MICHELIN TIRES Complaints

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK CONSUMER COULD SEE THE SIDEWALL ON TIRE STARTING TO CRACK, AND IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A FUTURE BLOWOUT WHILE DRIVING. THERE WAS NO WARNING. DEALER NOTIFIED. SIZE 1855R15, DOT M3NK83AX.

AFTER ABOUT THREE YEARS AND 50,000 MILES, TIRE HAD AT LEAST HALF ITS TREAD LEFT BUT SIDEWALL DISINTEGRATED CAUSING TIRE TO BLOW OUT AT 60-65 MPH ON HIGHWAY. DRIVER NARROWLY AVOIDED CATASTROPHIC LOSS OF VEHICLE. NO PRE-EXISTING DAMAGE TO SIDEWALL WAS EVIDENT. INSPECTION TOOK PLACE ONE DAY PRIOR TO INCIDENT.*AK

DIFFICULTY WITH HANDLING WHEN TIRES WERE INSTALLED. COMPANY WENT CONSIDERED TIRE INFLATION BY PLACARD ON TRUCK. TIRE SIDE RATING INDICATED A DIFFERENT POUNDAGE. TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH B.F. GOODRICH TIRES. AGAIN TIRE PRESSURE SPECIFIED A DIFFERENT PRESSURE WHICH CAUSED TRUCK TO HAVE DIFFICULTY IN HANDLING. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

TIRES WERE PURCHASE AT COSTCO WHOLESALE. THESE TIRES SEEM TO HAVE A WEAKER SIDEWALL THAN THE OTHERS TIRES THEY SALE. POSSIBLY A SAFETY HAZARD. THESE TIRES WERE WARRANTED TO 80,000 MILES. S.*AK

EXPERIENCED TIRE FAILURE OPERATING WITH NORMAL TIRE PRESSURE, NOT OVERWEIGHT AT 62MPH. THIS TIRE DID HAVE GOOD TREAD. THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE DAMAGE DONE BY THE TIRE UPON FAILURE. THERE IS ON THIS (AND APPARENTLY MANY) MOTERHOME A LARGE WIRING BUNDLE LOCATED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE TIRE JUST ABOVE AXLE LEVEL, THAT PROVIDES MAJOR POWER TO THE ACCESSORIES INCLUDING GAS APPLIANCES AND RELATED SAFETY EQUIPMENT. WHEN THE TIRE FAILED, WHICH IS CERTAINLY NOT AN UNKNOWN OCCURRANCE IN ANY VEHICLE, THE TIRE TREAD SEVERED AND SHREDED THIS ENTIRE WIRING BUNDLE INCLUDING RIPPING WIRES THROUGH THE FLOOR OF THE MOTORHOME. I FEEL THE LOCATION OF THESE WIRING BUNDLES IS A SAFETY HAZARD, NOT TO MENTION A NEEDLESS EXPENSE TO REPAIR WERE THE WIRES IN EITHER A SAFER LOCATION OR PROPERLY SHIELDED TO WITHSTAND A TIRE FAILURE.

STEERING COLUMN FAILED AT STEERING SHAFT GEAR INPUT.... COULD SPIN THE WHEEL LIKE A FRISBY AFTER GOING OFF THE ROAD. NO SOUND, NO NOISE, NO WARNING..AND, THANK GOD, NO BODY AROUND.

ALL FOUR OF THE AFTERMARKET TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED CRACKS ALL THE WAY AROUND, EXPOSING THE CORDS. *AK THE REPAIR MAN AT SEARS ADVISED CONSUMER TO HAVE THE TIRES REPLACED BECAUSE OF CRACKS DEVELOPING IN THE SIDEWALLS. THREE OF THE FOUR WERE REPLACED FOR FREE. CONSUMER PAID FOR THE FOURTH TIRE. *JG TIRES ARE MICHELIN X24.

WHILE DRIVING, THE LEFT REAR TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION, ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. TIRE SIZE 215715, NOT ORGINAL TIRE. DOT #P21570R15. *AK *SCC

WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY LEFT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT, CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED. SIZE2255016, DOTMXMXE. *AK THE INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE TIRE FAILURE WAS NOT CAUSED BY ROAD HAZARD. *YH

MICHELIN TIRES, RV XRV, P255/80R-22.5, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000 (ENDEAVOR), HOLIDAY RAMBLER WITH 14500 MILES. THERE HAVE BEEN 3 ZIPPER BLOWOUTS WITHIN 700 MILES, INNER LEFT DUELER AT 65 MPH, RIGHT FRONT TIRE AT 45 MPH, LEFT FRONT TIRE AT 60 MPH, AND RIGHT INNER DUELER HAD BUBBLES ON SIDEWALL. *AK LEFT FRONT BLOW OUT-AR551/549 06-55158-01 DOT#B6H6AK3X499, LEFT REAR INSIDE DUAL BLOW OUT-AR550/548 06-55158-01 DOT#B6H6AK3X159, AND RIGHT FRONT BLOW OUT-AR551/549 06-55158-01 DOT#B6H6AK3X159. ALSO IN REGARDS TO THE 2 BUBBLES ON THE SIDE WALL/WAS CHANGED-RIGHT INNER DUAL, AR550/548 06-55158-01 DOT#B6H6AK3X159(CHANGED BEFORE BLOW OUT), POSITION UNKNOWN-AR550/548 06-55158-01 DOT#B6H6AK3X159, AND POSITION UNKNOWN-AR551/549 06-55158-01 DOT#B6H6AK3X159. NHTSA RECALL#00V331. THERE WAS SOME BODY DAMAGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $2440.00. *SCC