT B938CTTX0301. THESE TIRES HAVE HAD DIFFICULTY PERFORMING ON THE ROAD CASUSING ME TO HAVE TWO BLOWOUTS 8/03 AND 1/04 WITH REPLACEMENT OF RIM RIGHT FRONT 2X IN FRONT AND BACK RIGHT 6/04.

WE EXPERIENCED A TIRE BLOW-OUT ON OUR 2001 DISCOVERY. WE WERE CRUISING AT 67 MPH ON RT 80 IN IOWA WHEN THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE (A MICHELIN 255/80R22.5) BLEW OUT THE SIDEWALL. WE DID NOT RUN OVER ANYTHING. I HAD CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURE THE DAY BEFORE 100 LBS. DESTROYED THE TIRE, RIM, AND COVER OVER $1,000 DAMAGE. *LA

ZIPPER BLOWOUT ON MICHELIN 255 R80 22.5 XRV FRONT RIGHT AND FRONT LEFT TIRES AT TWO SEPARATE TIMES. FIRST ON 7/24/04 HWY I- 64, N.CAROLINA HOLIDAY RAMBLER (2000)ENDEAVOR 40' TVL SPEED ABOUT 60 MPH. OUTER SIDEWALL RUPTURED, 13,302 MILES. SECOND BLOWOUT, FRONT LEFT ON 8/10/04, HWY I-94, WISCONSIN, 14,498 MILES 60 MPH. CONFIRMED COACH WITHIN VEHICLE GVW, TIRE PRESSURE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AT CORRECT LEVEL ACCORDING TO MICHELIN PRODUCT BULLETIN REC'D IN 2000 (BEFORE WE BEGAN USING THE VEHICLE ON THE ROAD). MICHELIN ASKED TO COVER COST OF TIRE REPLACEMENTS. OFFERED TO PAY FOR FIRST BLOWOUT COST VERBALLY, GAVE 5 DAYS TO ACCEPT VERBAL OFFER UNLESS WE HAD VEHICLE WEIGHED ON CERT. SCALE. WE REQUESTED WRITTEN NOTICE, MICHELIN REP REFUSED TO PROVIDE INFO IN WRITING VIA THEIR LEGAL DEPT. AND REVOKED ANY FURTHER CONSIDERATION OVER AND ABOVE INITIAL OFFER TO PAY FOR 1ST TIRE COST THIS WAS AFTER WE HAD CERT.SCALE DOCUMENTATION. (WE WERE NOT OVERWEIGHT.) ALONG WITH COST OF TIRE REPLACEMENT, THE RIGHT WHEEL PANEL WAS BLOWN OFF, AND WE WILL HAVE TO PAY COST OF REPAIR/RESTORATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 75 MPH FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OFF, LEAVING ONLY THE RIM ATTACHED TO THE SPINDLE. SPARKS IGNITED WHEN THE RIM CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE CONCRETE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE, AND ALLOWED IT TO COAST TO A STOP. *AKI