MICHELIN TIRES Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT 60/65 MPH THE BACK RIGHT TIRE BLOW OUT. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE TIRE WITH THE SAME MAKE/MODEL TIRE AND THAT TIRE IS WEARING ON THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. THE DEARLERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE TIRE LOOKED LIKE IT HAD LOST AIR PRESSURE, BUT THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF PUNCTURE. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. TS

THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPERATED AND THEN BLEWOUT. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

MY MAJOR CONCERN IS WITH REGARD TO THE FAILURE OF ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL WHILE DRIVING IN THE SNOW DURING THE SNOW STORM ON DEC 5TH. THESE SYSTEMS ARE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE A LAYER OF SAFETY IN THESE CONDITIONS. WHEN I CONTACTED MERCEDES ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE SENSORS MUST HAVE GOTTEN WET AND THEREFORE MADE THE SYSTEM INOPERABLE. THEN DOES THIS MEAN THAT THERE IS AN INHERRENT DESIGN PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. I HOPE YOU WILL TAKE A LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM, BEFORE ANYONE ELSE HAS TO GO THROUGH A NIGHTMARE DRIVING SITUATION AS I HAD TO. THAT I DID NOT GET INTO AN ACCIDENT IS A MIRACLE. HOWEVER SOMEONE ELSE MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY. DT

TIRE RIMS CORRODING, CAUSING PITS WHICH GENERATE TIRE LEAKS AT THE RIM. INITIALLY ASSUMED POOR TIRE SEAL JOB, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED REPEATEDLY FOR ALL TIRE RIMS, SOMETIMES CAUSING TIRE DEFLATION AT EVERY TRIP. IF NOT NOTICED, SUCH DEFLATION COULD LEAD TO. DT

ALL SEASON TIRE; WHEN DRIVING ON WET, ICE OR SNOWY ROAD SURFACES "TIRES HAVE BAD TRACTION". PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TIRE SIZE P22560R/16;ORGINIAL EQUIPMENT; PLEASE INCLUDED DOT NUMBER. TS

CONSUMER REALIZED THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WERE NOT SAFE FOR DRIVING IN WINTER CONDITIONS. THE BOOKLET THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE STATES, WHEN DRIVING IN WINTER CONDITIONS TAKE SPECIAL CARE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND AVOID ACCIDENTS. CONSUMER FEELS THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN POINTED OUT TO HIM AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. THE TIRES ARE MICHELIN 245/45 ZR 18 PILOT SPORTS. *JG *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRES BLEW OUT CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. SIZE#23580R22 PLEASE PROVIDE THE DOT#. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

TREAD PEELED OFF LEFT REAR TIRE AT 65 MPH STILL HELD AIR. RIGHT REAR TIRE DEVELOPED "BUBBLE" AT THE SAME TIME WHERE TREAD HAD BEGUN TO SEPARATE. TIRES HAD LESS THAN 13,000 MILES (NEW TIRES ON USED VEHICLE, LESS THAN ONE YEAR OF WEAR). DT

CAR (2002 HONDA 2 DOOR COUPE) IS LESS THAN 1 YEAR, 10 MONTHS TO BE EXACT. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 30 MPH, EXPERIENCED A BUBBLE. DEALER SAID TO CALL MICHELIN, WHICH WAS DONE. TIRES ARE LESS THAN A YEAR OLD YET EVEN WITH A "WARRANTY" ARE NOT COVERED. I QUESTION WHAT EXACTLY IS A WARRANTY, IF TIRES LESS THAN A YEAR OLD BUBBLEAND ARE NOT COVERED? I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT I CAUSED THE BUBBLE BY DRIVING TOO FAST OR HITTING A POT HOLE OR ROCK. I HAVE A CLEAR LICENSE, NEVER BEEN PULLED OVER FOR SPEEDING, AND NEVER HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT. I FEEL THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED NOW OR EVEN 2 YEARS FROM NOW. THESE TIRES ONLY HAVE 16,500 MILES. MICHELIN REFUSES TO COVER COSTS OF REPLACEMENT, WHICH IS NOT THE REAL ISSUE. GOD FORBID I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE TIRE FAILURE, WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE? IT'S A QUESTION OF CREDIBILITY WHICH APPARENTLY MICHELIN TIRES IS NOT WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT THEY ARE IN FACT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEFECTS IN THEIR TIRES. DT

I HAVE HAD REPEATED WHEEL FAILURE THAT HAS LEAD TO PREMATURE WEARING OF MY TIRES. DT