MICHELIN TIRES Complaints

PASSENGER FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT AT AROUND 20,000 MILES ON ODOMETER; SECOND DRIVER SIDE TIRE FOUND TO HAVE BUBBLE ON INSIDE SIDEWALL AROUND 25,000 MILES ON ODOMETER; SECOND TIRE TAKEN TO MICHELIN DEALER WHOM STATED THAT TIRE APPEARED TO BE AFFECTED BY IMPACT AND NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY; TIRES HAVE ONLY BEEN IMPACTED BY NORMAL POTHOLES, ETC; TALKED TO SEVERAL FOLKS INCLUDING CHASSIS MANUFACTURER (FREIGHTLINER) AND FOUND THAT SIDEWALLS VERY THIN ON XRV TIRES AND FREQUENTLY EXPERIENCE BLOWOUTS; ALSO FOUND SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS ON INTERNET OF FOLKS EXPERIENCING BLOWOUTS AT SIMILAR MILEAGE; HAVE SINCE REPLACED TIRES WITH XVE SINCE THESE ARE MUCH THICKER SIDEWALLS AND HAVE LONGER WEAR.*JB

FRAME MOUNTS UNDER REAR WHEEL WELLS ON 2000 WINNEBAGO JOURNEY FAILED DUE TO FAULTY WELDING; NOTICED PROBLEM WHEN METAL IN WHEEL WELLS STARTED COLLAPSING; THESE WELDS JOIN THE CHASSIS TO FRAME OF RV; HAVE NO REAL INDICATION OF WHEN WELDS FAILED BUT HAS BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS; BECAUSE OF FAULTY WELDS, LOTS OF SHIFTING AND SAGGING IN BACK OF RV ALSO CAUSING POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD AND HAS FALLEN ON AIR LINES. *JB

LARGE HOLE APPEARED IN SIDEWALL OF TIRE ON MY DAUGHTER'S CAR WHEN TIRE CONTACTED CURB WHILE PARKING, CAUSING TIRE BLOWOUT. GARAGE MECHANIC STATES THAT TIRE APPEARED TO BE FLAWED AND PRONE TO SUCH CATASTOPHIC BLOWOUT. THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION WHICH COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN TRAGIC IF CONTACT WITH CURB HAD OCCURRED WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHER SPEED. I REQUEST THAT AN URGENT REVIEW OF THIS TIRE BE CONDUCTED, ESPECIALLY IF THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER SIMILAR OCCURRENCES. TIRE INVOLVED WAS MICHELIN MX4, ALL SEASON, P195/65R15, M+S. *JB

LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER PURCHASE AND AFTER ABOUT 3,000 MILES, MOSTLY ON THE HIGHWAY, THE SIDE OF MY TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON MY MUDDY DRIVEWAY GOING AT THE BLINDING SPEED OF 3-4 MILES PER HOUR. *JB

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A VIBRATION IN THE FRONT. THE DEALER STATED THE STEEL BELTS WERE OFF. *JB THE CONSUMER'S PERSONAL MECHANIC STATED THE STEEL BOLTS WERE GONE INSIDE BOTH REAR TIRES. *PH *JB

TWO DAYS AFTER PURCHASE OF VEHICLE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH. CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. *AK

3 SEPARATE MICHELIN TIRE SIDEWALL BLOWOUTS, THE MOST RECENT BEING SEPT 3. ALL INVOLVE 255/80R22.5 XRV TIRES. TIRE PRESSURES SET AT 105 PSI(COLD). 3 CERTIFIED SCALE WEIGHT TICKETS INDICATE RV WELL UNDER GROSS FRONT AND REAR. FAILED TIRE TREAD DEPTHS MEASURE IDENTICAL ACROSS TIRE (12/32). ALL FAILURES BETWEEN 31,000 AND 38,000 MILES. ONE FAILURE DAMAGED THE RV.*AK

HAVE 2002 MERCEDES C 230 COUPE, 18000 MILES, ORIGINAL OWNER. HAD FLAT TIRE, RIGHT REAR, NO PUNCTURE NOTED BY TIRE REPAIR SHOP. SHOP STATED TIRES ALMOST TOTALLY WORN, WITH 2/32 TREAD ON RIGHT REAR AND 4/32 ON LEFT REAR, BOTH CENTER TREAD MEASUREMENT. FRONT TIRES A LITTLE BETTER. MICHELIN TIRES. BUT FOR INCIDENTAL FLAT TIRE WOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 18000 MILES OR PROBABLY MUCH SOONER THAN THAT. NEEDLESS TO SAY, DEALERSHIP STATES NO WARRANTY ON TIRES. HAD ROUTINE SERVICE AND NOTED VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS PULLED TO RIGHT AND HAS HAD HARD POUNDING NOISE WHEN GOING OVER SLIGHTEST BUMP. DEALER STATED NO PROBLEMS NOTED IN PULLING TO RIGHT OR IN THE POUNDING NOISE. SINCE FLAT TIRE, VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALERSHIP AND HAS HAD STABILIZER BAR CONNECTING LINKS, TORSION ROD REPLACED. PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED LONG AGO. QUESTION WHETHER DEFECTIVE STABILIZER BARS CAUSED TIRES TO WEAR MUCH FASTER. NO INDICATION FROM DEALERSHIP. BELIEVE MERCEDES BENZ SHOULD BE PLACED ON NOTICE OF CONDITION. CONSEQUENCES COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. MERCEDES BENZ AND/OR MICHELIN SHOULD ADVISE OF POTENTIAL LOW LIFE EXPECTANCY OF THEIR TIRES. TIRE SIZE, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT 225/45 ZR 17 91Y. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, WHICH CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

ALL FOUR VEHICLE TIRES LOST PRESSURE WHILE DRIVING. *MR WHILE DRIVING ALL FOUR MICHELIN TIRE LOST TIRE PRESSURE. UPON INSPECTION THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED A SIDEWALL TEAR 1.5 INCH IN LENGTH, PERPENDICULAR TO TREAD. INSPECTION OF THE OTHER THREE TIRES REVEALED THAT ONE OTHER TIRE HAD A BULGE IN THE SIDEWALL ABOUT 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER. (MICHELIN PILOT HXMXM4, DOT# B938 CTTX1102) *SCC *NLM